There were two backcountry skier-triggered avalanches in southeastern British Columbia over the weekend, one of which carried a skier over a steep, rocky cliff in the Balu Pass area of Glacier National Park. The incidents occurred just days before the Rogers Pass Winter Permit System takes effect for the 2025–26 season. At Balu Pass, a …
Read more Two Skier-Triggered Avalanches in Southeastern British Columbia
Parks Mountain Safety announced today that all Glacier National Park Winter Permit System areas will be CLOSED. Attention Glacier National Park backcountry users: All Winter Permit System areas will be CLOSED until further notice due to high avalanche danger and potential avalanche control work. The Rogers Pass Backcountry Access app will not be available due …
Read more Glacier National Park Winter Permit System areas CLOSED
In Glacier National Park, crevasses remain open, or only thinly bridged, in many areas where they are not typically a major concern by this time of year.
Read more Low snow – High Crevasse consequences
Operation PALACI is Canadian Armed Forces support for the Parks Canada program to control avalanches in Rogers Pass
Read more Rogers Pass Operation PALACI
With new snow covering the tracks, a decision has been made to reopen Macdonald West Winter Prohibited Area.
Read more Know the Winter Permit Area boundaries – UPDATED
The Winter Permit System for the 2022-2023 season started on November 16.
Read more Rogers Pass Winter Permit System
Mount Revelstoke and Glacier national parks have reported new height of snow records set in Rogers Pass every day from Nov. 26 – 30, 2021. Parks wrote, “Know what that means? Safety, not skiing, is the top priority! Highway and avalanche control teams are working 24-7 to keep the national transportation corridor open and safe …
Read more Rogers Pass Sets New Snow records
Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park is a popular backcountry ski touring destination with an average of 10 m of snowfall a year. It is also home to the world’s largest mobile avalanche control program. This means that explosive artillery fire is regularly used on mountain slopes to protect highway and railway traffic from natural …
Read more Ski touring in Rogers Pass with the Winter Permit System
Rogers Pass is getting new breed of guidebook, built by a skier for skiers. Douglas Sproul, the publisher, is calling the third edition a new breed of guidebook.
Read more Rogers Pass Guidebook Third Edition Kickstarter
Planning to ski tour Rogers Pass this winter? You need to know about the Winter Permit System.
Read more Rogers Pass Winter Permit System
These poachers endanger not only their own lives, other groups, and everyone traveling on the highway. People need to respect these closures and stop the poaching.
Read more Glacier National Park needs 100% compliance!
Parks Canada officials are advising the public about the high avalanche risk in Glacier National Park.
Read more Parks Canada advises of High Avalanche Risk
