First Snow of the season!
The first snow of the season is coming to mountains in BC and Alberta! The first snow is largely symbolic and stokes us powder lovers for the coming season.
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Category: News
El Niño Forecast for Powder season
It's looking like our coming powder skiing season will be influenced by the development of an El Niño trend. Last season's forecast El Niño trend brought us one of the best powder seasons ever!
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JIMMIE SPENCER 1926-2018
Remarkable, Storied, Legendary, Monumental, Pillar, Leadership, Inspiration, Epic, Amazing Mentor are all descriptors that have quickly circulated to articulate one of our great industry leaders.
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Nowhere Special Hostel
After a season of serious excitement, RED Mountain Resort, in partnership with Columbia Basin Trust, has yet another exciting announcement: It’s called Nowhere Special. And it’s a hostel. “The modern hostel movement has established itself as the “go to” place for the younger generations and is dramatically different from the youth hostels we stayed in …
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Jumbo is back in court
This month, Glacier Resorts will be arguing before the BC Supreme Court that the decision made by then Environment Minister Mary Pollack to cancel their Environmental Certificate was not fair.
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Ortovox Recall of 3+ Transceivers
Feedback from Ortovox's Safety Academy Partners has revealed that temporary disruption of the transmission function may occur on their 3+ avalanche transceivers
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Rogers Pass Permit Season Closes
The Glacier National Park - Rogers Pass Winter Permit System has been in effect from November 20th until May 2nd, the seasonal end of the avalanche control program.
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Skier Survives 4 meter Avalanche Burial
I lost sight of the completely buried partner almost immediately, partner two was partially buried.
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Powder Alliance adds Castle Mountain
The Powder Alliance has added Castle Mountain Resort to its list of participating resorts for the 2018-2019 winter season.
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Whistler Heli Guide Dies
Lisa Korthals, a 49-year-old Whistler Blackcomb heli-skiing guide, has died after an avalanche on Wednesday.
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March delivered Spring Powder!
March delivered endless spring powder in BC's mountain towns to the delight of all powder skiers and boarders.
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The 10 Meter Snowfall Club
Without surprise this years 10 Meter Snowfall Club is comprised of a small group of BC ski-hills that have a bad-ass reputation for delivering the best powder skiing on the planet!
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