Avalanche Canada Spring Icon
This icon conveys the variable nature of avalanche danger at this time of year.
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Whistler Blackcomb Renaissance
Whistler Blackcomb Renaissance is the most progressive investment in our history and will leverage our tremendous success building our non-ski business
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Photographer Dustin Lalik
With storm after storm of Kootenay Coldsmoke, Dustin’s learning curve has been steep with plenty of new challenges and amazing experiences.
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Avalanche Canada Special Warning
Given that many slopes have yet to see a full-blown warm up we are predicting a widespread and varied array of avalanche problems this week including cornice failures, surface-layer avalanches, and failure on deeper persistent weak layers
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Powder Alert for Castle Mountain
What impresses me with this story is local ownership. The skiers and boarders own Castle Mountain, could it be any better!
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For the Love of Our Clients
The allure of wilderness skiing for work is obvious. It is a promise of a lifetime of powder turns where your job is to always go first, without question.
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Avalanche Canada Backcountry Warning
Avalanche Canada warns backcountry users to be careful this weekend.
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Avalanche Airbag Survivor
Occasionally good judgement is clouded by factors including business objectives and self esteem.
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Jasper skier swims class 3 avalanche
It all happened in a split second, but once it started it was already too late. One of Jasper’s most experienced mountaineers was at the mercy of Mother Nature as he was swallowed up in a class three avalanche of snow, ice and debris in the Tonquin Valley Feb. 28. Not knowing which way was …
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Icefall Lodge Powder
powder trip to Icefield Lodge, a heli-accessed touring paradise outside of Golden
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Ortovox S1+ Recall
Ortovox has issued a precautionary recall of their Ortovox S1+ Avalanche Transceivers
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Knowing when to Dig
I like to start a day of touring with an innocent sounding question; “Anyone know what the hazard is rated today?”
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