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]
Canada's furry forecasters are calling for an early spring. Ontario's Wiarton Willie and Nova Scotia's prognosticating rodent Shubenacadie Sam didn't see their shadows when they emerged on Thursday morning. However, the predictions by the Canadian groundhogs are at odds with Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil, who is calling for six more weeks of [Continue]
This image was taken from Cleveland Dam in North Vancouver by TrekBC member Paul Hazon. The Lions are the most iconic of all Vancouver landmarks and are a popular hiking destination for locals and tourists during the summer months. [Continue]
Parks Canada has abandoned its feasibility assessment, and is stepping away from plans to create a national park in the South Okanagan-Similkameen. On its website, Parks Canada says it "respects the position of the Government of British Columbia regarding the creation of a national park reserve in the South Okanagan-Lower Similkameen Valley and [Continue]
Most Canadians across the country can look forward to a warmer-than-normal winter, right through until spring, according to Environment Canada's latest forecast. The prediction for February, March and April comes after an unseasonably warm couple of months, said CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe. [Continue]
This week's Community Spotlight falls on what happens to be our newest feature on the site and perhaps the most noticeable. If you're reading this on the TrekBC site you will by now have noticed a new toolbar situated at the bottom of the page. This is a useful new hub designed to quickly connect you with the latest news and announcements from [Continue]
Self-arrest is a mountaineering related maneuver in which a climber who has fallen and is sliding down a snow or ice slope arrests (stops) the slide by himself or herself without recourse to a rope or other belay system. Self-arrest can be performed by using an ice axe or by using the climber's hands, feet, knees and elbows. Self-arrest with an [Continue]
A Washington snowmobiler is now telling his harrowing story after an avalanche buried him alive and says he survived only because he was rescued by friends. John Swanson was caught in the slide Sunday in Stampede Pass on Mount Washington, about 30 kilometres south of Seattle. The immediate afermath was caught on a video camera mounted on a [Continue]