Early Snow Season Forecast
The ski and snowboard season across the Canadian Rockies should start on or ahead of schedule as colder, snowy weather gets established from October through November.
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Category: Snow Conditions
Nonprofit Raises Money for Children of Avalanche Victims
The goal of IANe is to provide financial support, both short-term and long-term, to families who have lost a loved one in an avalanche.
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What is the Risk of Riding in Avalanche Terrain?
These numbers come from Bruce Jamieson’s 2009 ISSW publication where he estimates the risk and compares it with similar estimates from Werner Munter from Switzerland.
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Moderate is NOT the new Low
In recent years there has been an increase in the backcountry use in avalanche terrain in winter, particularly in March.
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Spring Danger Ratings
Every year it seems there's a debate of what to call the avalanche danger in the public bulletin when true spring conditions have arrived.
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Throttle Back – Forecasters Bulletin
If you're heading into the mountains this weekend, go cautiously and watch for the possibility of human-triggered avalanches.
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Two skier deaths in recent storm cycle
It has been an exceptional year with only one Canadian avalanche death this year—until last week.
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Forecasters Blog – Play Safe out there
It's not the weekend to go out and recklessly charge up (or down) the biggest slope on the mountain
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For the Ski Patrollers
The death of Alpine Meadows patroller Bill Foster shook the Lake Tahoe community in a very big way.
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Avalanche Heads Up For The Long Weekend
The main reason for this blog post is to encourage and remind recreational backcountry users to pay close attention to the Bulletins through the weekend period
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The Finger of God
I found myself more and more shaken by the eerie similarities between the Tunnel Creek incident and my own ‘near-miss’ in avalanche terrain
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