Kootenay, BC, Powder Roadtrip Report – 3 Powder Filled Days With Big Red Cats Continuing with the Powder Highway theme we wanted to experience mechanized skiing Rossland-style. Sometime over the summer, I had talked to Big Red Cats about getting a group together. One group became two groups and so we somehow ended booking two private cats dividing the 24 skiers (12 per cat) into one group of Advanced/Expert and another group, Intermediate. Any ski trip is always […] Trip Report Lee Lau | January 21, 2022 0 Comments
Video: Utah Skiers in Last Week’s B.C. Avalanche Share Story [iframe id=”http://www.ksl.com/api/jwplayer/player.php?file=http://media.ksl.com/1485222846-659987049.mp4&image=//media.ksl.com/1485222846-659987049.jpg&width=640&height=360″] What started as a “dream” vacation ended with a firsthand account of an avalanche survival ordeal they’ll never forget. The event took place last Thursday, near Rossland, British Columbia. Comprised of confident backcountry skiers, the group was on a snowcat ski trip with Big Red Cats operation when the avalanche occurred. During that fateful afternoon, a slab came loose […] Avalanche Robin Azer | January 25, 2017 0 Comments
Four American Skiers Injured in Avalanche near Rossland, BC During Cat Ski Operation Four American skiers have been airlifted back to the States following an avalanche on Mount Mackienear near Rossland during a cat ski operation with Big Red Cats last Thursday. The avalanche occurred Thursday afternoon at approximately 2:30 p.m. and resulted in broken bone injuries to four skiers from Spokane, Washington. “There was an avalanche with a group from Big Red […] Avalanche Matias Ricci | January 23, 2017 0 Comments
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