AvCan Podcast

Avalanche Canada and the Avalanche Canada Foundation—what's the difference? And how can you make a difference to public avalanche safety? We've got ACF Executive Director Jeff Storck here to talk abou...

27 Nov 20248min

As our forecasting season draws to a close, AvCan forecaster Lynnea Baker joins us to talk about how to have a safe and fun spring in the mountains.

26 Apr 202418min

AvCan forecaster, Lynnea Baker, joins us to talk about why the Mountain Information Network (MIN) is an essential part of making our public avalanche forecasts. We'll talk about how to make a MIN, wha...

11 Apr 202416min

We're about to see a significant increase in both the temperature and the avalanche danger. Forecaster Tyson Rettie joins us to provide updates about what to expect from the warming and how it will im...

13 Mar 20246min

We still have a Special Public Avalanche Warning in place for some regions, we're expecting high avalanche danger in others, and that touchy persistent slab problem is persisting too. AvCan forecaste...

9 Mar 20248min

We have a Special Public Avalanche Warning in place for almost all of our forecast regions until end of day, Mar 4 2024. Join forecaster, Tyson Rettie, to find out more about the problems that caused...

2 Mar 20246min

Join AvCan forecaster, Wendy Lewis, to talk all about where the resort ends and the backcountry begins (hint: there's no such thing as the side/slack country!). We'll be talking gear, mindset, and wha...

19 Feb 202410min

In this episode, Karina Bakker and Jarek Barwise from our Vancouver Island field team join us to talk about what exactly the warm, wet weather does to our snowpack, and what happens when the temperatu...

2 Feb 202417min