On Feb 18 & 19, 9 NSMBA TAP Builder's were certified in Chainsaw use. The two day certification course included a day of theory and a day of practical training. The course was delivered by the affable faller Norman Moore, 30 year pr... [Continue]
photo credit: Alain Limoges BC Parks is looking at possible amendments to the 1990 Garibaldi Park Management Plan. Up for discussion are the inclusion of 3 new backcountry huts, and whether or not mountain biking should be permitted in the Spearhead Range area of the park. BC Parks is looking for public input. Below is a snippet from their [Continue]
TD Friends of the Environment Fund has given a grant to the NSMBA for $5000 to build volunteer capacity and support the Trail Adoption Plan. The funds will be used to support builders & purchase supplies in what is mountain biking’s la... [Continue]
TD Friends of the Environment Foundation has granted $5000 to the NSMBA for to build volunteer capacity and support the Trail Adoption Plan. The funds will be used to support builders & purchase supplies in what is the largest mo... [Continue]
TD Friends of the Environment Foundation has granted $5000 to the NSMBA for to build volunteer capacity and support the Trail Adoption Plan. The funds will be used to support builders & purchase supplies in what is the largest mo... [Continue]
TD Friends of the Environment Foundation has granted $5000 to the NSMBA for to build volunteer capacity and support the Trail Adoption Plan. The funds will be used to support builders & purchase supplies in what is the largest mo... [Continue]
TD Friends of the Environment Foundation has granted $5000 to the NSMBA for to build volunteer capacity and support the Trail Adoption Plan. The funds will be used to support builders & purchase supplies in what is the largest mo... [Continue]
A backcountry skier is in hospital with serious injuries after being dug out from an avalanche outside Kimberley, B.C. Kimberley RCMP were alerted when an emergency locator beacon was activated just after the slide at about 4:30 p.m. MT Saturday near Hellroaring Creek in the St. Mary's Lake area. A skier, 35, from Quick, B.C., had been buried by [Continue]
Two and a half months after he vanished while apparently on a day trip to the North Shore, the disappearance of a 21-year-old Vancouver man remains unsolved. Brian Safari Mbaruk has been missing since Nov. 18, when he left his Vancouver home equipped for a hike and never returned. His disappearance touched off an intensive two-day search of the [Continue]
A man is dead after triggering an avalanche on the last day of his skiing holiday around 11 a.m. Friday on Meadow Mountain, about 100km north of Nelson, B.C. The man – part of a group of two guides and nine fellow skiers — was the second to descend a run when he triggered the avalanche, according to tour operator Selkirk Wilderness [Continue]