Snow Safety – Page 3

3 Men in Stable Condition after Avalanche in Kicking Horse Backcountry

February 3, 2015

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Golden and District Search and Rescue (GADSAR) responded to an avalanche in the backcountry south of Kicking Horse Mountain Resort at around 2pm today (Tuesday). It sounds as if two people out of a group of ...

Flute Oboe; Whistler Slackcountry Jan 17, 2015

LeeLau

January 18, 2015

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Snowed about 5cms in the morning then another convective cell came through giving us another 5cms in the late morning. Lots of people out in the Flute Oboe slackcountry. Still quite a bit of preserved surfac...

SHADOWING A SKI MOUNTAINEERING COURSE – Whistler/Blackcomb backcountry

LeeLau

January 13, 2015

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I shadowed one day of a five day ski mountaineering course put on by Altus Mountain Guides. Backstory: West Coasties (myself included), have a tradition of being self-guided and finding their own adventure. In ...

Snowmobiler Avalanche Burial – Jan 10, 2015

Tim Grey

January 12, 2015

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This is a video a snowmobiler avalanche burial that occurs in a creek bed feature near Valemount BC. Luckily his buddy is right there to pull him out. It's a good video to understand terrain and how easily a sm...

Avalanche Season in Banff, Yoho & Kootenay National Park

BigLines

December 2, 2014

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To all backcountry users in Banff, Yoho, and Kootenay National Parks: It’s avalanche season again, and Parks Canada will be periodically conducting avalanche control on all avalanche paths that threaten major ...

Avalanche Accident with ABS Géraldine Fasnacht – Interview

Mikeynix

November 26, 2014

2013

This is the latest ABS success story that has been uploaded to the internet by ABS Avalanche Airbags. They did the same thing around this time last year with a video of freeskier Aymar Navarro deploying his ABS...

Three Spirits

Mikeynix

October 1, 2014

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What. The. Fuck. One minute you’re asleep, the next you wake up to the news that not one, not two, but three incredible humans from within our community have been sent to the mountain that no one comes back ...

Massive Avalanche Engulfs Russian Mountainside

BigLines

October 29, 2012

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This shot's from 2011, but it's worth taking a look and reminding yourself what Mother Nature can do when you get on her bad side. Careful out there folks....