Wayne Flann caught in avalanche
you try hard to negate the risk and you try hard to do what you've been trained to do, (but unfortunately) you can still mess up. Accidents happen
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Tag: whistler
Whistler’s Night Watchman
David McColm released the latest instalment in Whistler Blackcomb’s dazzling Beyond video documentary series, and it’s a beauty. Trained as an engineer but “spending more time on my photography,” WhistlerBlackcomb.com describes David McColm as not your ordinary Whistler photographer. “His masterpiece time-lapse images forego the familiar hero shots of big mountain athletes and picture-perfect ski …
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Wayne Flann’s Whistler Avalanche Blog
Wayne Flann’s Whistler Avalanche Blog shares topics on Avalanches in Whistler, the Sea to Sky Corridor and around the Globe. If you are a frequent skier, rider, heli-dropper or sledder who frequents any part of the Sea to Sky backcountry, this is the man you should be listening too when it comes to your safety. …
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Early Season powder at Whistler
Incredible early season snow fall allowed Whistler Blackcomb athletes Mike Douglas, Eric Hjorleifson, and Annie Boulanger
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Air Jordan
We initiated some filming, right away, I knew we were going to break some new ground in true Sherpas fashion
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Whistler’s Air Jordan lemmings
They soon saw a skier doing a backflip off the bottom of Jordan, and then a skier in a red suit comes flying through the air like he was just shot out of a cannon, all sideways
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Bye Bye Intrawest
KSL is delighted to be acquiring a 24% interest in Whistler Blackcomb, a world-class ski area
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Dismal or Epic Powder Season?
Where can you find ample snow and good skiing? Well those who consistently have great snow have it and the others are suffering.
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Whistler Avalanche Blog
Wayne Flann, ski patrol extraordinare at Whistler Blackcomb, chose a great year to start a new avalanche blog.
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Whistler Peak Chair Madness
Record crashes of epic magnitude were witnessed the day of March 16, 2011. Just waiting in line at Peak was entertaining because everyone was hucking…
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Whistler Implements Guest Height Restriction
Whistler Blackcomb has instituted a new height restriction for all skiers and riders due to the area’s prodigious, record-breaking snowfall this season. The policy is intended to prevent guests from drowning in the bottomless pow. To that end, the resort is prohibiting guests shorter than 350cm/11.5 feet tall, the current snow base, from accessing Whistler …
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Blake Jorgenson’s Early Season at Whistler Blackcomb
Whistler-based ski photographer, Blake Jorgenson, shows us what Early Season is about at Whistler Blackcomb.
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