News Items tag as: Avalanche 2016

April starts with more avalanche control delays on Highway 1
April 01, 2016 - 7:11 AM

REVELSTOKE - If you are trying to skip town today, watch for delays on Highway 1 due to avalanche control.
Avalanche control to cause more delays on Highways 1 and 3 today
March 31, 2016 - 6:54 AM

REVELSTOKE - As avalanche risk increases crews are doing their part to control the risk of unexpected avalanches along Interior highways.
Expect delays on Trans-Canada during avalanche control today
March 30, 2016 - 6:51 AM

REVELSTOKE - Avalanche conditions have led to a province-wide warning this week and crews will undertake control measures along Highway 1 this afternoon.
Warm weather avalanche warning issued across B.C.
March 29, 2016 - 3:53 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Visitors to the Interior backcountry are being warned of an increased avalanche hazard as warmer weather destabilizes snowpacks across the region.
Avalanche warning for Rockies, national parks
March 24, 2016 - 10:37 AM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - As you are planning your Easter long weekend activies in the backcountry keep an eye on avalanche conditions, which are expected to be sensitive this weekend.
Man killed in Shuswap avalanche identified
March 17, 2016 - 12:04 PM

KELOWNA - The B.C. Coroners Service has released the identity of a man who died in an avalanche near Celista.
Highway 1 closed near Field for avalanche control this morning
March 15, 2016 - 7:20 AM

FIELD - Warmer weather coupled with precipitation are making snow conditions more sensitive to avalanche in many areas of the province, leading to avalanche control along Highway 1 this morning.
Two snowmobilers buried by avalanche north of Kamloops
March 15, 2016 - 6:56 AM

KAMLOOPS - An avalanche in an area northwest of Blue River has claimed the lives of two people.
Snowmobiler who died in Sicamous-area avalanche identified
March 14, 2016 - 4:11 PM

SICAMOUS - The B.C. Coroners Service has identified the man who died in an avalanche near Sicamous last week.
Second snowmobiler killed in an avalanche in southern Interior within past week
March 14, 2016 - 9:33 AM

CHASE, B.C. - An avalanche has taken the life of another snowmobiler in the southern Interior, the region's second such incident within the past week.
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