Whitewater Avalanche Conditions Report
Whitewater Ski Resort is back with Dave to deliver their final avalanche conditions report of the season.
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Join the Backyard Backcountry Challenge
The Backyard Backcountry Challenge is a fundraiser that challenges participants to raise money for public avalanche safety by climbing the equivalent vertical of Mount Everest
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Avalanche Canada A spotty but consequential problem
The forecasters are tracking a buried weak layer that has the potential to catch riders by surprise in some of their forecasting regions.
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The Pit Boss – From pavement to powder
Before Cole Pearn, the billion-dollar NASCAR industry had nothing in common with backcountry skiing. The political, geographical, and cultural differences are comical. So how did Pearn end up chopping wood and cleaning outhouses instead of atop the billion-dollar race industry? Seventy-five million race fans were shocked when Pearn quit as one of the top NASCAR …
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Stan Ray’s 8 Tips on Returning to Skiing After an Injury
Ski adventurer Stan Ray produced a light hearted instructional video on 8 Tips when Returning to Skiing after an injury. Stan comments, “these are tips that I have learned in the last year coming back from a knee injury”. In March 2021 he fully tore my ACL with partial grade 1 tears to his MCL, …
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Whitewater to add new chairlift
Whitewater Ski Resort has announced that it will build a new chairlift to the top of Silver King Ridge.
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Whitewater Avalanche Conditions Report
Whitewater Ski Resort's latest Avalanche Conditions Report from Dave is showing improved avalanche conditions however a challenging crust for riding.
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Ortovox & Arc’teryx’s new avalanche airbag
Ortovox & Arc'teryx's new avalanche airbag
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ACC Powder Programs
Winter's still here, and so is the powder - let the Alpine Club of Canada help you find some!
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Snow Nomad – An Avalanche Memoir
From bombs to bombillas, Snow Nomad: An Avalanche Memoir, chronicles the fifty seasons author Alan Dennis worked in the avalanche patch, travelling between Canada, New Zealand, Scotland, and Argentina.
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The Autonomous Ski Lift Vehicle
The dolaGon autonomous ski lift vehicle picks skiers up at the base and drives them to the top of the mountain, allowing access to on-trail and backcountry ski areas.
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Whitewater Avalanche Conditions Report
Dave from Whitewater ski resort and Backcountry Skiing Canada deliver their 7th Avalanche Conditions Report of the Season.
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Fortress Mountain Asks Albertans to Speak Up
Lusti Bags First Descent of Deltaform Mountain’s North Glacier
Castle Mountain Opens Stagecoach Express, Expands Haig Bowl Access
The Persisting Surface Hoar Layer from January Remains Avalanche Concern
