What a fantastic turn out for the season wrap up of ‘State of the Snowpack’ on Thursday. Another great information night on avalanche conditions by…
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CVSAR rescues two stranded sledders
Columbia Valley Search and Rescue (CVSAR) was called out last night for two stranded snowmobilers in the upper Forster Creek drainage, west of Radium Hot…
Groups combine to rescue injured sledder
On February 8, Columbia Valley Search and Rescue (CVSAR) responded to a SOS device activation near Paradise Ridge. A person sustained a lower body injury…
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…
Plenty to thank for rescue: RCMP officers
Louise Baxter who had been missing since Sunday, Aug 13, was located during an extensive search initiated when she failed to return from a short…
Quick responses save Invermere man caught in avalanche
Columbia Valley RCMP Report By S/Sgt. Marko Shehovac On March 6 Columbia Valley RCMP Detachment was made aware of an avalanche at Paradise Basin near…
Avalanche claims heli-skier
A German heli-skier is dead after being caught in an avalanche east of Jumbo Mountain, west of Invermere. The Columbia Valley RCMP Detachment reports that…
New report refutes Jumbo’s economic benefits
A new economic benefits study of the Jumbo Glacier Resort proposal is refuting the conclusions of the Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) that the project will…