Avalanche Awareness Days 2025

Date
De samedi 11 janvier 2025 À samedi 5 avril 2025
Emplacement
Various
Organisé par
Avalanche Canada and participating communities

Enjoy winter and learn some safety tips

Enjoy Canada's beautiful winter landscape and learn how to stay safe from avalanches. There are a variety of events happening across western Canada and Quebec. Check out an event near you!

  • Alberta Parks, Winter Safety Day, Saturday, January 19. Canoe Meadows Day Use Area, 11 am - 3 pm. Free winter safety activities, information and food.
  • Apex Mountain Resort, Jan. 18. Info booth and BBQ.
  • Banff Centre, Avalanche Awareness Night, Jan. 19. Max Bell Auditorium. 3-4 short films, 3-4 avalanche safety professionals presenting, mini tradeshow with local retailers, guides.
  • BC AdventureSmart at Blackcomb Mountain, Sat. Jan. 18. 8:30 - 3. Near the Avalanche Hut, across from Rendezvous. Coquitlam SAR, Whistler SAR, Alpine Club of Canada, Ski Patrol and RECCO will all be on site.
  • BC Parks, Brockton Point at Mt. Seymour Park, Jan. 18th & 19th : Come learn about avalanche safety with BC Parks and North Shore Rescue! Fun activities including quizzes, transceiver practice, and education on North Shore winter travel. Prizes to be won!
  • BC Parks, Red Heather Hut in Garibaldi Park, Jan. 18 & 19. 11 am: Fun activities include quizzes, transceiver challenges, and info on avalanche safety. Prizes to be won!
  • David Thompson Snowmobile Riders, Jan. 25. Eckville, AB.
  • Fernie Alpine Resort, Jan. 18 & 19. Rescue dog demos, snow pit demos and a charity fundraising auction.
  • Fernie Snowmobile Association, Jan. 18. Rolling Hills Cabin, 10 - 3. Avalanche awareness plus Snowmobile Demo Days bringing together four snowmobile manufacturers. Come on out for a fun day with other riders, local SAR team and the AvCan SoRo team.
  • Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, Jan. 11-12
  • Lake Louise Ski Resort, Jan. 25-26. New beacon plot grand opening, snow profile talks, transceiver practice, "Avalanche Training Passport" will give you a chance to win a great prize!
  • Marmot Basin, Jan. 18. Ski patrol will be hosting a range of demonstrations showcasing all the hard work they put in to keep our mountain safe and how you can recognize signs and warnings of unsafe terrain.
  • Mt. Washington (Vancouver Island), Jan. 25. Activities will take place from 10 am - 2 pm out front of the Alpine Lodge in front of the Whiskey Jack Chair. See you there!
  • Panorama Ski Resort, Feb. 6 & 8. Feb 8: Transceiver plot and profile demo. Feb 6: Avalanche trivia night at the Jackpine pub.
  • Sun Peaks Resort, Feb. 2. Join Helly Hansen and Sun Peaks Snow Safety team for Avalanche Awareness Day on Sunday, February 2, 2025.  Stop by the beacon basin, located at the top of the Sunburst Express, to learn about safe travel in backcountry terrain, the hazards that exist in the backcountry and how to avoid them, and where to get formal backcountry training and more information. Watch live demonstrations of companion rescue and take part in our avalanche rescue challengeavalanche rescue challengess!
  • Whitewater Ski Resort, Jan. 18-19. Fun for all! Including BC Parks Education session, Nelson Search and Rescue Show and Tell, Transceiver Hunt, Snow Profile Demo, CARDA dog demo, Simulated Tree Well Rescue.
  • Avalanche Quebec, St. Anne-de-Monts, March 1