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  • Elk Valley Snow & Avalanche Workshop
  • Elk Valley Snow & Avalanche Workshop
  • Avalanche!
  • Saturday • November 8, 2025
  • 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  • In Town

This one-day seminar welcomes avalanche professionals and recreationalists alike to engage in vibrant discussions and learn from fellow avalanche practitioners.

Featuring avalanche safety presentations from industry professionals, sponsor booths, prizes, lunch and learn, and Apres Social. Tickets from $40, now on sale PURCHASE ONLINE

A variety of topics will include case studies of past events and information on the latest snow safety gear.   Additional information is available online.

2025 SPEAKERS

  • Pascal Haegeli
    • Users' awareness and response to uncertainty information in public avalanche forecasts
  • Simon Horton
    • Sharpen your backcountry weather skills
  • Oli Meilleur
    • Close call on Boulder Mountain: A case study on an avalanche incident that could have had a very different outcome
  • Olivia Johnson
    • Lessons of Loss - Fatality Database
  • Sarah Osberg
    • Human Factors in Multi-Day Trip Planning
  • Cam Campbell & Nicole Koshure
    • Managing Changing Alpine Terrain: Lessons from Blackcomb and Beyond

2025 SCHEDULE

9 AM: Doors Open; Registration; complimentary Coffee from Rooftop Roasters & Scones from Freshies

10 AM: Welcome and Introductions : MC - Duncan Maisels and Jade Fahie

10:10 AM: Olivia Johnson - Lessons of Loss - Fatality Database

10:40 - 11:05 AM: Coffee Break & Prize Draws

11:05 AM: Sarah Osberg - Human Factors in Multi-day Trip Planning

11:35 AM: Oli Meilleur - Close Call on Boulder Mountain

12:05-13:00 - LUNCH & Prize Draws

1:10 PM: Cam Campbell and Nicole Koshure - Managing Changing Alpine Terrain: Lessons from Blackcomb and Beyond

1:40 PM: Coffee Break - Interactive Session: How the Backcountry Community is changing

2 PM: Local Organizations - Information and Resources to Support You This Winter

2:30 PM: Simon Horton - Sharpen your Backcountry Weather Skills

3 PM: Pascal Haegeli - Users’ Awareness and Response to Uncertainty Information in Public Avalanche Forecasts

3:30 PM: Prizes and Wrap-Up

4 - 6 PM: Apres Social

REGISTRATION

Tickets now on sale PURCHASE ONLINE
General Admission $40
Hot Lunch $23
Admission & Lunch Combo $61
+ fees

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  • 1604-681-2153
  • Contact By Email
  • evsaw.com
  • Traynor Hall at Fernie Secondary School