Tag: Parks Canada
October 30th, 2022 | Mountain Sledder
The Snow War – 1979 Rogers Pass Avalanche Control Short Film
The National Film Board of Canada has recently digitized the film The Snow War, directed by Harold Tichenor in 1979. The film describes the efforts of a mobile avalanche-control team to keep…
November 19th, 2021 | Cassidy Randall
Glacier National Park’s Avalanche Control Program Wages a Modern-day Battle in Rogers Pass
Glacier National Park’s avalanche control program wages a modern-day battle to keep the Trans-Canada Highway clear through British Columbia’s Rogers Pass.
February 28th, 2016 | Editor
Parks Canada Q&A
On December 6, 2014 two snowmobilers required rescue inside of Glacier National Park boundaries. At a court date in Golden BC on February 17th 2015, one of the sledders was found guilty…