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2012-02-21
The ridge we were headed for was shrouded in cloud for the third time in as many days.  We skinned across the tracked-up face of North...
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2012-02-21
2012-02-12
Tantalus:  is from the root word tantalizing… Many see but few ski! The Mountain range that everyone sees from Hwy 99 in between...
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2012-02-12
2012-02-08
Some people go home after work to a warm dinner and a night on the couch. Some people spend their birthdays at the bar, crushed t against a crowd...
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2012-03-08
2012-02-05
Last Monday we(Geoff, Brigitte and I) drove past Pemberton and up the Duffy lake Road. We choose the Cayoosh as our skiing location for the day....
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2012-02-05
2012-01-31
January update in the coast range of BC, Canada. Well, after the Drycember we had things got a lot better.  We had a lot of snow, better...
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2012-01-31
2012-01-24
The Bella Coola region on the central BC Coast is not a region covered by the Canadian Avalanche Centre’s Public Avalanche Forecasts....
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2012-01-24
2012-01-14
EVER HAVE THOSE THOUGHTS? I have been skiing in this area for so long and have seen it all and done it all? What next. What if you were able to...
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2012-01-24
2012-01-02
It's been gnarly out there recently. BC has had two avalanche deaths in the last four days, one being an experienced ski patroller. Today...
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2012-01-02
2011-12-28
Well the POW is back.  Snowing here in the Coast range of BC.  It's been a welcome event, and there is a lot in the forecast for the...
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2011-12-28
2011-12-14
WELL HERE IN THE COAST RANGE OF BC IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING START TO THE SEASON.  WE HAD A VERY SNOWY, DEEP POW,  START WITH...
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2011-12-14
2011-12-08
Full story with pics and video on my blog! ~ http://avidalpine.wordpress.co.....-did-that/ This time it was just Andy and I, (Andrew). We set...
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2011-12-08
2011-12-08
Our first "fresh" turns of 2011 ~ for more pics and video check out my blog :) http://avidalpine.wordpress.co.....s-for-all/ Autopilot....
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2011-12-10
2011-12-07
My wife Jen and friends Denny and Sierra and I made a long weekend trip to the Brew Hut in the Coast Mountains near Whistler. Unfortunately, the...
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2011-12-07
2011-11-13
Short vid from a one-week spring ski camp at Whitecap Alpine – McGillivray Pass Lodge with the Alpine Club of Canada Vancouver Section....
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2011-11-13
2011-10-25
Has any one got any info on early season touring? I'm planning on venturing down to Heliotroph Ridge on Mt Baker this weekend, has anyone...
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2011-10-25
2011-10-18
We're doing it again - backcountry awareness festival up at Mt. Cain :)  http://vanislebackcountryfest.ca/ First weekend of march!...
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2012-01-16
2011-10-05
Nice new promo vid from the folks at Red...steeped in history and pow.
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2011-10-05
2011-06-13
Here's a sweet edit by Dendrite Studios…not all backcountry but beautifully shot. Here's the scoop and the vid: "Parallels is a...
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2011-06-13
2011-06-03
The latest conditions from the ACMG Mountain Conditions Report Summary for the Coastal Mountains issued June 02, 2011: Heads Up and Hazards! ...
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2011-06-03
2011-05-02
Spring touring near nanaimo/port alberni.. warmed up a lot so we kept to mellower stuff and did some recon for later ;]
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2011-05-02
2011-05-02
This is near Sutton Pass on the way to Tofino
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2011-05-02
2011-04-04
Just for fun, a couple pics from this weekend This one actually has two skiiers in it, but they just look like little black...
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2011-04-06
2011-03-30
Here are a few pics from our recent family touring trip up near Duffy Lake. The kids are 7-11 yrs old. The trip in took 3 hrs and for the younger...
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2011-03-30
2011-03-28
It's the quest for more powder that attracted many of us to the backcountry. While the other side of the rope offers solitude from resort...
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2011-03-28
2011-03-24
Pics from Cain and Able on Vancouver Island
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2011-03-25