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Search & Rescue, first responder content. Mountain Enthusiast. Tradesmen, Father, Dog Owner. With some public safety messaging and a dash of humor Opinions are my own and often hilarious
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Pond hockey season is really suffering right now in Whistler with these warm temperatures

submitted 21 hours ago • 0 comments

Special Avalanche bulletin still up for most of BC. Those weak layers are still buried and may wake up with the warm weather

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Avalanche forecast for the Whistler area HIGH hazard above treeline •Approach lee and cross-loaded slopes with caution •Storm slabs in motion may step down to deeply buried weak layers and result in very large avalanches •Even brief periods of direct sun could produce natural avalanches

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Anyone checked on Mt Cayley recently? Shallow earthquakes relatively near a potentially active strato volcano, sort of thing?

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

That just felt suspiciously like an earthquake in Whistler BC

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

Finally snowing in Whistler after several weeks of dry sunny, windless conditions which is good. All that snow is falling on solar crust and on this: surface hoar. Neither are great for stability avalanche terrain

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

Going out of bounds at ski resorts can be deadly. www.nsnews.com/local-news/r... #BCSearchandRescue

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Waiting for snow in Whistler. Forced to move to plan B until Ullr comes through with the goods

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

Core memory unlocked: I had this handheld video game as a kid. Not sure why it popped into my head or relevance 35+ years later, but here it is. Simpler times. Gameboy came out two years later spelling the death for gems like these. Story of our time really ... youtu.be/ADemUHXeIg0?...

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

Critical helicopter long line rescue reported by Comox Valley SAR #BCSAR

submitted 50 days ago • 2 comments

Good write-up on a few recent rescues in Whistler and some joint night vision and hoist training with North Shore / Whistler Search and Rescue www.piquenewsmagazine.com/local-news/w...

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment

Here's a rare Christmas Eve/afternoon sight: an untouched sunny Oboe Mountain on a very brief weather window between storms. It had been blasted with 160km/h winds a few hours earlier. Typically this area sees hundreds of backcountry skiers transiting through on a busy day

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

Paramedics and search crews have been dispatched to the scene of an avalanche that struck Monday in the Whistler, B.C., area. bc.ctvnews.ca/emergency-cr...

submitted 69 days ago • 2 comments

5 caught, 4 complete burials in avalanche north west of Whistler. Thankfully all are in stable condition. BZ to everyone who responded. Lots of great interagency cooperation on a rescue this scale www.piquenewsmagazine.com/must-reads/a...

submitted 69 days ago • 2 comments

Was honored to be involved in this very special escort last evening 🚨🧑🏻‍🎄🚒🚔

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

That's a wrap for the year! We take a quick break from weekly trainings over the holidays, capped off with avalanche rescue scenarios on Whistler in a blizzard. Whistler SAR (and all SAR teams) are available this holiday season 24 hours a day 7 days a week

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

For anyone stranded in Whistler,l due to the road closure, overnight shelter information will be available at 5pm at Whistler.ca

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

For anyone traveling the Sea to Sky to/from Whistler, there's been a large landslide north or Lions Bay. Highway is closed in both directions until at least midnight

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

Snow inbound for the south coast. New storm snow on facets will make for some dicey avalanche conditions in the mountains. Play safe

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment