VIDEO: Snow Safety & Awareness | This Could Save Your Life [arve url="https://vimeo.com/238427891"] Chris Wallner | October 19, 2017 0 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
High Altitude Pulmonary Edema—What It Is and Why You Should Care High Altitude Pulmonary Edema, or HAPE, is the most common and most fatal form of high altitude sickness. HAPE results from fluid building up in the lungs over time while at high altitude. Essentially, victims of HAPE take in less and less oxygen due to the low air pressure at high altitudes as fluid continues to fill up their lungs, resulting […] Brains Maggie Dean | October 1, 2017 0 Comments
Know Before You Go: Altitude is Everything Incredible peaks, challenging terrain, extreme climates; it’s what mountain folk thrive on. High altitude landscapes have drawn in mountaineers for years, but there are still things that leave us at the mercy of Mother Nature. In this case, it is a rare, but life-threatening occurrence called High Altitude Pulmonary Edema or HAPE. Without proper acclimation, HAPE can happen to an […] Industry News Katy Shipley | October 1, 2017 0 Comments
Friends don’t let friends HAPE. Although not as well known as avalanches, HAPE ( high altitude pulmonary edema), otherwise known as HAPO in the Indian regions of the Himalayas ( the British spelling is Oedema) is in fact the number one killer of people at altitude. Although not strictly correct, the same issues with breathing at altitude are known as altitude sickness, or sometimes Acute […] Brains Ben Davies | September 16, 2017 0 Comments
Gearing Up For Winter: Avalanche Safety Training As winter approaches most of us are dreaming of fluffy pow pillows, backcountry couloirs, and shot skis galore, but I bet the one thing that hasn’t been at the forefront of your thoughts is signing up for an avalanche safety class. For a long time, I thought that avalanche safety tips from my trusted lifties would be enough. However, with […] Avalanche Lindsay Hayden | September 11, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: 2 MILLION Skiers Entered the Backcountry Last Year | Have We Pushed the Limits? Whistler-Blackcomb just released the third segment of their 4-part series “The Big Picture.” This episode deals with safely navigating a backcountry scene that has grown by at least 40% in the last ten years. While any backcountry activity is categorically dangerous, few pursuits compare in risk that of backcountry skiing. The inherent dangers of skiing run the spectrum from those of a high […] Backcountry Sergei Poljak | October 25, 2016 0 Comments
Missing Man Found Buried in Avalanche in British Columbia, Canada An unidentified man went out for a solo sled mission to Owl’s Head mountain range on Sunday afternoon near Sicamous, B.C. He was expected to return sometime Monday, but when he didn’t show, his family began to worry. He was found dead buried beneath avalanche debris by search and rescue crews on Tuesday. “The Sicamous RCMP immediately activated the Shuswap […] Avalanche Keenan Grady | March 10, 2016 1 Comment
Ski Patrollers Are Among the Lowest Paid Workers in the USA According to a recent study that was conducted by Ski-Patrol.net, Lifeguards and others involved in recreational protective service work (“Patrollers and other RPS Workers”), are among the lowest paid workers in America. Ski patrollers are highly trained workers that have certifications all across the board, many of which have to be re-certified annually. Despite these certifications, over 97% of all […] Industry News Chris Wallner | March 3, 2016 7 Comments
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