Fernie Alpine Resort held Avalanche Awareness Days on the weekend, at the same time the Canadian Avalanche Centre was warning of extremely high avalanche danger in the region.
FAR ski patrol did demonstrations of transceiver searches and mock avalanche dog rescues for the public. They also showed the educational movie The Fine Line and answered questions about avalanche safety.
The snow pit demonstrations had to be cancelled due to the rain.
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