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Avalanche Canada is looking for your Mountain Information Network (MIN) info! You don't need to be an avalanche expert to share useful, important information with forecasters and your peers in order to create a safer, more informed mountain community! Megan from Avalanche Canada South Rockies...

Have you checked out the Avalanche Canada South Rockies Facebook page? Here is a link to our avalanche conditions update from the Elkford area. Happy riding! https://www.facebook.com/avcansouthrockies/videos/1290375091037983/

Great question! Technically it would not cover the Alberta side of Fording Pass, even though it does cover parts of Alberta riding areas. Zoom in on the map at avalanche.ca to see the forecast region boundaries. The South Rockies Field Team gathers info from the Lizard Range/Flathead bulletin...

The South Rockies Field Team is back at work reporting on avalanche, weather, snowpack and riding conditions in South Eastern BC, and Southern Alberta. Here is a little video about the work we do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTmEmDBfQLE We have a new Facebook page with photos and vids...

If you are new to the Mountain Information Network (MIN), and not sure how to go about posting one...here is a video that can walk you through it! A quick report is the easiest to start with...don't forget to include a photo of you shredding! Also, if you are worried about giving away your...

Sledding in avalanche terrain is awesome!...but avalanche gear is not optional! Would you drive the highway with no seatbelt? Props to all the super educated, well equipped riders we see most days in the mountains!

You are correct, we are not necessarily trying to tell people to jump on slopes to try and trigger avalanches. We were more hoping to demonstrate that seeing evidence of previous avalanches and getting shooting cracks in the snowpack while sledding are significant signs of instability to watch...

Check out this video from the South Rockies Field Team about an avalanche that caught a technician on Jan 13 near Fernie. She was caught while skiing not sledding but it's still a worthwhile watch! https://youtu.be/Ozog4Hxc7Uo

Check out our new video sled testing small slopes for snowpack instabilities in the South Rockies by Elkford BC. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK16RUVwemU

We are up and running our field team gathering field information for the season in the Fernie, Crowsnest, Elkford and Flathead areas. We have started up an instagram account@avcansouthrockies where we will be regularly posting photos, videos and current information about avalanche...

Newest update from the South Rockies. https://youtu.be/05rnY3yFub4

Price is RIGHT! Do you have kids that are joining you in the backcountry? Sign them up for this free avalanche rescue workshop in Fernie over March break. They don't need a sled, skis or a snowboard to participate. The course will focus on avalanche rescue skills (transceiver, shovel...

For those of you not on your mountain bikes... - YouTube

Hope you are all staying motivated to enjoy what winter we have! http://www.avalanche.ca/blogs/VOYssycAACYAOSg0/loweredexpectations

Hey, Avalanche Canada is presenting a Backcountry Avalanche Workshop that is sponsored by TECK. It's happening tomorrow (Wed. Feb 18th) from 7pm till 9pm at the Boivin Appartments B (431 Boivin Rd.) in Elkford. Its FREE and there's going to be some prizes too! A South Rockies avalanche field...

Hi, you will have to sign up again on the RSS feed to receive the bulletins directly. This is because we changed our website this year. Here's the instructions below. Hope this helps. Cheers! Set up an RSS feed for your email: Select a RSS aggregator Go to the forecast of your choice and...

Hi, thanks for the feedback! Around Fernie it rained up to 6500 ft, not sure about Crowsnest area and Elk Valley North though, suspect a little lower in these areas. We're back on the field tomorrow, we'll check it out and definitely let you know through our MIN posts (water droplet looking...

Latest vlog from the South Rockies Field Team: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT46PEoGQz4

This drought sucks. Check out the latest South Rockies Blog on avalanche conditions in the Fernie, Elk Valley and Crowsnest regions. Feel free to share. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fgX2apvuEE

http://www.avalanche.ca/blogs/VMBrASUAAK4GiTHd/complicated-crusts Snow Safety Director at Fernie Alpine Resort talks about the snowpack structure in the area of a couple of recent avalanches just out of bounds at the resort over the last couple of days. (Sorry about the wind noise...windy...