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2024-02-13Iceland's Tröllaskagi Peninsula juts into the Greenland Sea towards the Arctic Circle and the east coast of Greenland. The...replies0views530
2024-02-13
2024-02-103 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...replies0views566
2024-02-10
2024-02-07Learning from your mistakes is great. Learning from someone else's mistakes is even better. Backcountry skiing is an activity where learning...replies0views567
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2024-02-06In Rogers Pass, the Trans-Canada Highway and Canadian Pacific Railway wind underneath 134 avalanche paths that release 2,000 avalanche events each...replies0views486
2024-02-06
2024-02-03Last weekend, in Radstadt, Austria, Jakob Herrmann climbed 24,242 meters on his skis. This was 756 meters further than the previous record,...replies0views629
2024-02-03
2024-01-31I 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...replies0views642
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2024-01-24Trophy 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...replies1views1115
2024-02-14
2024-01-13Roger’s Pass North & South Ski Touring Guides are a must have. Douglas Sproul, the creator of the longstanding Roger’s...replies1views658
2024-02-14
2024-01-03Collagen is the most abundant structural protein in the body and provides the scaffolding that builds structure and strength in joints and is the...replies1views704
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2023-12-27“I always like going South, somehow it feels like going downhill.” Treebeard, The Lord of the Rings: The Two...replies0views1072
2023-12-27
2023-12-23With 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...replies0views986
2023-12-23
2023-12-22Europe 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...replies0views510
2023-12-22
2023-12-20Modern avalanche professionals have powerful tools at their disposal to mitigate the risk of living, working and traveling in avalanche terrain....replies0views892
2023-12-20
2023-12-16The 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...replies0views568
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2023-12-13The Meaningless Pursuit of Snow by Patagonia Films unfolds in chapters, like a series of short stories that are interrupted in turn and revisited...replies0views759
2023-12-13
2023-12-11This is Faction's fourth feature film and here'swhat it's all about. Skiing is not art, and skiers are not artists. Unless, of...replies0views509
2023-12-11
2023-12-07Ski season is upon us already but it is never too late to get into peak physical condition to ensure that you avoid injury and maximize the...replies0views674
2023-12-07
2023-12-06Do you want to know when, where, and how much it will snow? Backcountry skiers and riders tend to be obsessive about the weather - for good...replies0views627
2023-12-06
2023-12-05Leave No Trace Canada and Subaru Canada launch an online campaign to empower Canadians to help preserve green spaces Canadians are going outside...replies0views510
2023-12-05
2023-11-30While we still have a snow drought in the West what better time to talk about bolting in North America? The US is moving ahead with a...replies0views522
2023-11-30
2023-11-18Mountain Gazette Delivers What The People Want With Island Lake Cat Skiing Giveaway [North Lake Tahoe, CA ] - Mountain Gazette, the original...replies0views575
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2023-11-15Was it bad luck? Human error? Recklessness? Fatal accidents in the mountains generate many difficult questions. The recently released film...replies0views2990
2023-11-15
2023-11-10Transitioning from flip-flops to ski boots overnight is always shocking, but chasing winter to South America has been part of my annual migration...replies0views865
2023-11-10
2023-11-08If you only had one trip to ski the backcountry of British Columbia in your lifetime, what should you do? Full Disclosure: I was born...replies0views859
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2023-11-06Creatine has been proven to provide many health benefits including, improving endurance accumulation in muscles, reducing the risk of injury risk,...replies0views826
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