Avalanche Engineers
Avalanche Engineers is the story of two scientists who delve deep into the mysteries of the snowpack to find out how a snowflake becomes an avalanche
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Get Ski Fit with Greg Hill
Opening day is fast approaching and that means it’s time to stop procrastinating and start getting physically ready for the upcoming season.
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Whistler Blackcomb two meter snowpack
Whistler Blackcomb continues to accumulate snow in the alpine and now boasts a two metre base. The base at Rendezvous Lodge is one meter and looking optimistic for an early opening. As expected with a two meter base, the snow was most excellent!
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Baldface RaptorTRAX heli footage
The heli-footage of Ken Block driving a F-150 raptorTRAX climbing the snow-cat roads at Baldface Lodge and descending some low angle powder is entertaining.
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Wayne Flann’s Whistler Avalanche Blog
Wayne Flann’s Whistler Avalanche Blog shares topics on Avalanches in Whistler, the Sea to Sky Corridor and around the Globe. If you are a frequent skier, rider, heli-dropper or sledder who frequents any part of the Sea to Sky backcountry, this is the man you should be listening too when it comes to your safety. …
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Sarah Burke inducted to Canadian Sports Hall of Fame
Last week freestyle skiing pioneer Sarah Burke was inducted into the Canadian Sport Hall of Fame. Sarah’s accomplishments as an athlete and a builder in freestyle skiing earned her the induction to the Hall of Fame. Sarah’s story is well known – a pioneer in the halfpipe, the first female to land a 720, 900 …
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Helicat Canada
Western Canada, and in particular British Columbia, is the most densely populated heli and cat skiing area on the globe. With its majestic coastal ranges rising out of ocean in the west, to the rocky mountains connecting Canada to Colorado in the south, with its incredible ability to produce large amounts of snowfall. These combinations, …
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Go slow to go fast
While backcountry skiing or riding, we tend to spend more time going up than down. And, simply put, skinning done poorly is not fun. There are three primary ingredients to a good day of touring: establishing a proper pace, setting an appropriate skintrack angle and avoiding kick turns whenever possible. The reality of earning your …
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Sweetgrass’s Afterglow Lightsuit Segement
The Canadian based crew of Sweetgrass Productions has outdone themselves again with the trailer to their new short-film “Afterglow”. AFTERGLOW – Lightsuit Segment from Sweetgrass Productions on Vimeo. Glow suits, enough lights to light up an entire city and the ambition and vision to pull this project off is what sets Sweetgrass apart. It’s time …
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Whistler Blackcomb gets snow
It is only mid-October and the snow is starting to pile up at the upper elevations of Whistler Blackcomb. Snow began falling on both mountain peaks the last few nights as freezing levels dropped to 1700 metres, providing the conditions needed for snowfall when a moisture-rich frontal system moved over the South Coast. However, this …
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Pat Morrow receives Honorary Doctorate
Pat Morrow, the legendary Canadian adventure photographer and mountaineer, received an Honorary Doctorate from the Thompson Rivers University (TRU) at their Fall Convocation. Events related to the award included a department staff gathering, Convocation, and Convocation Dinner. Pat spoke at the Convocation and presented a slide show to the dinner. This is the second Honorary …
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American Avalanche Association – A Goal of Zero
Imagine if there were zero avalanche deaths each year—on average, that would mean 28 lives saved in the United States. A group of avalanche safety professionals is making bold attempts to drastically reduce avalanche fatalities in this country and to get there, they’re looking in an unlikely place: a Swedish automobile law from the 1990s. …
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