The endless cycle of changing weather patterns continues to decide a powder skiers fate. The great news for powder skiers is that we can mourn a powerful El Nino and welcome a rapidly developing La Nina! A key index of the tropical Pacific used to determine whether we are in El Nino or La Nina …
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You see an avalanche, you ski over to the crown and pull out your iPhone. You snap a photo, measure the slope angle and aspect, then record a crown profile, all on your phone. As you ski down the path, you use your phone as GPS to map the slide. When you get to the …
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April did not deliver the snow cycles that powder skiers have enjoyed in previous years.
Read more BC Snowpack Hits Record Low
"Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose: In the Avalanche Patch by Bruce Kay" Book Review
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This icon conveys the variable nature of avalanche danger at this time of year.
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Given that many slopes have yet to see a full-blown warm up we are predicting a widespread and varied array of avalanche problems this week including cornice failures, surface-layer avalanches, and failure on deeper persistent weak layers
Read more Avalanche Canada Special Warning
What impresses me with this story is local ownership. The skiers and boarders own Castle Mountain, could it be any better!
Read more Powder Alert for Castle Mountain
Avalanche Canada warns backcountry users to be careful this weekend.
Read more Avalanche Canada Backcountry Warning
Occasionally good judgement is clouded by factors including business objectives and self esteem.
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It all happened in a split second, but once it started it was already too late. One of Jasper’s most experienced mountaineers was at the mercy of Mother Nature as he was swallowed up in a class three avalanche of snow, ice and debris in the Tonquin Valley Feb. 28. Not knowing which way was …
Read more Jasper skier swims class 3 avalanche
I like to start a day of touring with an innocent sounding question; “Anyone know what the hazard is rated today?”
Read more Knowing when to Dig
An avalanche at Golden Alpine Holidays this Sunday morning was triggered by a group of 13 skiers in a self-guided ski touring group
Read more 13 skiers trigger Avalanche at GAH
