Special Public Avalanche Warning
This special warning is in effect immediately and will apply through the end of Monday, May 1.
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Category: Snow Conditions
Avalanche Danger will increase with rising temperatures
We're starting a period of significant warming that is going to destabilize the snowpack. Expect elevated avalanche dangers as the temperatures rise.
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Late Season Powder is Coming
A series of powder dumps will continue to blanket higher elevations over the coming weekend with significant accumulation across most major mountain regions.
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Three Avalanche Incidents in Duffy Lake Area
All three groups were skiing unsupported slopes and were fortunate that their buried skiers survived.
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Avalanche Canada: Deep Persistent Slab Not Going Away
This year’s avalanche season is plagued by a deeply buried weak layer across much of western Canada, making it one of the most difficult snowpacks to safely manage in decades.
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Heli Skiing Avalanche kills three
Columbia Valley RCMP now confirm that three skiers were killed and four were injured.
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Chilcotin Avalanche Deaths
The two skiers accessed the east-facing slope of Potato Peak on snowmobiles and were skiing when they were fully buried by the avalanche.
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International Ski Patrol Day
Andy Burgess production "The Daily Life of Ski Patrollers" really tells their story.
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Travis Rice in Accoutrement
Watch Travis Rice shreds some epic fresh lines in his latest short film called Accoutrement.
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CMH Heli Skiing Avalanche Tragedy
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.
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Low snow – High Crevasse consequences
In Glacier National Park, crevasses remain open, or only thinly bridged, in many areas where they are not typically a major concern by this time of year.
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Where is the Powder?
We're almost through January and we're asking, where is the powder?
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