The La Traviata avalanche, that happened on January 20th 2003, took the lives of seven individuals: Craig Kelly, Vern Lunsford, Dave Finnerty, Dennis Yates, Kathy (Polucha) Kessler, Naomi Heffler, and Jean-luc Schwendener.
Read more The Grace of Learning
Reflections of a Mountain Guide Survivor, twenty years later and a similar snowpack
Read more Surviving My Survival of La Traviata
Avalanches that occur during periods of cooling are important because they can surprise people.
Read more Cooling Off: The Relationship Between Cooling and Avalanches
Avalanche Canada is reporting that the snowpack is spooky for much of Western Canada.
Read more Avalanche Canada: The Persisting Problem
One day while skiing with Greg Hill he said “expect the unexpected”. Wise words Greg.
Read more Dougie Climb a Tree!
We had an amazing powder season in Hokkaido, Japan with La Niña climate, bottomless cold smoke, diamond dust powder snow,
Read more Bottomless cold smoke FLOW
Avalanche Canada has issued a Special Public Avalanche Warning (SPAW) in effect for December 28 until the end of Monday, January 2. The SPAW region includes most of BC’s Columbia Mountains, Glacier and Mount Revelstoke National Parks, as well as the Northern Rockies. It now also includes Banff, Yoho, Kootenay and Jasper National Parks. The …
Read more Special Public Avalanche Warning
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
They are slow and keep you on the surface, when they break down you simply ski away, they never leave you hanging!
Read more Long live the T-bar!
If stacked pillow lines, deep powder, and exploring snow-covered, old growth forests tickles your fancy, then The Sacred Grounds – Part 2: Connection is for you!
Read more Kye Petersen releases Sacred Grounds Connection
A feature length documentary based on the events and circumstances surrounding the 1982 avalanche in Alpine Meadows, CA.
Read more Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche
Operation PALACI is Canadian Armed Forces support for the Parks Canada program to control avalanches in Rogers Pass
Read more Rogers Pass Operation PALACI
