BACKCOUNTRY NEWS AND FORUMS
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Safety Talk
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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...replies0views2800
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...replies0views2770
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...replies0views2466
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...replies0views2528
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...replies2views4184
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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...replies0views2864
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...replies0views2535
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...replies0views3460
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...replies0views7256
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...replies0views2707
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...replies0views3929
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...replies0views3141
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...replies0views3022
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...replies0views2803
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...replies0views2416
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...replies0views3697
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...replies0views4077
2017-01-03
2016-12-29Here's the latest Avalanche Conditions Report from Whitewater Ski Resort: 50+ cms has fallen over the last 3 days making the...replies1views3498
2017-01-03
2016-12-22We'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...replies0views2771
2016-12-22
2016-12-15Despite the bitterly cold artic air mass that hit the West Kootenays this past week, champagne powder remains light and fluffy anywhere still...replies0views3174
2016-12-15
2016-11-24Join Whitewater Ski Resorts Avalanche Forecaster Wren McElroy for the first Avalanche Conditions Report for the 2016-17 season. Above 1700m...replies0views2987
2016-11-24
2016-11-22Avalanche Canada is excited to present a new multi-media, interactive site that takes the viewer through the experience of an incredible...replies1views3572
2016-11-26
2016-07-22We all have our backcountry packing systems that work best for our own adventures. There are some items I never leave the house without, for...replies0views3967
2016-07-22
2016-05-07The arrival of summer, along with all sorts of outdoors activities ushers in the arrival of ticks. Read below to see what to do in the event that...replies0views4480
2016-05-07
2016-04-08Ski resorts are starting to close their lifts and operations this month, but this will not keep the die-hard recreationalists from continuing to...replies0views3027
2016-04-08
