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2026-03-19
Welcome to Episode 8 of the 2025/2026 Avalanche Conditions Report, brought to you by Whitewater Mountain Resort, Backcountry Skiing Canada, &...
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2026-03-19
2026-03-11
Welcome to Episode 7 of the 2025/2026 Avalanche Conditions Report, brought to you by Whitewater Mountain Resort, Backcountry Skiing Canada, &...
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2026-03-11
2026-03-09
DENVER, CO — For those of us who spend our winters deep in the Selkirks or exploring the Coast Mountains, we know that volunteer Search and...
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2026-03-09
2026-02-26
Welcome to Episode 6 of the 2025/2026 Avalanche Conditions Report, brought to you by Whitewater Mountain Resort, Backcountry Skiing Canada, &...
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2026-02-26
2026-02-18
Welcome to Episode 5 of the 2025/2026 Avalanche Conditions Report, brought to you by Whitewater Mountain Resort. Avalanche Canada Danger...
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2026-02-18
2026-02-03
Welcome to Episode 4 of the 2025/2026 Avalanche Conditions Report, brought to you by Whitewater Mountain Resort, Backcountry Skiing Canada, &...
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2026-02-03
2026-01-19
For the Canadian backcountry community, the name RECCO® has long been synonymous with the "last resort" in avalanche rescue. We know...
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2026-03-19
2026-01-15
Welcome to Episode 3 of the 2025/2026 Avalanche Conditions Report, brought to you by Whitewater Mountain Resort, Backcountry Skiing Canada, &...
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2026-01-15
2026-01-05
Level Up Your Cold-Weather Knowledge: Why You Can’t Miss Kananaskis Winter Safety Day As the snow begins to stack up in the Rockies, the...
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2026-01-05
2025-12-23
Welcome to Episode 2 of the 2025/2026 Avalanche Conditions Report, brought to you by Whitewater Mountain Resort, Backcountry Skiing Canada, &...
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2025-12-23
2025-12-12
Welcome to Episode 1 of the 2025/2026 Avalanche Conditions Report, brought to you by Whitewater Mountain Resort, Backcountry Skiing Canada, &...
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2025-12-12
2025-12-09
Kickstart Your Winter: Early Season Backcountry Skills Tune-Up at Mount Carlyle Lodge Shake off the rust and get your head in the snow game for...
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2025-12-09
2025-10-29
Great news for the entire backcountry community! Getting started with avalanche safety education just got significantly more accessible. The...
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2025-10-29
2025-03-13
Welcome to the 8th and final episode of the 2024/25 Avalanche Conditions Report with Jason from Whitewater Ski Resort.   Avalanche...
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2025-03-13
2025-03-06
Welcome to Episode 7 of the 2024/2025 Avalanche Conditions Report with Jason from Whitewater Ski Resort.   We've gone from winter to...
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2025-03-06
2025-02-28
Feb 27, 2025, Revelstoke BC: Avalanche Canada, in partnership with Parks Canada, Alberta Parks, and the Province of British Columbia, has issued a...
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2025-02-28
2025-02-21
Welcome to Episode 6 of the Avalanche Conditions Report with Jason, from Whitewater Ski Resort. Currently, Avalanche Canada is rating the hazard...
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2025-02-21
2025-02-06
Welcome to Episode 5 of the 2024/2025 Avalanche Conditions Report with Jason from Whitewater Ski Resort. It's February 6, 2025 and Avalanche...
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2025-02-06
2025-01-30
Welcome to Episode 4 of the 2024/2025 Avalanche Conditions Report with Jason from Whitewater Ski Resort. Avalanche Canada is currently rating the...
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2025-01-30
2025-01-16
Welcome to Episode 3 of the 2024/2025 Avalanche Conditions Report with Wendy from Whitewater Ski Resort. It's January 16, 2025 and Avalanche...
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2025-01-16
2024-12-26
Welcome to Episode 2 of the 2024/2025 Avalanche Conditions Report with Wendy from Whitewater Ski Resort Snow Safety Team. Avalanche Canada is...
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2024-12-26
2024-12-05
Welcome to the first episode of the 2024/2025 Avalanche Conditions Report with Wendy Lewis from Whitewater Ski Resort. It's December 5, and...
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2024-12-05
2024-07-13
As we look to survive this heat wave this summer what better time to look at human factors in decision-making than now?    A great...
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2024-07-13
2024-07-06
Over our summer heat wave what better thing to do than get caught up on our persistent weak layers?  PWLs are one of the spookiest features...
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2024-07-06
2024-06-27
As temperatures rise in summer it is not the time to think about frostbite.  But for me I just came back from some high altitude climbing...
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2024-06-27