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      Backcountry skiing tip - How to separate your climbing skins
      Backcountry skiing tip - How to separate your climbing skins
      2017-12-02
      By admin
      Today's tip will show you how to easily separate your climbing skins with out having a hernia,... or worse. The glue on climbing skins can be...
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      By admin
      2017-12-02
      November is the new December
      November is the new December
      2017-11-27
      By Pistol Pete
       November has been treating us pretty well so far and has offered up some great powder skiing and riding. Last week brought in a bit of rain...
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      2126
      By Pistol Pete
      2017-11-27
      How To Remove Your Climbing Skins While Keeping Your Skis On with Mel Bernier
      How To Remove Your Climbing Skins While Keeping Your Skis On with Mel Bernier
      2017-11-26
      By Bushwhacker
      Another valuable G3U video with Mel Bernier. Ripping your skins without removing your skis is a straightforward trick once you get the...
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      1840
      By Bushwhacker
      2017-11-26
      Extreme Couloir's 2,500 vertical feet of thigh-burning hell now called Saudan Couloir—again
      Extreme Couloir's 2,500 vertical feet of thigh-burning hell now called Saudan Couloir—again
      2017-11-25
      By admin
      Whistler's infamous Extreme Couloir has a bit of a history. It was once named the Saudan Couloir and due to legal issues had to be...
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      3364
      By admin
      2017-11-25
      Will it dump this winter? Check the 2017/18 forecast
      Will it dump this winter? Check the 2017/18 forecast
      2017-11-22
      By admin
      Is this going to be a replay of the 2016/17 ski season this year? Sounds like a good chance this will happen as there’s about a 65-75%...
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      2630
      By admin
      2017-11-22
      Footprints
      Footprints
      2017-11-20
      By Pistol Pete
       Footprint: the outline or indentation left by a foot on a surface. For those of us on skins, out footprint is called a skin track, but...
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      1879
      By Pistol Pete
      2017-11-20
      Video: Right to Roam
      Video: Right to Roam
      2017-11-19
      By Bushwhacker
      "Jump in the van with Marie-France Roy and Alex Yoder as they weave their way through Scotland, exploring how personal accountability...
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      2367
      By Alan Milnes
      2017-11-19
      Salomon Bearings [South] VIDEO
      Salomon Bearings [South] VIDEO
      2017-11-17
      By admin02
      We featured the [EAST] version of the Salomon "Bearings" series a couple weeks back and wondered whether they'd hit our area in the...
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      2344
      By admin02
      2017-11-17
      Twentyfour
      Twentyfour
      2017-11-15
      By Chasing snowflakes
      Sammy Carlson new movie twentyfour is worth a watch. Let me tell you why. If you grew up anywhere other than the west coast and are under 35 then...
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      2326
      By Chasing snowflakes
      2017-11-15
      This Mountain Life
      This Mountain Life
      2017-11-14
      By Pistol Pete
       Chances are, if you are reading this, you have some love for the mountains. And why wouldn't you?! Those wild landscapes are so...
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      2377
      By Pistol Pete
      2017-11-14
      Long weekend in the mountains
      Long weekend in the mountains
      2017-11-13
      By Pistol Pete
       Apologies for the late post today! I've been helping out with a little backcountry project and got back into town a little later...
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      2933
      By bfow
      2017-11-15
      Nov. 11 Snowpack Update for Kananaskis and Region
      Nov. 11 Snowpack Update for Kananaskis and Region
      2017-11-12
      By Bushwhacker
      Personal experience corroborates reports of sharky skiing around Kananaskis Country over the past few weeks. That said, where other guinea pigs...
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      2164
      By Bushwhacker
      2017-11-12
      Bearings [East] a new short from Salomon
      Bearings [East] a new short from Salomon
      2017-11-09
      By admin02
      So! Much! Content! Here's a new short from Salomon Freeski TV. It's based on a cool concept—cut BC into the four points of the...
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      2145
      By admin02
      2017-11-09
      Story Of A Ski Tour
      Story Of A Ski Tour
      2017-11-08
      By Chasing snowflakes
      Ever watch ski patrol open terrain after a storm? Have you ever just watched those guys ski all that pow first and think to yourself they just...
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      3112
      By Chasing snowflakes
      2017-11-08
      A day with Muller
      A day with Muller
      2017-11-07
      By Pistol Pete
       As winter closes in, more and more images of skiing and snowboarding are flooding into our lives. The more we see, the more the stoke...
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      2235
      By Pistol Pete
      2017-11-07
      A new way to explore this beautiful world
      A new way to explore this beautiful world
      2017-11-06
      By Pistol Pete
       Canyoneering is a sport I kind of discovered by accident, but have always really enjoyed. Originally we didn't realize what we were...
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      2240
      By Pistol Pete
      2017-11-06
      Jumbo Resort Update: Canadian Supreme Court Decision
      Jumbo Resort Update: Canadian Supreme Court Decision
      2017-11-03
      By admin
      News was just released yesterday on the controversial Jumbo Resort development near Invermere BC. It seems that an appeal by the Ktunaxa...
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      4877
      By admin
      2017-11-03
      Boulderfields Receive Rec Site Designation
      Boulderfields Receive Rec Site Designation
      2017-11-01
      By Chasing snowflakes
      Bouldering. You either love, hate it or you've never heard of it. It's one of my personal favorite types of climbing for the simple fact...
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      3517
      By Chasing snowflakes
      2017-11-01
      Discover hidden powder spots with HEART FILMS
      Discover hidden powder spots with HEART FILMS
      2017-10-31
      By Yuho Sekihara
      Watch the 12th volume of HEART Films - BEYOND - available on Vimeo.  Follow the crew as they explore hidden spots in BC, Japan and...
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      2204
      By Yuho Sekihara
      2017-10-31
      Matchstick Productions new movie: Drop Everything
      Matchstick Productions new movie: Drop Everything
      2017-10-30
      By admin
      Matchstick Productions is debuting their latest ski flick called 'Drop Everything' across North America and there's one showing in...
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      2268
      By admin
      2017-10-30
      Imagination: Tom Wallisch
      Imagination: Tom Wallisch
      2017-10-29
      By Bushwhacker
      "We’ve all been that kid sitting in the back seat of our family car, wishing we were somewhere else. Through the boredom, the...
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      2375
      By Bushwhacker
      2017-10-29
      October 24 Condition Report
      October 24 Condition Report
      2017-10-25
      By Chasing snowflakes
      I promised myself that I wouldn't ski this season until November. I resisted September with ease and the meager start to October proved to no...
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      3082
      By Chasing snowflakes
      2017-10-25
      Backcountry skiing tip #102 - Keeping your skin glue working
      Backcountry skiing tip #102 - Keeping your skin glue working
      2017-10-24
      By admin
      The last thing you want while out in the mountains ski touring is to have your climbing skins fail. Trust me, it's happened to me several...
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      2591
      By admin
      2017-10-24
      a never ending pursuit of that feeling
      a never ending pursuit of that feeling
      2017-10-23
      By Pistol Pete
       "Life of Glide", a new short film produced by Teton Gravity Research will be coming out this winter. "A love, obsession,...
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      2217
      By Pistol Pete
      2017-10-23
      ENSA Tests Snow Anchors
      ENSA Tests Snow Anchors
      2017-10-22
      By Bushwhacker
      Interesting stuff from ENSA in Chamonix. With many skiers brushing up on rescue techniques in anticipation of the season, this kind of...
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      3902
      By Bushwhacker
      2017-10-22
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