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2024-03-27
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Jerry Isaak
The Revelstoke Museum & Archives partnered with the Virtual Museum of Canada to host a remarkable online exhibit on the history and impact of...
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2024-03-27
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2024-03-16
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Ben.Davies
Rab clothing, the UK based outdoor apparel and gear manufacturer, launched two new films in Montreal screenings. The two movies are both...
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Ben.Davies
2024-03-16
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2024-03-09
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Ben.Davies
Skimo athletes from across North America were preparing to race the North American Skimo Championships at the aptly named Wasatch Powderkeg...
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Ben.Davies
2024-03-09
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2024-03-05
I tried to book the Mt Alwyn BC Rec Sote and Trails cabin in Maurier Creek east of Silverton. The Mt Alwyn rec society told me they...
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2024-03-05
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2024-03-05
2 spots available for a Guided and Catered trip to Fairy Meadows. April 13-20. Small group of 6. This is an amazing place with a very hard to get...
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2024-03-05
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2024-03-05
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admin
Leave No Trace is a backcountry ski film centred around the intentionality of travelling amongst a snow-covered landscape and treading Lightly...
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admin
2024-03-05
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2024-03-02
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Ben.Davies
Highway 5 rises up out of Hope BC and into the snowbelt of the Coquihalla, where the Spuzzum first nation wants to build a year round recreation...
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Ben.Davies
2024-03-02
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2024-02-28
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Jerry Isaak
It sounds ridiculous at first. Of course not, but...maybe?
An activity like backcountry skiing requires a range of foundational movement,...
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Jerry Isaak
2024-02-28
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2024-02-24
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Ben.Davies
Faction sponsored skier Vasu Sojitra showcases his skiing and Gulmarg's snow in his newest movie. Aikyam in Sanskrit translates into...
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Ben.Davies
2024-02-24
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2024-02-20
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Jerry Isaak
I'm playing the long game when it comes to introducing my kids to the backcountry. The idea is for my kids (I have three boys, ages 11, 13,...
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Jerry Isaak
2024-02-20
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2024-02-13
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Jerry Isaak
Iceland's Tröllaskagi Peninsula juts into the Greenland Sea towards the Arctic Circle and the east coast of Greenland. The...
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Jerry Isaak
2024-02-13
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2024-02-10
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Ben.Davies
3 Million vertical feet in a year.
That is the quest that Noah Dines, from Stowe VT, has set himself for this calendar year. The previous record...
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Ben.Davies
2024-02-10
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2024-02-07
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Jerry Isaak
Learning from your mistakes is great. Learning from someone else's mistakes is even better.
Backcountry skiing is an activity where learning...
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Jerry Isaak
2024-02-07
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2024-02-06
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admin
In Rogers Pass, the Trans-Canada Highway and Canadian Pacific Railway wind underneath 134 avalanche paths that release 2,000 avalanche events each...
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2024-02-06
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2024-02-03
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Ben.Davies
Last weekend, in Radstadt, Austria, Jakob Herrmann climbed 24,242 meters on his skis. This was 756 meters further than the previous record,...
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Ben.Davies
2024-02-03
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2024-01-31
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Jerry Isaak
I have a pair of wooden skis screwed vertically on the wall of my garage. We use them as measuring sticks to record the annual growth of our three...
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Jerry Isaak
2024-01-31
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2024-01-24
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Jerry Isaak
Trophy Mountain Chalet is like the mullet haircut of backcountry ski huts: it’s got tree-skiing out the front door and alpine skiing out the...
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2024-02-14
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2024-01-13
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Ben.Davies
Roger’s Pass North & South Ski Touring Guides are a must have.
Douglas Sproul, the creator of the longstanding Roger’s...
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2024-02-14
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2024-01-03
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admin
Collagen is the most abundant structural protein in the body and provides the scaffolding that builds structure and strength in joints and is the...
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2023-12-27
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Jerry Isaak
“I always like going South, somehow it feels like going downhill.”
Treebeard, The Lord of the Rings: The Two...
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Jerry Isaak
2023-12-27
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2023-12-23
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Ben.Davies
With the snowfall forecast looking pretty dire in BC right now, maybe this season is the time to take a trip to the Alps. Here are a few of my...
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Ben.Davies
2023-12-23
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2023-12-22
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admin
Europe seems to be getting all the snow this year as we here in North America patiently wait for winter to start, perhaps this is the year for a...
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admin
2023-12-22
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2023-12-20
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Jerry Isaak
Modern avalanche professionals have powerful tools at their disposal to mitigate the risk of living, working and traveling in avalanche terrain....
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Jerry Isaak
2023-12-20
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2023-12-16
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Ben.Davies
The dream of man. The long, impossible dream to reach out to the moon. Fly along with Sam Kuch as he explores the parallels between skiing and...
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Ben.Davies
2023-12-16
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2023-12-13
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Jerry Isaak
The Meaningless Pursuit of Snow by Patagonia Films unfolds in chapters, like a series of short stories that are interrupted in turn and revisited...
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Jerry Isaak
2023-12-13
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