Avy Savvy before they go.“It’s not an avalanche course. It’s only to create awareness and if anyone is going to recreate in the backcountry they should or they must take an avalanche skills training course,” said Gilles Valade, Avalance Canada executive director.The online education course couldn’t be more timely.
Search and rescue had a busy summer as people explored their own backyards as travel restrictions were put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Building a snowman? Online snowman calculator can help create mathematically perfect proportions “Clearly, that was going to carry over into the winter season and on top of that we can’t do any in-person outreach like we usually do,” said Valade.