Did you know our region’s glaciers have changed dramatically in recent years? As they continue to shrink, the number of crevasses is increasing significantly, and…
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Friday Highways Report for the East Kootenay
Friday Highways Report for the East Kootenay is a snapshot to give the travelling public a glimpse of what they may be heading into or…
Friday Highways Report for the East Kootenay
Friday Highways Report for the East Kootenay is a snapshot to give the travelling public a glimpse of what they may be heading into or…
East Kootenay downhill season nears full steam
A recent image of Kimberley Alpine Resort. Kimberley Alpine Resort photo As snow falls over the entire East Kootenay and its towering Rockies and Purcell…
Wildsight program presents Requiem for a Glacier
Wildsight Invermere’s Fire & Ice program kicks off on June 25 at the Columbia Valley Centre in Invermere, with Requiem for a Glacier. This special…
Purcells included in Avalanche Warning
Avalanche Canada, in partnership with Parks Canada, is issuing a Special Public Avalanche Warning for recreational backcountry users across numerous forecast regions in British Columbia and…
Considerable avalanche risk in Purcells
Avalanche Canada is reporting considerable avalanche danger ratings for the alpine, treeline and below treeline for the Purcell Mountains. All three zones were inundated by…
Jumbo Glacier Resort is dead
The Ktunaxa Nation Council (KNC) is honoured and heartened to announce that Qat’muk, which includes the Jumbo Valley, will remain wild. The Jumbo Glacier Resort,…
I hate Jumbo because I love it
Kootenay Crust By Ian Cobb Op-Ed Commentary I tried to get up to visit Jumbo Valley a month or so ago but ran out of…
Court of Appeal rules Jumbo Valley to stay wild
The B.C. Court of Appeal today (August 6) ruled that the original 2015 decision of then Minister of Environment Mary Polak, that the Jumbo Glacier…