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2022-07-08
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Mara V
At least 26 unsuspecting mountaineers on Marmolada glacier in Italy were caught in a tragic slide last week when the glacier suddenly collapsed....
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Mara V
2022-07-08
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2022-07-07
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admin02
Tribal Waters, a documentary by Teton Gravity Research Film in association with Patagonia, traces the Wind River as it winds through a history of...
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admin02
2022-07-07
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2022-07-05
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admin
Smartwool's Riding the Rails is a quick little video about one man’s drive, his family’s love for the outdoors, and how their...
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admin
2022-07-05
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2022-07-03
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Mara V
‘Flow State,’ a term coined by positive psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in the late 1960s, is an ‘optimal state of...
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shane wood
2022-08-22
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2022-06-30
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admin02
Is it ever too early (or too late) for a cool ski video? I say no--especially with metres of snow still hanging on in the alpine. Christina...
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admin02
2022-06-30
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2022-06-26
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Mara V
Everest base camp sits on the Khumbu glacier at a current elevation of 5 364 m. Due to changing climate conditions and rapidly thinning glacier...
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2022-06-21
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admin
Check out this video from Jackson Hole Mountain Resort that isn’t your typical ski or mountain bike porn. It looks into what’s...
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admin
2022-06-21
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2022-06-19
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Mara V
Recent events during a bikepacking race near Fernie are a great reminder to be prepared when heading out into the backcountry, even in...
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Michael Wade
2022-07-21
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2022-06-18
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admin
Esperanto is TGR’s latest action-packed mountain bike film that combines the sport’s rock stars with relative unknowns and...
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admin
2022-06-18
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2022-06-17
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admin
Starting today through Sunday, June 26, Mountain Hardwear has teamed up with Protect Our Winters (POW) Canada and FATMAP to challenge athletes to...
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admin
2022-06-17
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2022-06-16
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admin02
Check out this cool short film from Patagonia. As they put it: "Through the eyes of a lawyer, a climate reporter, and a Patagonia designer,...
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Mini Jain
2022-08-20
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2022-06-14
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admin
If you are passionate about the outdoors and spend a lot of time outside adventuring then you are likely also mindful of your impact on nature. If...
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admin
2022-06-14
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2022-06-12
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Mara V
A recent article on Planet Ski explores the current state of the world’s glacier melt. These realities are difficult to swallow. But as...
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Mara V
2022-06-12
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2022-06-09
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admin02
Check out this insane 6-minute descent by a guy named Rafa (and his camera man). Great skills and a reeeally nice FSR. I'm thinking it might...
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admin02
2022-06-09
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2022-06-02
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admin02
Shimano offers up more good content for their gravel series of bikes and components. The Art of Grind draws lines between the...
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admin02
2022-06-02
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2022-05-29
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Mara V
“Usufruct” is a word defined as “the right to enjoy and live off land that is not ours, barring the destruction or waste of its...
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Mara V
2022-05-29
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2022-05-26
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admin02
In this video, with ample product placement, the good people at Arc'teryx ask: "With Google Earth, Fatmaps, and GPS in the palm of...
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admin02
2022-05-26
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2022-05-22
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Mara V
A skier-triggered size 2 avalanche occurred in the Whistler area last Thursday on the West face of Mount Pattison. All 5 skiers on slope were...
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Mara V
2022-05-22
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2022-05-15
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Mara V
The fifth highest peak in the world has just been skied! American mountaineer Adrian Ballinger recorded a first ski descent of Makalu last Monday,...
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Mara V
2022-05-15
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2022-05-13
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Michelle B
Brette Harrington and Christina Lustenburger have achieved another impressive first descent: Polar Moon couloir in the remote...
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Michelle B
2022-05-13
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2022-05-10
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admin
May 10th has always been internally been celebrated as 5.10 day since the brand’s founding in 1985, which makes sense 5.10 = May 10th. In...
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Elis John
2022-06-16
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2022-05-08
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Mara V
I wish it didn’t have to be so, but we are back to talking about trees.
The ongoing fight for the protection of the province’s old...
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Mara V
2022-05-08
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2022-05-06
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admin
The United States Ski Mountaineering Association (USA Skimo) named 31 athletes to its 2022-2023 National Team. The qualifying races included the...
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admin
2022-05-06
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2022-05-05
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admin02
DYNAFIT Managing Director and adventure athlete Benedikt Böhm goes for some more type A fun in this new video. He skis from sea to...
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admin02
2022-05-05
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2022-05-04
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admin
A new speed record has been set on the iconic Bugaboo to Rogers Ski Traverse of just 44 hours and 37 minutes by Kylee Toth, Emma...
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admin
2022-05-04
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