Understanding why, how and when avalanches are likely to occur is critical to keeping people safe in Canada’s mountains. Communicating safety tips and risk updates to skiers, snowboarders and snowmobilers is essential to saving lives.
Read more Bruce Jamieson’s Avalanche Research Saving Lives
So I prepared a thinly disguised version of Dr. Timothy Leary’s “Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out” mantra of the hippie era.
Read more Life in a Ski Town
Mount Cain will be opening this Saturday December 10th. They have a 140cm mid mountain base with good early season conditions.
Read more Mount Cain Opening Day Dec 10
The following backcountry avalanche burial and rescue happened in 2008 in Alaska and the story is told by Skippy.
Read more Backcountry Avalanche Burial and Rescue
What a great opening day at Revelstoke with super conditions and amazing weather!
Read more Revelstokes Much Anticipated Opening
Over 200cm of beautiful white snow has fallen on Whitewater already this season, settling to a base of 160cm at the top of Summit.
Read more Whitewater Sneek-a-Peak
local skiers from Terrace, Prince Rupert, and Kitimat have decided to take matters into their own hands and buy the ski hill as a community co-operative
Read more Friends of Shames: A Skier’s Journey
Wayne Flann, ski patrol extraordinare at Whistler Blackcomb, chose a great year to start a new avalanche blog.
Read more Whistler Avalanche Blog
Whistler’s own Mike Douglas spent last week living up at the top of Whistler Mountain and filing daily video dispatches chronicling the experience for a project called “Embedded: The Inside Story of Whistler Blackcomb.” This is the final installment; Reflections on six days and nights atop Whistler Mountain! EMBEDDED Day 6 – The Master Cut …
Read more Mike Douglas EMBEDDED – The Master Cut
Gord Ohm, Avalanche Field Technican, and David Tracz, Assistant Avalanche Technician are both residents of the Elk Valley.
Read more Avalanche Field Team has new Sled
Do you ski tour in Rogers Pass? Make sure to attend a 2011-12 Annual Winter Permit orientation session if you need a permit this year.
Read more Rogers Pass Winter Permit System
The Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) marks the start of a new season of avalanche forecasts
Read more Canadian Avalanche Centre Increases Forecasts
