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/
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...
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!
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...
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...
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...
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...
Avalanche Canada and the South Rockies Field Team will be hosting a free backcountry avalanche workshop in Fernie on January 8th at the Golf course 7-9pm. This year's topics will include:
*The New Avalanche Canada website...how to use it, navigate it, access avalanche bulletins, blogs and so...
Here is a link to a recent blog post with a video about some weak layers we are keeping our eye on in the Flathead and Lizard Range.
http://www.avalanche.ca/blogs/VKHtYiUAANQA7E6j/flathead-surface-hoar
Happy riding!
South Rockies Field Team
This video is on current conditions and what to expect in the South Rockies and Lizard Range over the next couple of weeks.
For the full blog post, go here: Forecaster Blog - Canadian Avalanche Centre » Powder, Rain, & Sunshine ? It?s Springtime!
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