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Special Public Avalanche Warning for BC Interior Ranges 2018-01-11 By Avalanche Canada Recreational Backcountry Travellers Urged to Avoid Avalanche Terrain Avalanche Canada and Parks Canada are issuing a Special Public Avalanche...	replies 0 views 1281	By Avalanche Canada 2018-01-11
Avalanche Conditions Video Report - Things are a changin’ 2017-12-29 By admin Snow is forecasted for the next few days and with today’s moderate southerly winds and slightly warmer temperatures provides the perfect...	replies 0 views 2025	By admin 2017-12-29
Avalanche Conditions Report: Massive Surface Hoar - VIDEO 2017-12-15 By admin Hopefully you like things spicy as the avalanche conditions are about to heat up. With surface hoar lingering and growing up to 7cm in some...	replies 0 views 1956	By admin 2017-12-15
The Avalanche Transceiver Trailhead Test - Video 2017-12-09 By admin Ensuring that your transceiver and those of everyone in your group is working properly it is important to perform a transceiver check at the...	replies 0 views 1592	By admin 2017-12-09
Backcountry Access Ski Tour Planning Video 2017-11-29 By admin BCA'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...	replies 0 views 1475	By admin 2017-11-29
Video: Spring Safety Tips 2017-04-16 By Bushwhacker While 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...	replies 0 views 1784	By Bushwhacker 2017-04-16
Are you wearing a helmet in the backcountry? 2017-03-28 By KootPow Despite 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...	replies 2 views 2723	By 2017-05-24
Video: Chatel Avalanche Rescue 2017-03-05 By Bushwhacker While 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...	replies 0 views 1987	By Bushwhacker 2017-03-05
The Latest Avalanche Conditions Report - VIDEO 2017-03-02 By admin March is coming in strong with another big storm cycle upon us. It's forecasted to last into the weekend with 50cm forecasted by...	replies 0 views 1755	By admin 2017-03-02
Avalanche Conditions Report: Things go BANG! 2017-02-23 By admin Helicopter explosives were used to control the potential danger in Ymir Bowl today and you can see the results in the following video. While...	replies 0 views 2391	By admin 2017-02-23
Avalanche Conditions Report: BIG Results 2017-02-09 By admin Last week we talked about sleeping dragons, this week they are awake. In this week's Avalanche Conditions Report video you’ll see...	replies 0 views 6034	By admin 2017-02-09
Special Public Avalanche Warning Issued by Avalanche Canada, Kananaskis Country, and Waterton Lakes National Park 2017-02-09 By Avalanche Canada A Special Public Avalanche Warning for recreational backcountry users has been issued for Friday, February 10th to Monday, February 13th. The...	replies 0 views 1906	By Avalanche Canada 2017-02-09
Backcountry Rescue Delayed due to Avalanche Hazard 2017-02-06 By KootPow North Shore SAR was finally able to rescue a lost skier on Hollyburn Mountain late Sunday afternoon by helicopter long line. Previous news reports...	replies 0 views 2811	By KootPow 2017-02-06
Safety First 2017-01-30 By KootPow WorkSafeBC has recently reminded the employees of backcountry operations to keep an extra close eye on avalanche conditions this month, and...	replies 0 views 2326	By KootPow 2017-01-30
Avalanche Conditions Report: Sleeping Dragons 2017-01-26 By admin The deepening snowpack seems to have some sleeping dragons within it, as Whitewater Ski Patroller's Wren McElroy and Lo Bachand discover. In...	replies 0 views 2056	By admin 2017-01-26
Avalanche Conditions Report Jan 19 2017 2017-01-19 By admin After two months of "cold" temps in the Kootenays we have just had our first normal storm cycle depositing 40+ cms. This makes for...	replies 0 views 2124	By admin 2017-01-19
Special Public Avalanche Warning for North Rockies, and Northern Sections of the Cariboos and North Columbia regions 2017-01-19 By Avalanche Canada Special Public Avalanche Warning Jan 19, 2017, Revelstoke, BC: Avalanche Canada is issuing a Special Public Avalanche Warning for recreational...	replies 0 views 1735	By Avalanche Canada 2017-01-19
Exie the Avi Dog 2017-01-10 By KootPow German Shepherds are loyal, intelligent dogs, with high energy levels and they can learn to do just about anything. This is why they make such...	replies 0 views 2598	By KootPow 2017-01-10
Adam Roberts (31) Killed in Avalanche 2017-01-03 By KootPow Adam 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...	replies 0 views 3220	By KootPow 2017-01-03
Avalanche Conditions Report - VIDEO 2016-12-29 By admin Here's the latest Avalanche Conditions Report from Whitewater Ski Resort: 50+ cms has fallen over the last 3 days making the...	replies 1 views 2465	By skiitsbetter 2017-01-03
Avalanche Conditions Report 2016-12-22 By admin We've had a heap of snow so far this week and it's tempting to rush out and get knee deep into it but be sure you know what's going on...	replies 0 views 2018	By admin 2016-12-22
Avalanche Conditions Report Number Two 2016-12-15 By KootPow Despite the bitterly cold artic air mass that hit the West Kootenays this past week, champagne powder remains light and fluffy anywhere still...	replies 0 views 2203	By KootPow 2016-12-15
Avalanche Conditions Report 2016-11-24 By admin Join Whitewater Ski Resorts Avalanche Forecaster Wren McElroy for the first Avalanche Conditions Report for the 2016-17 season. Above 1700m...	replies 0 views 2239	By admin 2016-11-24
Rescue at Cherry Bowl 2016-11-22 By Avalanche Canada Avalanche Canada is excited to present a new multi-media, interactive site that takes the viewer through the experience of an incredible...	replies 1 views 2249	By admin02 2016-11-26
10 Backcountry Essentials 2016-07-22 By KootPow We all have our backcountry packing systems that work best for our own adventures. There are some items I never leave the house without, for...	replies 0 views 2864	By KootPow 2016-07-22