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Strange time of year for an avalanche. I was at the Banff National Cadet Camp in 1969, and was at the top of Mount Norquay in August. There was snow, but nothing avalanche-like. That camp operated from 1948 to 1998, and then the cabins were completely removed, leaving a bare field, and a new operation was set up near Calgary, no more mountain-climbing, and replaced with whitewater boating. It was an intense experience for a 16 yo, just eight months after my mother died, and I'll never forget it.
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Re: BANFF
Teenagers do crazy things 
Norquay isn't a hard climb, but there are plenty of places you can lose your footing or balance, and it's a long way down; I'd probably just become used to that level of risk. That was actually a rockslide in Banff, not an avalanche, and two people were killed. I recall during that climb we were following a steep trail up the side, and there was a deer's head just lying next to the trail, likely ripped off by a bear or cougar. It made everyone more alert! 
Norquay isn't a hard climb, but there are plenty of places you can lose your footing or balance, and it's a long way down; I'd probably just become used to that level of risk. That was actually a rockslide in Banff, not an avalanche, and two people were killed. I recall during that climb we were following a steep trail up the side, and there was a deer's head just lying next to the trail, likely ripped off by a bear or cougar. It made everyone more alert!