The Canadian Avalanche Center will be hosting avalanche awareness days in mountain towns across Canada on January 12-14, 2007. Read on to see what they have to offer......

The<b> Canadian Avalanche Centre</b> (CAC) in Revelstoke, BC, wants you to know that avalanche safety just got easier; it’s called the <b>Avaluator</b>....

<a href="http://www.skiinggolden.com">SkiingGolden.com</a> provides an online guide book to the abundant backcountry opportunities in and around the beautiful town of Golden, BC. Since the inception of Whitetooth and later Kicking Horse...

Your career in the snow avalanche industry starts here. CAA Avalanche Operations Level 1 Course * Burnie Glacier Hut (Smithers, B.C.) Jan 7-14, 2007 * Lake Louise Inn (Lake Louise, AB) March 11-17 & 18-24, 2007...

The Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) is hosting the Columbia Brewery Backcountry Avalanche Workshop (BAW) in Whistler on Saturday November 25th and in Canmore on Sunday December 3rd. This year the BAW has down to earth grassroots flavour....

Whether we like it or not, we are all responsible for each other in the backcountry. Time to step up and educate the ignorant....

In this part of our dispatch from the International Snow Science Workshop in Telluride I want to to pass on some of the more practical topics that were covered at the conference. The two that I thought would be the most useful out there...

The International Snow Science workshop is a biennial gathering of snow scientists and professionals to discuss anything related to snow and avalanche saftey. The topics range from education to snowpack and weather modeling and forcasting...

BOULDER, CO (September 25, 2006) - Backcountry Access (BCA) and Teton Gravity Research (TGR) have teamed up to produce a second training DVD on avalanche rescue. Entitled, “Take Charge: Leading a Group Rescue,” the DVD is scheduled for...

Canada is recognized across the world as a leader in forecasting, education and the science of avalanches. The Canadian Avalanche Association (CAA) is Canada’s national organization dedicated to promoting safety and professional standards....