Rossland, BC

Rossland Event Schedule

At B&T’s Hard Knock Cafe
7:00 PM - 9 :00 PM

Meet the Rossland Team

CSGA 2/ CAA PRO / AVALANCHE EDUCATOR & AUTHOR
Keith has been teaching avalanche education for 30+ years. Keith is the co-author of the Avalanche Skills Training Handbook, the textbook for all AST courses. He also wrote updates to both the AST 1 and AST 2 instructor manuals. Keith is a Professional Member of the Canadian Avalanche Association and a Guide with the Canadian Ski Guiding Association. Keith has also published articles on innovative ways to include Human Behaviours in avalanche decision-making. Keith is now in the enviable position of avalanche instructor/guide and counselor/therapist with a private practice based out of Rossland, BC.
Check out his AST Course offerings through Kootenay Avalanche Courses.

MC / Team GIVE'R Freeride Club
Hey, my name is Ryan Lachapelle. Been living in our little piece of paradise for 10 years now. I used to run the events at RED Mountain for about 8 years and now operate my non-profit, Team GIVE'R Foundation, full time. As some of you probably know, I started up a youth competitive freeski team called the Team GIVE'R Freeride Club and we are rolling into our 3rd year! We have 51 kids & 13 coaches on the team and we are super stoked to guide the next generation of shredders in our community! I'm grateful to be a part of these events and get the community together for some really valuable shared information on our snowpack and how the winter is shaping up. Thanks for having me!

CAA 2 & PRO / CSGA 3 / Snowpack Presenter
Kyle is a seasoned backcountry guide with a strong international résumé, including experience in Japan, Austria, Alaska, Canada, New Zealand, and across Australia. He has worked extensively in heli, cat, and touring operations with Blizzard Academy, Big Red Cats, and White Wilderness Heli, and has taught avalanche-awareness courses for nearly a decade. He also contributes to avalanche forecasting with the Mountain Safety Collective. Kyle holds CAA Operations Level 2, is a CAA Professional Member, has completed the CSGA Level 3 course and Touring Module 1, and maintains an 80-hour Wilderness First Aid certification.
His passion for snow, education, and safety drives everything he does in the mountains.

CAA 2 / Red Mountain Resort, Forecaster
Starting his 15th season in the ski industry. Matt is currently employed at Red Mtn Resort as an Avalanche Forecaster. He also spent the last 3 seasons working out of Revelstoke for the Ministry of Transportation and Transit (previously MOTI) as an Avalanche Technician. Licensed EMR with the Province of BC, Matt has been in the first aid scene for 21 years.

Chapter Coordinator
Taylor Clark is a ski patroller and avalanche forecaster based in Rossland, BC. His career over the last decade has taken him from industrial mine sites in northern BC to graduate research at Simon Fraser University’s Avalanche Research Program, where he earned a Master’s degree studying forecaster perceptions of avalanche danger ratings. With years of experience balancing fieldwork and academic study, Taylor brings both technical expertise and practical knowledge to his work in the mountains. Outside of forecasting, he can be found skiing, climbing, or biking, and is also a professional photographer who captures the raw environments, people and mountain culture that shape life in the Kootenays.

CAA 2 & PRO / CSGA 3 Ski Guide & Instructor
Originally from Norway, Kine has been guiding for 15 years. She is a CAA Pro Member with an CAA 2 and is a CSGA Level 3 ski guide and Instructor with the CSGA. She currently guides for Big Red Cats and Snowwater Heli Skiing.