Say goodbye to the Canadian Avalanche Centre. Say hello to Avalanche Canada. The Canadian Avalanche Centre announced its new name and logo at the International Snow Science Workshop in Banff on Oct. 2. The change has been in the works for a year and is designed to give the organization a distinct brand from the …
Read more Introducing Avalanche Canada
Are you questioning if this is going to be a good snow year? Is this the year for an epic heli-skiing holiday? You could be looking and asking in all the wrong places. Apparently mother nature has the answer. Glen Wickstrom (Gus) of the village of Tompkins, Saskatchewan was a young onlooker as his dad …
Read more Pig Spleen Deep Snow Forcaster
Disturbing reports are coming out of Chile that JP Auclair and Andreas Fransson were killed in an avalanche near the border of Argentine while skiing for a new film project. They were climbing a couloir on Monte San Lorenzo when something above triggered the avalanche that took them all the way to the glacier 700 …
Read more JP Auclair dies in avalanche
‘The Wise Man’ is the emotive story of Eddie Hunter’s personal connection with Banff National Park and Mt. Norquay, a mountain he has called home his entire life
Read more The Wize Man – Eddie Hunter
Ken's book will help understand what really happened and reopen the question of why Rudi never took responsibility for his mistake.
Read more “Buried” by Ken Wylie
What’s new this winter at Revelstoke Mountain Resort? For your skiing and snowboarding enjoyment, their Trail Crew have been working hard to provide you with a new take on existing terrain. They’re introducing a more advanced way to introduce guests to their renowned backcountry safely, and they’ve added new facilities to the base area to …
Read more Revy ready for season
New ION AT binding, Empire Carbon 115 skis, Synapse Carbon 109 skis, and Black Sheep Carbon X3 splitboard win Editor’s Choice, Skier’s Choice, and Gear Guide Select Awards
Read more G3 Receives Nine Awards for equipment
Smartprobe reads snowpack structure, slope angle and aspect, then geotags the data and uploads it in real time onto the AvaNet platform
Read more The Avalanche Smartprobe launches
The earlier in the season one gets to shred, the tastier and more rewarding each floating turn is.
Read more September POWDER!
Powder is to skiing as waves are to surfing—especially for those who choose to exclusively ski powder?
Read more Top Reasons to ski Powder
Spring avalanche danger can sometimes change from Low to High in a matter of hours or even minutes so remember, timing is everything.
Read more Understanding Spring Danger Ratings
In “Heli-Skiing Is the Best Drug I Have Ever Taken,” Huffington Post writer Blake Fleetwood waxes poetic on “floating down on clouds of my own creation”
Read more Heli Skiing: The True Canadian Drug?
