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Swinging into Spring – Ice with the MSS

Yamnuska Mountain Skills Semester – Spring 2010 – Ice Climbing On belay! Secure! Ice! These phrases were like second nature to us as our ice climbing  program was coming to a close one and a half weeks into the Yamnuska Mountain Skills Semester (MSS) of Spring 2010. The twelve of us enrolled in the MSS […]

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Avalanches and Decision Making

Hi Everyone If you’ve been following the news lately, you would have no doubt heard about the unfortunate snowmobiler avalanche fatalities in Revelstoke, BC. It always saddens us to hear about these accidents and our thoughts go out to the family and friends of those who were involved. Avalanches are powerful and mountains demand respect. […]

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Spring Semester Count Down: 3d22h55min!

Hello, Well things are a buzz around the office here at Yam. Our gear is all packed out and the kitchen has been going non-stop preparing food in anticipation of the arrival of our 12 mountain semester students this weekend. We have a diverse group of prospective mountaineers from all over the world arriving in Canada’s west […]