For 2020 Whistler local Wayne Flann was awarded the CAA Service Award in recognition of his contributions to public and professional avalanche awareness and information sharing through his website.
Read more Wayne Flann Receives CAA Service Award
Given the national and international travel advisories and, above all, our commitment to safety, we made the decision not to open for the remainder of the season
Read more Mike Wiegele cancels season
An honest account by Andrew Sheppard of a recent avalanche incident in the Revelstoke backcountry. Andrew posted in the Revelstoke Ski Tourers page for everyone to learn from his experience. Here is Andrews account: “Hello fellow snow enthusiasts. I thought I would take the time to share my terrifying near-death experience of being swept down …
Read more An honest account of a Revelstoke Avalanche
It's a new year we're reporting on snowfall and snowpack, providing you with the top 10 powder resorts at the start of 2021!
Read more Top 10 Powder Resorts
Shane Szocs was completely buried on Rainbow Mountain near Whistler the same day as the snow-biker accident.
Read more Weak snowpack layers taking lives
Sherpas aim with ‘The Fine Line’ was to inspire viewers to start the lifelong process of learning how to move safely through the mountains.
Read more The Fine Line: An Avalanche Education Series
I can still hear Shauna’s giggles today in my mind’s ear as she and I made our way down the slopes of the Johnston Canyon trail.
Read more First Ski At Christmas
Avalanche Canada issued a Special Public Avalanche Warning for recreational users of backcountry and front country avalanche terrain, in effect immediately until Sunday, Dec. 27.
Read more Special Public Avalanche Warning
This year Greg is challenging you to reduce your carbon footprint help Protect Our Winters:
Read more Greg Hill Introduces POW’s 12 Month Climate Challenge
Conditions leading up to and through the weekend of December 19, 20 look stormy. But timing is everything. Read on to learn more about how storms will affect the avalanche hazard in your area this weekend.
Read more Avalanche Canada – Storm Warning
Rogers Pass is getting new breed of guidebook, built by a skier for skiers. Douglas Sproul, the publisher, is calling the third edition a new breed of guidebook.
Read more Rogers Pass Guidebook Third Edition Kickstarter
Solving for Z explores IFMGA guide and father Zahan Billimoria’s relationship to the intoxicating highs and crushing blows of a life in the high-consequence environment of big mountain skiing.
Read more Solving for Z | A Calculus of Risk
