Parks Canada issues warning for hikers in B.C., Alberta after avalanche warning expires

While Western Canada may no longer be under an official avalanche warning, Parks Canada is urging hikers to avoid dangerous areas.   The federal agency is raising concern over activities in two national parks in B.C.—Yoho and Kootenay—as well as in Banff National Park in Alberta.   “Due to unseasonably warm weather, a lack of overnight refreezes and a structurally weak snowpack, the parks are in the midst of the largest natural avalanche cycle of the season,” Pa