As winter unfurls its cold embrace over the mountains of British Columbia, the State of the Snowpack initiative rolls out across various beloved mountain towns including Nelson, Rossland, Revelstoke, and Fernie.
Read more State of the Snowpack Arrives in BC Mountain Towns
The Natural Selection Revelstoke roared with intensity as 24 of the world’s top snowboarders battled their way through head-to-head competition.
Read more Natural Selection Revelstoke Highlights
The first week of March has brought massive quantities of powder for ski destinations across Western North America.
Read more March has brought massive quantities of Powder
Christina “Lusti” Lustenberger once again so eloquently marks her position as North Americas top ski mountaineer with a first descent of the South Couloir of Sir Sandford.
Read more Lusti Slays Sir Sandford
The Alpine Club of Canada (ACA) is offering a skiing experience in Rogers Pass that's normally reserved for heli-accessed lodges!
Read more Rogers Pass Powder Camps
This is a beautifully captured film that highlights the amazing work these folks do everyday.
Read more The Pass
As powder enthusiasts question our snowy Christmas and eagerly await the arrival of the next big snowfall, the present El Niño weather patterns have been casting some doubt.
Read more A Snowy Christmas Outlook
Studies by University of British Columbia Okanogan Campus (UBCO) have shown that the Pandemic Heli Ski Shutdown doubled the range of caribou. During the 2020 “anthropause,” when COVID-19 travel restrictions nearly grounded heli-skiing, both movement and mean home-range of the caribou groups increased dramatically compared to years when normal heli ski operations dominated. The anthropause …
Read more Pandemic Heli Ski Shutdown Doubled Range of Caribou
With winter nearly upon us, Parks Canada is about to launch their Rogers Pass Winter Permit System.
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Parks Mountain Safety announced today that all Glacier National Park Winter Permit System areas will be CLOSED. Attention Glacier National Park backcountry users: All Winter Permit System areas will be CLOSED until further notice due to high avalanche danger and potential avalanche control work. The Rogers Pass Backcountry Access app will not be available due …
Read more Glacier National Park Winter Permit System areas CLOSED
An avalanche at near Mount McCrea, just south of Revelstoke, has claimed the lives of two guests, and a ski guide who was also caught in the slide remains in critical condition.
Read more CMH Heli Skiing Avalanche Tragedy
Reflections of a Mountain Guide Survivor, twenty years later and a similar snowpack
Read more Surviving My Survival of La Traviata
