Visibility was limited into the Alpine and worsened as we drove South. In Turnagain Pass we could see a few new small wet loose avalanches in some of the steep channeled gully’s on Seattle Ridge. Talked to a group of skiers at Tincan who said there was a recent cornice fall from CFR. In Portage we  [ Read More ]

Account of hikers threatened by avalanche on their way to see the ice caves. Thank you to Shiloh Powell for sharing her story and photos. We are very glad all in the area were ok and out of the path. Note: the debris did not run over their turnaround location but the powder blast came  [ Read More ]

We drove through Portage yesterday evening to see if there was any recent wet activity from that day. We’re pretty sure all the activity in these photos was from 4/10 – 4/11 during a rain event in our region. We also saw the first Beluga’s of the season at the Twentymile bridge. Spring is officially  [ Read More ]

Spotted a slab avalanche on Shakespeare Shoulder, see photo below.  [ Read More ]

Doing some avalanche training in the area, multiple pits in the same zone (SE facing at 2800′) with a scattering of ECTN and ECTP results on the same layer (within the Melt Freeze Crust that sits under the snow from Tuesday and Wednesday). Poor structure (five lemons), mixed propagation (ECTN20, ECTP12 x4, PST 28/100 END)  [ Read More ]