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2014-05-01
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josh_elliott
Hi,
I'm an avid skiier from Kelowna, BC that is interested in getting into the backcountry. I would like to learn more and also maybe connect...
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josh_elliott
2014-05-05
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2014-05-01
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admin02
Just saw this cool article on Backcountry Skiing Canada friend Eric Henderson.
It's all about his return to Meteorite Mountain in AK, scene...
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admin02
2014-05-01
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Skiing with kids is always heaps of fun but backcountry skiing with kids can be equally as rewarding however it poses some added responsibility...
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2014-04-26
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skifreak
This is a short 5 min flick that gets you thinking about your time here on earth and what you're going to do with your 685,440 hours. Afterall...
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skifreak
2014-04-26
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2014-04-24
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admin
Still plenty of snow up high in the mountains but if you have already retired the skis and would rather relive the glory with an 'Into the...
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admin
2014-04-24
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Tuckerman's Ravine has been on my list for a long, long time now, but since I reside in the West the likely hood of getting to ski this...
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2014-04-20
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Kaleshy
Just wanted to give a quick reply to Admin's post about the touring at Whitewater this Easter weekend. The 'social network' of...
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admin
2014-04-20
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2014-04-19
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admin
Nothing beats a 4 day weekend except a 4 day weekend with a foot of fresh snow. After two weeks of spring like weather in the Kootenays a system...
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admin
2014-04-19
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2014-04-18
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beaurepi
Mouchos Gracias Patagonia
Of all the people that could have won the Patagonia down sweater for the Soap Box Competition, it had to be me:...
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2014-04-18
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skifreak
Reports are just coming out of this tragic event just as climbers are gathering for the 2014 climbing season on Mount Everest. Very tragic news,...
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skifreak
2014-04-18
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2014-04-16
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admin
The CAC recently sent out a press release talking about several of these new avalanche rescue apps which have popped up on-line over the past...
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admin
2014-04-16
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2014-04-14
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skifreak
Sad news from this past weekend reports a skier fatality from a slide at Fairy Meadows...
A female skier died after being injured in an...
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skifreak
2014-04-15
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2014-04-12
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Jake
Super fortunate to have won an amazing prize from Outdoor Research and Backcountry Skiing Canada. Stunning Valhalla Hoody is guaranteed to...
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Jake
2014-04-12
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2014-04-11
Looking for input and opinions on weither or not Canadian resorts should allow uphill touring inside their boundaries. If you look at the resorts...
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If you think Freeskiing is a new sport, think again. Mike Douglas sounds off in a Rick Mercer-style rant about the History of Freeskiing, proving...
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2014-04-07
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admin
After 31 days, Greg Hill reaches his personal goal of climbing and skiing more than 300-thousand feet!
(click on the images to get a larger...
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admin
2014-04-07
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2014-04-06
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admin
The local snow report said 8cm on Friday morning and another 11cm on Saturday am (April 5th) but in the back of my head all I could think of was...
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admin
2014-04-06
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2014-04-03
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admin
Thanks to everyone who entered the Soap Box Comp over the past three months, we enjoyed reading and watching your backcountry exploits. Here are...
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admin
2014-04-03
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2014-04-02
Hey everybody, if you are looking to do your good deed for the day and want to support one of the few, if not the ONLY, Canadian entry in the Know...
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2014-04-02
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skifreak
Now at over 50 years old Scot Schmidt still rips it almost as good as ever. He was the original free skier in the 80's and looked up to by...
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skifreak
2014-04-02
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2014-04-01
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admin
Backcountry skiing superman Greg Hill was on a quest last month to ski tour 100 vertical Kilometers (that's about 328,000 feet) in just 31...
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2wheeler
2014-04-02
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2014-03-31
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bootroom
Thanks to Rab for the Stratus jacket I got last month from the Soap Box comp.
I really got to try it out on Friday night as I spent the...
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bootroom
2014-03-31
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2014-03-30
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admin
Only Today and Monday left to enter the Soap Box Comp and have a chance to win one of 7 huge prizes worth $300-$500 each, have you entered...
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admin
2014-03-30
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2014-03-26
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admin
Its been almost five years that we've been using the same Backcountry Skiing Canada video intro and we thought it was getting a little...
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admin
2014-03-26
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2014-03-25
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admin
In Salomon FreeskiTV’s “Spring Break,” Josh Dueck teams up with Cody Townsend, Josh Daiek and Leah Evans to go big in western...
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admin
2014-03-25
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