As the summer season ramps up in the Elk Valley, Fernie Search and Rescue (SAR) is already responding to a […]

The holiday season brought a flurry of activity for Fernie Search and Rescue (SAR), as calls for assistance surged during […]

Community conversations will be enhancing backcountry safety in Fernie with the State Of The Snowpack series. Each winter, our snowpack […]

Acclaimed author, naturalist and biologist Douglas Chadwick is touring the Kootenays this February to share his latest book, Four Fifths […]

Three separate skier activated avalanche incidents happened in Fernie’s backcountry this past weekend. Fortunately everyone survived however one person was […]

Fernie Search and Rescue were busy this weekend with two calls to rescue injured snowmobilers from Fernie’s backcountry.

There are orders and there are recommendations, the orders are non-negotiable and the recommendations are really for people to use their common sense.

Fernie Search and Rescue Avalanche Rescue Team has spent the day training at Fernie Alpine Resort. One hour after the […]

Campfires are prohibited throughout the Southeast Fire Centre to help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect public safety.

The South Rockies Field Team is three avalanche technicians who travel through the region on snowmobile and skis collecting weather, snowpack and avalanche observation data.

Fernie has a new Avalanche Transceiver Training Area at Fernie Alpine Resort.

The time to act is overdue: A letter to the editor regarding Mainroad Contracting and East Kootenay highways