5 pm. Meet at MEC (Broadway store) pick up gear & brief orientation. 6 pm. Depart for Mt Seymour, meet in Cafeteria, review outline & plan for the evening 7pm – 9pm. Conduct gear familiarization & practice; team safety, signal search, victim location (probe practice), victim extraction (shovel techniques), evacuation. 9:30 head for home. This […]

The availablity of digital map data, satellite imagery and other information on the Internet has made it much more practical for individuals to make maps for their outdoor adventures. This will be an informal evening workshop to share tips and techniques of map making, from downloading digital maps to preparing custom maps and routes, and […]

Canada West Mountain School is offering a custom ATS1-Plus course to the ACC-Vancouver. The course cost is $195 and requires 8 people to run. The dates are as follows: March 8: Evening theory session held in Vancouver March 10/11: Field days to be held in either Mount Seymour area and/or Whistler back-country. For complete details, […]

This is a training session for crevasse rescue techniques including prusik training and various pulley arrangements (mainly drop loop and Z pulley). Until Feb 15, preference will be given to those people who have signed up for Ben Waller’s course on Sunday Mar 11 on Crevasse rescue on Mount Seymour.

Coldsmoke 2012 is shaping up to be a truly homegrown Kootenay event. Three days of clinics, competitions and social evenings will provide both experienced and debutant backcountry skiers and snowboarders with fantastic learning opportunities and tons of fun. Now in its 6th year it offers a concentrated curriculum of powder enlightenment that is difficult to […]