Tragic Weekend in the Rockies
The past week has given way to <b>two</b> seperate <b>avalanche fatalities</b> in the Canadian Rockies. Our sympathy goes out to those in mourning, and wish them all the best at this time. The first accident occurred Saturday evening on...

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Avalanche Awarness Days at Fernie
<a href="http://www.skifernie.com">Fernie Alpine Resort </a>will be hosting avalanche safety presentations and demos on <b>January 12th and 13th</b> in conjuction with the <a href="http://www.avalanche.ca">Canadian Avalanche...

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Grade 5 SnowPass
<b>Hey Kids,</b> <br><br> Are you in Grade 5 or 10 years old? <b> Try Skiing & Snowboarding For Free!</b><br><br> If you are in Grade 5 this is your lucky year! You are eligible to recieve <b>3 free lift tickets</b> at <b>each...

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Canadian Avalanche Association in Trouble
The <b>BC government</b> has stopped it's annual <b>$40,000</b> payment to the <a href="http://www.avalanche.ca/"> Canadian Avalanche Association</a>, which could result in the <b>end of weekly avalanche reports as soon as February.</b> ...

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New Ortovox X1
<a href="http://www.ortovox.com">Ortovox</a> announced the release of a new avalanche tranceiver, the X1. The X1 has much to prove following suit of the F1 Focus and M1 which came out on top at the <b>ANENA</b> <i>(National Association...

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Avalanche Death in Colorado
Just a reminder to everyone to please be very careful out there. Here's a story of someone who was not so lucky yesterday. <br><br><b><a href="http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1002,53%257E243741,00.html">"The avalanche, about 900...

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Beware of Early Season Avalanches
Between Fall 1996 and Spring 2000, 33 Americans were killed by avalanches before January 15th. We all are itching to get out and make some early season turns, but this can be a sketchy time of year. Before you go out make sure you have...

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Avalanche Safety!!
Every year many backcountry enthusiasts are killed by avalanches. We at Biglines would like to encourage everyone who plans to venture into the backcountry to be educated in snow science. The only way to reduce the risk of being caught in a...

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Canada’s First National Backcountry Safety Day!!!!
Next weekend, we are going to experience Canada’s First National Backcountry Safety Day!!!! What a great time to be alive, everyone should get behind this and help it out in any way you can. It is being put together by the <b>Kokanee...

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Backcountry Avalanche Workshop 2003
<i>International snow gurus in Vancouver and Calgary for one-day public info sessions</i> <font size=+1>Backcountry skiers,</font> this is for you...the Canadian Avalanche Association (CAA) is bringing some of the world's top avalanche...

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