Avalanche – Page 3

Avalanche Control – Mt. Hector, Dennis, Stephen and Burgess

February 9, 2015

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Avalanche control is planned for Mt. Hector (BNP) and Mt. Stephen, Dennis and Burgess in Yoho on February 10th. Please no outdoor activities of any kind in these areas tomorrow. Thanks for your co-operation....

Big week of Lines in the Rockies

kevin hjertaas

February 5, 2015

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Rockies Conditions Update Feb. 4, 2015 Hjertaas and Rubens have been on a Rockies crushfest of late. Here's Rubens plowing up the gnar above Taylor Lake... It’s been a great week in the Rockies with unse...

3 Men in Stable Condition after Avalanche in Kicking Horse Backcountry

Mikeynix

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 ...

Spooky Avalanche Rips At FWT Fieberbrunn-Kappl Competition, Cancels Event: Updated with Video

Mikeynix

February 3, 2015

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The Freeride World Tour has been plagued by bad luck in the last two years, and today was no exception. After relocating the event from Fieberbrunn to Kappl, Julien Lopez (the second rider of the day) triggered...

We’re not saying you should ski something rad. We’re just saying…

kevin hjertaas

February 2, 2015

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Rockies Trip Report: Jan 31, 2015: Mt Bell “Woo. Let’s go ski that!” We’ve skinned about 9km and climbed 1200m to reach the top of this chute and Chris Rubens, with his perpetual stoke, has seen something bett...

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...

93 South – Trip and Conditions Report – Jan 13, 2015

SplitBoard HQ

January 14, 2015

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Report by Simon Coward With a bit of new snowfall in the last week or so we finally bit the bullet and headed out to 93 south. With the low snow year so far and the fact that trailheads are a lower...

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...

Foglietta Avalanche Burial -Jan 2015

Tim Grey

January 11, 2015

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-Update Jan 12, 2015. Looks like the owners of this video have taken it private. We will keep this story live for a bit in case the video resurfaces. This video shows an avalanche burial in Foglietta North,...

How to Call Out Backcountry Idiots WITHOUT Making them Feel like Idiots

Mikeynix

December 15, 2014

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We’ve all been there. It’s the first sunny day after a metre + storm cycle and you’re wandering out to have a tentative look at the runs that lay just outside the resort. You’re geared up, you’re with a couple ...