Forecasters Blog – Play Safe out there
It's not the weekend to go out and recklessly charge up (or down) the biggest slope on the mountain
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Tag: avalanche
Avalanche Heads Up For The Long Weekend
The main reason for this blog post is to encourage and remind recreational backcountry users to pay close attention to the Bulletins through the weekend period
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The Finger of God
I found myself more and more shaken by the eerie similarities between the Tunnel Creek incident and my own ‘near-miss’ in avalanche terrain
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Wisdom from Wounds
On December 1, 2011 a group of skiers and snowboarders got caught in an avalanche in Rogers Pass in BC
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Beacon Interference
Electronic interference with avalanche transceivers has become a pertinent safety issue.
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Mount Fernie Avalanche Discussion
On Christmas Eve, there was an interesting avalanche that occurred on Mount Fernie just outside Fernie BC.
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Stevens Pass Avalanche Story
Although we knew the stakes were high that day, none of us thought this could happen
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Montana Avalanche Catches Three, Injures One
Be careful out there, powder heads — the snow is thin and hazards abound.
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Vail Dismisses Avalanche Lawsuit by Parents of 13yr old
Taft Conlin, 13, was skiing Vail Mountain on Sunday after a storm dropped 9 inches of fresh snow.
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Greg Hill, Glen Plake Survive Manaslu Avalanche
A massive avalanche struck Manaslu, the world’s eighth-highest mountain, in Nepal shortly before 5 a.m. this morning, sweeping through teams of climbers and skiers camped at 7000 meters, including Greg Hill and Glen Plake, both of whom survived. Eleven people have been confirmed dead and as many as six are still missing, among them Plake’s …
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CAA Avalanche Operations Level 1 to 3
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Canadian Avalanche Centre Board of Directors?
The Canadian Avalanche Centre is looking for two folks to join our Canadian Avalanche Centre Board of Directors.
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