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Found this video of a rider who encountered an avalanche in sheltered and low angled terrain while skiing the trees in Silent Pass BC. Looks like...
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The current conditions seem to be a bit sketchy these days even though the trend is going down from "High" to "Considerable", however in the last...
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If you want to ride safely over the Christmas holidays, you’ll need to do some work to get a handle on conditions and you’ll need to...
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The launch of our Backcountry Skiing "How Prepared are you today?" Survey on Dec 1st has got some attension from the Calgary Herald and...
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This ia a good reality check for those heading out early season - have you practiced? and better yet have those who you are going ski touring with...
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The ATLAS Academy at LVR and the SROAM program at Selkirk are co-hosting the CAC Backcountry Avalanche Workshop, just in time to get your avi...
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Two reports of recent BIG activity on the coast and at Rogers Pass. Time to be carefull put there! Anyone else have any other Beta?
This info...
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The Public Avalanche Warning Service at the CAC is implementing a number of new products and services this season. Check out the new bulletin...
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Looks like Parks Canada is getting with the tech program. This from the Calgary Herald...
CALGARY — Avalanche forecasters hope new...
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The good folks at Parks Canada have just launched a new avalanche warning system to help inform you before you head out into the backcountry this...
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Great to see Powder Mag and The North Face putting their support behind backcountry safety and awareness
good...
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BCA (that's backcountry Access) has a series of great safety and how to videos on their web site and they pertain not just to BCA products but...
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A recent warning by Karl Klassen of the CAC illustrates the reason to still be on your toes:
Mount Edith Cavell avalanche July 2, 2011
In the...
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Here's a scary report of a snowboarder who survived being buried two metres for up to 40 minutes using his Avalung. Story courtesy Black...
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An oldie but a goody, this avalanche video is used by most avi classes to show the sheer size of what slides can become. This one surprised...
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Having Problems in Multiple Burial Searches? Signal Overlap Explained.
by Backcountry Access on Friday, May 13, 2011 at 5:00am
Does your...
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Check this out: http://www.avalanche.ca/upload.....re_024.jpg
Slides in the South Rockies are running well below the snow line, right to valley...
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The Canadian Avalanche Centre posted this week’s avalanche bulletins for all forecast regions yesterday. You can find these bulletins here:...
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The Canadian Avalanche Centre needs your assistance, read on to find out how you can help:
Just a reminder that the CAC is producing weekly...
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Looks like the BCA airbag and avalung helped turn this possible tragedy into a good news story,... except for the ski, but those can be...
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Scheduled daily avalanche forecasts issued by the Canadian Avalanche Centre’s Public Avalanche Warning Service have now ended. However,...
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Due to the very late spring, the CAC is extending it’s forecasting program. We will issue our last regularly scheduled daily forecasts April...
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A very concise and important read from the CAC - take the 6minutes and give it a go - it might just come in handy:
Canadian Avalanche Centre -...
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http://vimeo.com/21578018
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The following incident occured on March 20 in the Fernie BC backcountry and involved snowmobilers. The location was on Coal Creek Road entrance to...
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