Stay Safe This Christmas
If you want to ride safely over the Christmas holidays, you’ll need to do some work to get a handle on conditions
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Bad Snow at Christmas Time
I reminisce, not necessarily because it is Christmas, but because Moolynaut died a few weeks ago.
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Shames: My Mountain Co-Op
Shames Mountain, the 'little ski area that rocks', tucked away near Terrace BC, is up for sale. The asking price? A cool $1.5 million.
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Bruce Jamieson’s Avalanche Research Saving Lives
Understanding why, how and when avalanches are likely to occur is critical to keeping people safe in Canada’s mountains. Communicating safety tips and risk updates to skiers, snowboarders and snowmobilers is essential to saving lives.
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Life in a Ski Town
So I prepared a thinly disguised version of Dr. Timothy Leary’s “Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out” mantra of the hippie era.
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Mount Cain Opening Day Dec 10
Mount Cain will be opening this Saturday December 10th. They have a 140cm mid mountain base with good early season conditions.
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Backcountry Avalanche Burial and Rescue
The following backcountry avalanche burial and rescue happened in 2008 in Alaska and the story is told by Skippy.
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Whitewater Sneek-a-Peak
Over 200cm of beautiful white snow has fallen on Whitewater already this season, settling to a base of 160cm at the top of Summit.
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Mike Douglas EMBEDDED – The Master Cut
Whistler’s own Mike Douglas spent last week living up at the top of Whistler Mountain and filing daily video dispatches chronicling the experience for a project called “Embedded: The Inside Story of Whistler Blackcomb.” This is the final installment; Reflections on six days and nights atop Whistler Mountain! EMBEDDED Day 6 – The Master Cut …
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Avalanche Field Team has new Sled
Gord Ohm, Avalanche Field Technican, and David Tracz, Assistant Avalanche Technician are both residents of the Elk Valley.
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Rogers Pass Winter Permit System
Do you ski tour in Rogers Pass? Make sure to attend a 2011-12 Annual Winter Permit orientation session if you need a permit this year.
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Canadian Avalanche Centre Increases Forecasts
The Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) marks the start of a new season of avalanche forecasts
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