Kananaskis Country Public Safety Section has announced that the winter avalanche season is officially here. They had a surprisingly large avalanche occur within the this past week. The October 26th melt/freeze crust is the sliding surface for this size 2.5 (possibly bigger–they couldn’t see the debris deposit) avalanche. Needless to say, they were very surprised …
Read more Winter Avalanche Season
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Two ski guides are being sued due to an avalanche that happened at Golden Alpine Holidays (GAH) on February 22, 2016.
Read more Ski Guides Sued over Avalanche Fatality
Two ski guides with Big Red Cats in Rossland have been credited with saving the lives of several clients caught in a large avalanche.
Read more Guides Save Lives
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 …
Read more Jasper skier swims class 3 avalanche
An avalanche at Golden Alpine Holidays this Sunday morning was triggered by a group of 13 skiers in a self-guided ski touring group
Read more 13 skiers trigger Avalanche at GAH
Avalanche Canada issues special warning saying we could bewseeing some very large and dangerous avalanches
Read more Avalanche Canada issues special warning
Mares, 29, a professional snowboarder from Lake Tahoe, contends he is innocent and that he didn’t put anyone else in danger.
Read more Charged for Setting off Avalanche?
After 35 years of playing and working in avalanche terrain, you can imagine that I’ve had a fair bit of experience dealing with avalanches
Read more Bitten But Not Swallowed
Three backcountry skiers survived after being fully buried by an avalanche for 10 minutes on Sunday.
Read more Three survive full burials in Kananaskis
In recent years there has been an increase in the backcountry use in avalanche terrain in winter, particularly in March.
Read more Moderate is NOT the new Low
Every year it seems there's a debate of what to call the avalanche danger in the public bulletin when true spring conditions have arrived.
Read more Spring Danger Ratings
