Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park is a popular backcountry ski touring destination with an average of 10 m of snowfall a year. It is also home to the world’s largest mobile avalanche control program. This means that explosive artillery fire is regularly used on mountain slopes to protect highway and railway traffic from natural …
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Alterra Mountain Company has purchased Purcell Heli-Skiing. The business and ski tenure will be incorporated into Alterra-owned CMH Heli-Skiing & Summer Adventures. CMH president and COO Rob Rohn will oversee the transition and all operations. “At Alterra Mountain Company we continually look for opportunities that offer guests unique mountain experiences and exceptional guest service,” said …
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Avalanche education and awareness has come a long ways in a couple of decades and the advancements continue. The Kootenay Backcountry Guides are looking for your feedback on how to cater to the what recreational backcountry users are looking for after taking their AST-2. This is the pretext to their survey: “The most common question …
Read more What follows the AST-2 course survey
The Kootenay Backcountry Guides Judson Wright posted this Snowpack update from Kootenay Pass on February 6th.
Read more Kootenay Pass Snowpack Observations
Rogers Pass is getting new breed of guidebook, built by a skier for skiers. Douglas Sproul, the publisher, is calling the third edition a new breed of guidebook.
Read more Rogers Pass Guidebook Third Edition Kickstarter
Unfortunately, skiers entered the Macdonald West Shoulder Winter Prohibited Area today in Rogers Pass forcing Parks Canada Safety to take action.
Read more Poachers Force closure of Macdonald West Shoulder Again
Parks Mountain Safety issues Warning to Poachers
Read more Parks Mountain Safety issues Warning to Poachers
The long lost ski film from Christian Begin about the history, legacy, and incredibly deep powder of BC's Rogers Pass is celebrating its 25th anniversary.
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The survivors of an avalanche tragedy are warning others to keep safe with he newly launched website "Backcountry Safe".
Read more Avalanche Tragedy Survivors Launch Backcountry Safe
Parks Canada has closed Jimmy Junior / Hidden Bowl on the eastern slopes of Mt. Jimmy Simpson south of Bow Summit due to a female grizzly bear denning in the area.
Read more Jimmy Junior / Hidden Bowl Closed for Season
Planning to ski tour Rogers Pass this winter? You need to know about the Winter Permit System.
Read more Rogers Pass Winter Permit System
The Thanksgiving snowfall across Western Canada echoed the latest La Niña advisory with substantial accumulation in BC's mountain passes and Kicking Horse Mountain received close to a metre.
Read more La Niña arrives for Thanksgiving!
