Avalanche Control Prohibitions And Restrictions

AVALANCHE CONTROL PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS
Pursuant to Section 7 of the National Parks General Regulations

These restrictions are in effect to protect the public from avalanche control actions including the extreme danger resulting from artillery fire, and resulting direct and sympathetic avalanches.

Entry and travel into the following areas of Glacier National Park is prohibited or restricted to holders of valid Winter Permits:

Winter Permits are valid daily, from the time Winter Restricted Areas are posted as open for entry -- at the Rogers Pass Discovery Centre, 250-837-SKIS, and www.parkscanada.gc.ca/winterpermitareas -- to midnight of the same day and only for those Winter Restricted Areas which have been opened for entry and travel on that day.  Winter Permits are subject to specific terms and conditions.

For more information, see www.parkscanada.gc.ca/skirogerspass , visit the Rogers Pass Discovery Centre,  or phone the Parks Canada Revelstoke Office (250-837-7500).

Avalanche control winter prohibitions and restrictions map
© Parks Canada, Ron Larson