Based out of the Banff/Canmore/Lake Louise area, this camp puts you on the doorstep of some of the best ski mountaineering terrain in North America at a time of the year when the snowpack is typically more stable, crevasses have good coverage and the ski quality is at its best.
Read more Learn the Skills Needed to Unlock Glaciated, Steep or Technical Terrain
With a line like that it is hard to say which is the best part. Is it the anticipation of standing at the top? Being smack dab in the belly of the beast? Or is it the last turns out of the bottom?
Read more Morrison’s Hotel Wall
We users have lost faith in Black Diamond and Pieps, and moving forward will have reservations concerning the safety of their equipment.
Read more Black Diamond Finally Recalls Faulty Avalanche Beacon
It’s been a childhood dream to ski Mount Nelson. Yesterday with local boy and teammate Ian McIntosh we got to live that dream.
Read more Mount Nelson First Descent
In a season when we have increased awareness and potential fatalities from beacon failures, the Tracker is a beacon you can trust.
Read more Meet the Tracker4, BCA’s workhorse beacon
Risky behaviour among backcountry riders is, in part, a function of their self-conception as consumers of risk and the degree of social acceptance it confers on them in their social group.
Read more Risky positioning – social aspirations and risk-taking behaviour in avalanche terrain
Canadians improved their standings today, lead by Katie Anderson's 2nd podium finish in two events.
Read more Freeride World Tour Heats up in Andorra
The airflow built up in front of the charging avalanche catches his kite and shoots him skyward a split second before he would have been crushed.
Read more Snowkiter Getting Blown Out of Avalanche Path
Fernie's Katie Anderson had the top Canadian result with a 3rd place in women's snowboard and Whistler's Tom Peiffer came 11th in men's ski.
Read more Freeride World Tour Opener in Andorran Pyrenees
With new snow covering illegal tracks, Parks Canada has decided to lift the temporary restriction of the Flat Creek Designated Access Route and Fortitude Winter Restricted Area effective March 2, 2021. Please remember: check which winter restricted areas are open daily.
Read more Parks Mountain Safety Closures LIFTED
Get outside, get active, and support Avalanche Canada with the Backyard Backcountry Challenge
Read more Avalanche Canada’s Backyard Backcountry Challenge
“Canada is a world leader in the avalanche industry,” says St. Clair from Revelstoke, BC where she works as a public avalanche forecaster for Avalanche Canada.
Read more Keeping backcountry recreationists safe
