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Canadian Avalanche Centre - Public Avalanche Warning Service Avalanche Conditions Update, April 8, 2011 Prepared by Karl Klassen Recently, the CAC solicited opinions from avalanche practitioners about the potential for persistent weak layers creating deep persistent slab problems this spring...

Special Public Avalanche Warning for Backcountry Recreationists in Southeast BC March 11, 2011, Revelstoke, BC: The Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) is issuing a special public avalanche warning for southeast BC. This warning includes the mountainous areas from the US border north through Moyie...

Special Public Avalanche Warning for Backcountry Recreationists in Southeast BC March 11, 2011, Revelstoke, BC: The Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) is issuing a special public avalanche warning for southeast BC. This warning includes the mountainous areas from the US border north through Moyie...

Special Public Avalanche Warning for Backcountry Recreationists in Southeast BC March 11, 2011, Revelstoke, BC: The Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) is issuing a special public avalanche warning for southeast BC. This warning includes the mountainous areas from the US border north through Moyie...

Avalanche Centre - Public Avalanche Warning Service Avalanche Conditions Update February 18, 2011 As my snowblower struggles to throw snow over the banks in my driveway here in Revelstoke, it’s hard to believe the winter actually started off slow. I say this is because, while most of the...

Canadian Avalanche Centre – Public Avalanche Warning Service BC Avalanche Conditions Update Northwest BC A significant storm cycle that produced recent danger ratings of Extreme and High is ending. Avalanche activity is decreasing. A dryer, calmer, colder spell of weather is expected. When it...

The CAC has issued special public avalanche warnings for both of the previous two weekends. We are considering issuing a third warning for the coming weekend and will make the decision later this week. Regardless of whether a special warning is issued, I thought I should give everyone a heads up...

December 18, 2009 Some thoughts on conditions as we head into the Christmas Holidays. This year’s snowpack is turning out to be a pretty good one so far compared to the last couple of winters. The layers deep in the snowpack and near the ground are generally looking pretty good, the middle...

Hi Folks, The Canadian Avalanche Centre posted our first early-season bulletin November 6th. We issued our first forecasts on the 13th and have been updating them daily ever since. This year we plan to update danger ratings, primary concerns, confidence statements, and weather forecasts daily...