No Stopping Zone Introduced on Trans-Canada Highway to Protect Feeding Bears There is now a section of the Trans-Canada Highway that has a no-stopping zone in order to protect bears feeding along the roadway. The 10 km stretch of road runs from the Alberta-British Columbia border to the town of Fields, BC. It is in place to ensure that the bears have room to feed along the road without motorists stopping […] Alex Camerino | June 25, 2020 0 Comments
Climbers Discover Unexploded Avalanche Ordnance from WWII in Jasper National Park, Canada A group of climbers from the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides found an unexploded ordnance Thursday on the north side of Mount Athabasca in Jasper National Park, reports CBC. Related: CDOT Launched 1,500 Avalanche Ordinances this Winter – 22 Failed to Explode and May Be a Threat to Hikers The climbers reported the discovery to Jasper RCMP around 2 pm, and a public notice to […] Avalanche AvyBrains | July 9, 2019 0 Comments
2 Climbers Injured in Avalanche in Canada Last Week | One ‘Swam’ in Avalanche for 250-Feet Two mountaineers were caught and injured in an avalanche on 11,033′ Mt. Edith Cavell in Jasper National Park, Canada on September 13th, 2016. One climber swam in the avalanche for 250 feet. He sustained minor injuries and was very very lucky. “The group member who was caught ‘swam’ within the debris and eventually self arrested with the aid of an […] Avalanche AvyBrains | September 21, 2016 1 Comment
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