Visitors to Alberta’s national parks are being warned to stay out of the backcountry, as avalanche conditions west of Calgary ...

Multiple highway closures are in effect through Banff National Park due to avalanche conditions. An atmospheric river weather event has increased avalanche risk, prompting the closure of Highway 93 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Canadian photographers Marcin and Dorota Karpowicz saw a forecast calling for snow and high winds ahead of an elopement shoot ...

The avalanche danger is rated as high in Banff, Yoho and Kootenay national parks on Wednesday but will go to extreme for Thursday and Friday, according to Avalanche Canada.

Banff National Park is Canada’s first national park and the “flagship of the nation’s park system,” according to the federal government. Banff was established in the 1880s to draw tourists to the area ...