Amer Sports Launch the Mountain Academy
Atomic and Salomon join forces to create first online course of its kind to help skiers stay safe in the backcountry
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Tag: powder canada
5th Annual Ken Jones Classic Ski Competition
On Saturday, 21 March 2015 LAke Louise is hosting the 5th Annual KEN JONES CLASSIC SKI MOUNTAINEERING COMPETITION. COMING UP! Let’s go while there’s still snow – Last SMCC calendar race of the season! Your race registration includes Saturday race, lifts, and awards, a few new tweaks on the great Lake Louise long course, and …
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Avalanche Canada Reveives $325,000 from CBT
Avalanche Canada is receiving $325,000 over two years from Columbia Basin Trust to help it continue its work of increasing public safety for winter backcountry users. Avalanche Canada is a national public avalanche safety organization, with world-leading accident prevention programs and services. Based in Revelstoke, the organization produces daily avalanche forecasts throughout the winter for …
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Snow is forecast for March!
“We have seen at least 2 months of mostly dry conditions, and it has been quite a disappointment,” says Chris Manly, Founder SnowForecast.com, “A weather change is coming for March!” This Sunday through Tuesday (1st – 3rd March) we expect another storm to move through western Canada, favoring locales like Whistler with moderate to heavy …
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Did Someone Say ‘Go For It’?
SkiingGolden.com’s backcountry report usually is geared towards scaring the hell out of you out there. This week however, Chris Granter reports that you have nothing to fear but fear itself…within reason. Did Someone Say ‘Go For It’? February 25 Video Update – Did Someone Say 'Go For It'? from SkiingGolden.com on Vimeo.
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Is Global Warming Responsible For Our Winter?
By Peter Marshall This afternoon I went for a run and was quite comfortable in shorts and a T-shirt. Then I grabbed some lunch and sat in the sun for a bit. It was very warm and relaxing as I watched a group of eagles playing in some thermals and listened to golfers teeing off …
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Terrace B.C. buried in record snowfall
It's time to dream about getting away from three days of rain and spring skiing here in Southern BC and travel to Terrace.
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Backcountry captures ski industry
Salomon doesn’t claim to make the gear designed for the longtime, hard-core randonee skier
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We love you JP Auclair
Please consider donating to help support JP’s young son Leo and his loving partner Ingrid during these hard times.
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The Glory of Whitewater
My wife and first visited Whitewater in 1995. Whitewater is located near Nelson BC in the beautiful Selkirk Mountains. Warm weather had moved though BC and most of the resorts had experienced rain followed by freezing temperatures making harsh conditions. Whitewater delivered with over 30cms of fresh snow, the 5,400 foot (1,640m) base elevation was …
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Bitten But Not Swallowed
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
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Buried—A Forced Exercise in Listening
The arc of the story is not victimization, but of self-realization and personal growth. Of moving beyond.
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