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Moderate is NOT the new Low 10 Apr 2013 | 02:01 am
Over the last several years we have seen an increasing number of avalanche related close calls involving skiers and climbers. Between better equipment and getting out more during the midwinter avalanc...
Ian McIntosh joins Backcountry.com pro team 9 Apr 2013 | 02:07 am
Kootenay pro freeskier Ian McIntosh is a hard-charging specimen of brute strength, raw talent, and pure style. Today, Backcountry.com, online specialty retailer of premium outdoor gear, welcomes McInt...
Spring Danger Ratings 3 Apr 2013 | 04:47 am
Every year it seems there’s a debate of what to call the avalanche danger in the public bulletin when true spring conditions have arrived. For example: frozen solid and LOW danger in the mornings risi...
Paleo-Bodies 2 Apr 2013 | 03:55 pm
by Jon Turk I have a friend who is an engineer for Black Diamond, a well known company that makes technical gear for climbers and skiers. A number of years ago, I visited George in the product develop...
The Hans Gmoser Film Preservation Project 30 Mar 2013 | 04:43 am
Between 1957 and 1968, Hans Gmoser produced ten films of mountain adventure which he then toured across North America. Many people have wonderful memories of those presentations: Hans at the microphon...
Skiing Alone 17 Mar 2013 | 07:28 pm
By Jon Turk My brain refuses to be present as I skin through the snow-covered forest. I am in my office, on the freeway, banging away at my computer, managed by other people’s rules, anywhere but here...
Throttle Back – Forecasters Bulletin 16 Mar 2013 | 03:09 am
If you’re heading into the mountains this weekend, go cautiously and watch for the possibility of human-triggered avalanches. The snowpack is not yet trustworthy following the recent big storm. This a...
Whistler’s Air Jordan lemmings 6 Mar 2013 | 06:29 am
Whistler’s Air Jordan has always had a lemming effect, but then so does Whistler. Those waiting in the long line up for Whistler’s Peak chair noticed a row of people at the top ridge, they knew someth...
Two skier deaths in recent storm cycle 26 Feb 2013 | 05:21 am
It has been an exceptional year with only one Canadian avalanche death this year—until last week. A 34-year-old German heli-skier client with RK Heliski has died after an avalanche on Jumbo Glacier in...
Wolves and Wolverines 25 Feb 2013 | 09:38 pm
My name is Jon. I don’t call myself “Howling Wolf” or “Running Bear”, because I was born and raised WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic) and there is no sense pretending oth...
