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Coast Mountains
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2012-02-21The 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...replies0views2440
2012-02-21
2012-02-12Tantalus: is from the root word tantalizing… Many see but few ski! The Mountain range that everyone sees from Hwy 99 in between...replies0views6183
2012-02-12
2012-02-08Some 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...replies8views6268
2012-03-08
2012-02-05Last 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....replies0views2831
2012-02-052012-01-31January 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...replies0views4582
2012-01-312012-01-24The Bella Coola region on the central BC Coast is not a region covered by the Canadian Avalanche Centre’s Public Avalanche Forecasts....replies0views4376
2012-01-24
2012-01-14EVER 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...replies1views4322
2012-01-24
2012-01-02It's been gnarly out there recently. BC has had two avalanche deaths in the last four days, one being an experienced ski patroller. Today...replies0views2473
2012-01-022011-12-28Well 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...replies0views2480
2011-12-282011-12-14WELL 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...replies0views4128
2011-12-14
2011-12-08Full 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...replies0views3822
2011-12-08
2011-12-08Our first "fresh" turns of 2011 ~ for more pics and video check out my blog :) http://avidalpine.wordpress.co.....s-for-all/ Autopilot....replies2views5757
2011-12-10
2011-12-07My 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...replies0views4271
2011-12-072011-11-13Short vid from a one-week spring ski camp at Whitecap Alpine – McGillivray Pass Lodge with the Alpine Club of Canada Vancouver Section....replies1views3414
2011-11-132011-10-25Has 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...replies0views2411
2011-10-252011-10-18We're doing it again - backcountry awareness festival up at Mt. Cain :) http://vanislebackcountryfest.ca/ First weekend of march!...replies1views3074
2012-01-16
2011-10-05Nice new promo vid from the folks at Red...steeped in history and pow.replies0views2402
2011-10-05
2011-06-13Here's a sweet edit by Dendrite Studios…not all backcountry but beautifully shot. Here's the scoop and the vid: "Parallels is a...replies0views2414
2011-06-13
2011-06-03The latest conditions from the ACMG Mountain Conditions Report Summary for the Coastal Mountains issued June 02, 2011: Heads Up and Hazards! ...replies0views2689
2011-06-03
2011-05-02Spring touring near nanaimo/port alberni.. warmed up a lot so we kept to mellower stuff and did some recon for later ;]replies3views2735
2011-05-02
2011-05-02This is near Sutton Pass on the way to Tofinoreplies3views3394
2011-05-02
2011-04-04Just for fun, a couple pics from this weekend This one actually has two skiiers in it, but they just look like little black...replies4views2676
2011-04-06
2011-03-30Here 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...replies0views2777
2011-03-30
2011-03-28It'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...replies0views2181
2011-03-28
2011-03-24Pics from Cain and Able on Vancouver Islandreplies3views2617
2011-03-25