After the relentless pounding of snow throughout the month of January I was eager to see the sun shine, the snowpack settle and the high alpine become suitable to ski. After a few teasing small windows the forecast promised a significant...

This January, I left both the comfort of the Kicking Horse Gondola and the convenience of my sled throttle for a week of labor-intensive ski touring. It wasn’t an easy time to leave, because it had been a great week at the ‘Horse and it was...

When the Chairlifts are down and there are fresh tracks to be had, there’s only one thing to do: suck it up and start hiking. Following one of the most destructive storms to hit the south coast in years, Vancouver’s North Shore Mountains...

Most accidents in the backcountry are caused by several compounding human factors that many bc users are unaware of. Human Factors are overlooked way too often. There are many things that go into your decision of where to travel and where...

There are a few things to learn and know before heading into your local sidecountry or backcountry. Here's how to get the knowledge.Before you even think about heading for uncontrolled slopes you need to do a few things. Learn the basics...

Avalanche Awareness Days at Big White was a great success. Guest speakers were in abundance from the Canadian Avalanche Centre, Adventure Smart, and the Canadian Avalanche Foundation. The public was treated to beacon and snow pit...

<br>After a few weeks of diffucult snow and avalanche conditions, Chris Davenport has logged the first of what he hopes to be his 54 14ers. If you didn't catch the premise, Dav is foregoing other films and competitions to try and be the...

If you're starting to scheme in your mind about where you might find yourself in the spring, a trip to the big mountain mecca of Alaska may not be as impossible as you think. You don't need loads of cash to scare yourself in the Chugach...

Announcing the Ski Trab US Ski Mountaineering race team. Pete Swenson of Boulder, CO and Karen Kingsley of Ophir, CO will race on the World Cup dominating Trab Duo Race ski this coming season....

HINTERSTEIN, GERMANY (Jan 11. 2006) – On New Year's Eve, a 29-year old German woman who was caught in an avalanche and trapped under 1.5 meters of snow was pinpointed with the RECCO® avalanche rescue system and recovered alive after being...