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A wet loose avalanche on initiating in a rocky area

Farewell to Forecasting Season

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A large wet avalanche starting in a rocky area

Spring Snowpack: Freeze…What is it good for?

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a slab avalanche along a ridgeline

The Heat is On: Another Warm up Brings Rising Avalanche Risk

Upcoming warm weather, sun, and rising freezing levels could mean another big avalanche cycle

    A very large avalanche on an alpine feature.

    Cool... but not chill

      From Storms to Spring

        multiple avalanches starting in the alpine and travelling through trees

        High Alert in the Canadian Rockies

        The key takeaway here is simple: don’t try to out think this Rockies snowpack. Avoid consequential avalanche terrain.

          An large avalanche with wide propagation on a fairly short slope. A sled is in the foreground.

          Winter Isn't Over Yet

            a large avalanche that has propagated across a variety of alpine terrain features

            Remote Triggers, Wide Propagation and Why You Need to Dial It Back

            Wide propagation and remote triggering have us worried

              Lingering Danger

                A person ski touring near ridgetop standing among blocks of snow that have broken into an avalanche

                New Snow, Old Problems

                 One thing is certain, it’s time to dial back our exposure to avalanche terrain.

                  A field team member holds two blocks of snow on a shovel, one has slid down the surface of the other on a weak layer.

                  What is a Slab?

                    an avalanche on a sparsely-treed 26 degree slope

                    Keeping a Conservative Mindset

                    When the snowpack is giving you free advice, take it

                      Shifting Your Mindset

                      It's time to step back

                        A field team member points up at a rocky area of the mountain
                        animation of forecast storms hitting west coast of Canada

                        A Refreshing Start to Winter

                          Any Fallout From The ‘BOMB’?

                            Getting the (meteo)Gram!

                              Resources for spring in the backcountry

                                Spring Challenges

                                  An alpine bowl shaped feature. An avalanche has propagated across the whole ridgeline. There are cliffs visible in the avalanche path and hangfire at the top. The sky is blue and it is sunny.

                                  Warmup Woes