The Canadian Rockies, Canada
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From avalanches and rockfalls to potential encounters with mountain lions and grizzly bears, the Canadian Rockies are fraught with danger. Of course, this frisson of jeopardy is one of the reasons why the stunning mountains have become a year-round adventure playground for thrill seekers.
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Winter in the Rockies offers up numerous high-adrenaline and high-danger activities, including off-piste skiing, ice climbing and mountaineering. The mountain range’s severe weather conditions, unpredictability and remoteness all add up to make this a treacherous place to be. In 2019, three of the world’s best-known mountaineers were killed in an avalanche when attempting to scale a remote face of Mount Howse in Alberta’s Banff National Park (pictured).