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If you are a Whistler resident you have no doubt heard of the plans for the Spearhead Traverse. Huts and plenty of 'em. If you haven't...
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2013-01-13
2013-01-08
Video Highlights from Coast Range BC, Canada, "Heard you like to ski POW"  You like POW in your face.  We have had a great start to the...
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2012-12-30
Another year coming to an end and thinking about 2012.. feeling pretty lucky to live in BC! I can own a business, share a happy life with ...
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2012-12-30
2012-12-30
It's been an epic start to the year! Here are a few stills from the GoPro, skiing Mt Rohr on the Duffy Lake Road. Images Mike Legare.
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2013-01-02
2012-12-22
  By no stretch of the imagination would noon be considered an 'Alpine Start' - not even when daylight lasts close to 20 hours, or...
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2012-12-22
2012-12-18
This was from a few weeks ago - while everyone else was franticly chasing the better than usual early season conditions, the snow eluded me as the...
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2012-12-18
2012-12-18
Here we go again! For those looking for an excuse to see what it looks like on the island, Feb 9-10 is your weekend. The third annual...
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2013-02-05
Damavand ski tour Araz Adventure...
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2012-11-30
Hi Guys. Lots of great information and trip reports on this website,. Thanks to everyone.My brother and I are getting into backcountry skiing, we...
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2012-11-30
2012-11-09
So just for fun I decided to set myself the goal of ski touring 100,000 vertical meters this season and I'm going to be blogging about...
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2012-11-09
2012-06-21
Some stoke to keep us all in the groove until fall, beautifully shot on Easter weekend, 2012, in the Coast Mountains of British...
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2012-06-21
2012-06-06
It's not often you get to ski a line like this, stability, weather, partners, snow conditions, everything has to come together, and, at the...
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2012-06-08
2012-06-06
90 km, 8 days, from the Garibaldi Neve in the south, to the Fitzsimmons Range in the north, crossing over a dozen glaciers, dropping into four...
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2012-06-08
2012-05-22
Well we had another snowy month of March and into April in the South Coast Mountainds of BC.  Some greaty days to tour and ski fresh...
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2012-05-22
2012-05-14
Spring break blessed the island with powder for the weekend, followed by a temperature spike that sent us scurrying to the beach with our...
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2012-05-14
2012-05-14
We took advantage of the excellent weather last weekend to head up Arrowsmith - We were rewarded with perfect corn snow and beautiful views of the...
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2012-05-18
2012-03-15
Another sweet day of backcountry ski touring in the coast range of BC. We decided to ski the SW couilor of Matier, and explore the visable and...
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2012-03-15
2012-03-06
A good day in the Coquihalla area, very good snow but a little too many trees up there !!! A Winter in BC - Episode 3: Tree Skiing...
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2012-03-06
2012-03-01
As we stand atop the peak overcome with scale, eyes spinning, straining to take in every panorama. As we immerse ourselves in the forest, lost...
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2012-03-01
2012-03-01
Some people love to ski the extreme.  If its not at least 45 degrees and fatally exposed then why bother getting out of bed?! For...
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2012-03-01
2012-03-01
One could easily feel sorry for Rethel Mountain.  Sitting in the shadow of the great monstrosities of Wedge and Weart, most people...
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2012-03-05
2012-02-26
AH, What do you get when you mix some Madonna with some ski video? Answer check out the video. "Look fresh Pow" I know many will poo-poo the use...
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2012-03-02
2012-02-26
Four years. It took me four years to get here, at the top, with the wind blowing and the clouds closing in. My lungs hurt from the skin up and my...
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2012-02-28
2012-02-23
We do Valentine's Day a little differently in our family.  There's no candle lit dinner, no roses, and no champagne.  Instead,...
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2012-02-23
2012-02-23
     I had just finished a full day of backcountry skiing with friends on the Coquihalla Summit in the Cascade Mountain range. We...
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2012-02-24