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Safety Talk
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2018-02-23Recent storm snow followed by strong South East winds have created a new variable wind slab in exposed treeline and alpine features. Join...replies0views1060
2018-02-23
2018-02-22Hi, please help resolve a heated discussion I was having with a back country partner about the best route through an open glade, like the one in...replies5views1543
2018-03-012018-02-08So, as we have all seen, theres been alot of high danger out there. Where does everyone go when things are too risky? Anyone willing to share...replies0views1091
2018-02-08
2018-02-08Avalanche Canada is issuing a Special Public Avalanche Warning for recreational backcountry users, in effect immediately until the end of the day...replies0views993
2018-02-08
2018-02-02Ministry of Transportation's Senior Avalanche Officer John Buffery joins Whitewater Ski Resort's Avalanche Forecaster Wren...replies0views1111
2018-02-02
2018-01-22Two years ago I wrote an article for The Avalanche Review publication that appeared in the September 2016 issue. See here for...replies0views1195
2018-01-22
2018-01-11Recreational Backcountry Travellers Urged to Avoid Avalanche Terrain Avalanche Canada and Parks Canada are issuing a Special Public Avalanche...replies0views1119
2018-01-11
2017-12-29Snow is forecasted for the next few days and with today’s moderate southerly winds and slightly warmer temperatures provides the perfect...replies0views1767
2017-12-29
2017-12-15Hopefully you like things spicy as the avalanche conditions are about to heat up. With surface hoar lingering and growing up to 7cm in some...replies0views1756
2017-12-15
2017-12-09Ensuring that your transceiver and those of everyone in your group is working properly it is important to perform a transceiver check at the...replies0views1422
2017-12-09
2017-11-29BCA's "Backcountry Tour Planning" Video is a great reminder of what to do before you head out on a ski tour. Here's a few...replies0views1291
2017-11-29
2017-04-16While this video comes to us courtesy of the Utah Avalanche Centre in, well, Utah, there is a lot to be taken away for our own ranged here in...replies0views1658
2017-04-16
2017-03-28Despite your excuses about comfort, weight, and freedom of personal choice, I am sure your mom would want you to wear a helmet every time you go...replies2views2517
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2017-03-05While skiing off piste in Chatel, France, things get very real in a hurry for these guys. When captured on video, these incidents serve to remind...replies0views1830
2017-03-05
2017-03-02March is coming in strong with another big storm cycle upon us. It's forecasted to last into the weekend with 50cm forecasted by...replies0views1601
2017-03-02
2017-02-23Helicopter explosives were used to control the potential danger in Ymir Bowl today and you can see the results in the following video. While...replies0views2239
2017-02-23
2017-02-09Last week we talked about sleeping dragons, this week they are awake. In this week's Avalanche Conditions Report video you’ll see...replies0views5803
2017-02-09
2017-02-09A Special Public Avalanche Warning for recreational backcountry users has been issued for Friday, February 10th to Monday, February 13th. The...replies0views1799
2017-02-09
2017-02-06North Shore SAR was finally able to rescue a lost skier on Hollyburn Mountain late Sunday afternoon by helicopter long line. Previous news reports...replies0views2628
2017-02-06
2017-01-30WorkSafeBC has recently reminded the employees of backcountry operations to keep an extra close eye on avalanche conditions this month, and...replies0views2205
2017-01-30
2017-01-26The deepening snowpack seems to have some sleeping dragons within it, as Whitewater Ski Patroller's Wren McElroy and Lo Bachand discover. In...replies0views1905
2017-01-26
2017-01-19After two months of "cold" temps in the Kootenays we have just had our first normal storm cycle depositing 40+ cms. This makes for...replies0views1999
2017-01-19
2017-01-19Special Public Avalanche Warning Jan 19, 2017, Revelstoke, BC: Avalanche Canada is issuing a Special Public Avalanche Warning for recreational...replies0views1612
2017-01-19
2017-01-10German Shepherds are loyal, intelligent dogs, with high energy levels and they can learn to do just about anything. This is why they make such...replies0views2418
2017-01-10
2017-01-03Adam Roberts, a 31-year-old man from Bellingham Washington, was recently killed in an avalanche outside of White Pass Ski Area on Mt. Rainier this...replies0views3009
2017-01-03
