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    Spearhead Huts Project
    2013-01-13
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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
    COMP: Video \"Heard you like to ski POW\" Coast Range BC
    2013-01-08
    By powboy
    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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    2013-01-08
    Winter Beautiful + Happy New Year!
    Winter Beautiful + Happy New Year!
    2012-12-30
    By emilyanthem
    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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    By emilyanthem
    2012-12-30
    Early season Pow! Mt Rohr, Duffy Lake Rd
    Early season Pow! Mt Rohr, Duffy Lake Rd
    2012-12-30
    By emilyanthem
    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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    By admin
    2013-01-02
    Comp- Timing is Everything
    Comp- Timing is Everything
    2012-12-22
    By madoalpine
      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
    Photo Comp: First day out
    Photo Comp: First day out
    2012-12-18
    By jerrett
    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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    By jerrett
    2012-12-18
    3rd annual Vancouver Island Backcountry Festival (Feb 9-10)
    3rd annual Vancouver Island Backcountry Festival (Feb 9-10)
    2012-12-18
    By jerrett
    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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    By jerrett
    2013-02-05
    Damavand ( 5,671m) ski tour in IRAN
    2012-12-18
    By Araz Adventure Tours
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    Lower Mainland Route Suggestion
    2012-11-30
    By gatman77
    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
    My new ski touring blog.
    2012-11-09
    By Dangler
    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
    An Endless Spring Day - MOVIE
    An Endless Spring Day - MOVIE
    2012-06-21
    By powder
    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
    Innate Photo Comp:  The sickest line you've ever skied
    Innate Photo Comp: The sickest line you've ever skied
    2012-06-06
    By lurker
    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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    By Innate
    2012-06-08
    Innate Photo Comp:  The sickest line you've ever skied
    Innate Photo Comp: The sickest line you've ever skied
    2012-06-06
    By lurker
    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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    By Innate
    2012-06-08
    Video Highlights spring 2012 (Skiing pow is where I'll be.\"
    2012-05-22
    By powgasms
    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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    By powder
    2012-05-22
    Summer Stoke - Vancouver Island, North
    Summer Stoke - Vancouver Island, North
    2012-05-14
    By jerrett
    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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    By jerrett
    2012-05-14
    Summer Stoke - Vancouver Island, Arrowsmith
    Summer Stoke - Vancouver Island, Arrowsmith
    2012-05-14
    By jerrett
    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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    By Innate
    2012-05-18
    Skiing on snow and travelling through ice
    Skiing on snow and travelling through ice
    2012-03-15
    By powdaface
    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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    By powdaface
    2012-03-15
    Ski good or eat wood
    2012-03-06
    By guigui
    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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    By guigui
    2012-03-06
    Comp - Backcountry Thoughts
    Comp - Backcountry Thoughts
    2012-03-01
    By nickthomas77
    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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    By nickthomas77
    2012-03-01
    COMP- Cloudy Powdy
    2012-03-01
    By Dangler
    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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    By Dangler
    2012-03-01
    COMP- Heli drop on Rethel.
    2012-03-01
    By Dangler
    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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    By hipsterandjane
    2012-03-05
    COMP- Video Highlights tantalus \"Look fresh POW\"
    2012-02-26
    By powdaface
    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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    2647
    By powdaface
    2012-03-02
    Comp - The Line I Wasn't Ready To Die For - Until Today
    Comp - The Line I Wasn't Ready To Die For - Until Today
    2012-02-26
    By seanstdenis
    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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    4034
    By slacker
    2012-02-28
    COMP - The Happiest Valentine
    COMP - The Happiest Valentine
    2012-02-23
    By likethepear
    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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    2450
    By likethepear
    2012-02-23
    COMP-The revelation of John to the Backcountry Skiers.
    2012-02-23
    By mikecyclone
         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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    By mikecyclone
    2012-02-24
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