BACKCOUNTRY NEWS AND FORUMS
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General Talk
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2011-11-23Cool vid by The North Face of their most talented athletes coming together to climb and ski Denali.replies0views1989
2011-11-232011-11-23The Skimo season is upon us and the full detials are below thanks to the good folks at the Alpine Club of Canada, have a good read... News...replies0views2734
2011-11-23
2011-11-22The CAC has recently made several changes to their Avalanche Bulletin System so have a read below and see what Karl Klasssen has to say. More...replies0views1856
2011-11-22
2011-11-17Body recovered after avalanche by The Canadian Press - Story: 67257 Nov 14, 2011 / 10:46 pm UPDATE: This afternoon, members of Search &...replies0views2176
2011-11-17
2011-11-09A short from this winner of the 'Best Film–Mountain Sports" at the Banff Film fest, The Freedom Chair. There was another edit kicking...replies0views2268
2011-11-09
2011-11-04The folks at the Durrand Glacier Chalet have a great early season snow report for everyone and a video to boot: Height of snow at the Durrand...replies0views2418
2011-11-04
2011-11-02The winter edition of Kootenay Mountain Culture is out in the shops now! It must be getting close to ski season. Just about to sit...replies0views1933
2011-11-02
2011-10-29Local ski dignitary Steve Ogle has recently put together a little slide show on Whitewater. As always, lovely, stoke-building shots. So who...replies0views2202
2011-10-292011-10-28Hey... just moved to Nelson and am looking for some splitboarders/skiers to go on an early season mission???replies3views2088
2011-10-30
2011-10-27I love Salomon FreeSki TV (except when they do urban segments) such high production value and narratives... now I want to go to Norway. But...replies0views2123
2011-10-27
2011-10-24Ski industry collapsing by 2030? Yikes! What do you think the ski industry should do to abate Climage Change? Protect Our Winters (POW) is posing...replies0views1971
2011-10-242011-10-20Hey Folks! The Canadian Avalanche Centre is seeking a designated accountant (CA, CMA, CGA) to work with the Board of Directors as a member of the...replies0views1993
2011-10-20
2011-10-17This just in from Atomic and Salomon...an AT binding that's lower, wider and with easier turn around? Sign us up! With more...replies1views3329
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2011-10-15
2011-10-14We are almost getting to the point here in the Kootenays where we can stop watching movies and start acctually getting out there. Here is a...replies0views2259
2011-10-14
2011-10-12Well, we've all heard the La Nina chatter and the mainstream press is getting in on the action. Are we getting our hopes up too high?...replies0views2178
2011-10-12
2011-10-11Farmers live by this guide and so should skiers, I don't how they do it but they are pretty accurate year over year and I really like what...replies0views4631
2011-10-11
2011-10-09Well, it is only Oct 8th and it seems little old Wolf Creek in Colorado has upstaged the big boys this year and opened for the season already....replies1views2365
2011-10-09
2011-10-08The Powder Highway Ultimate Ski Bum Contest is Back! Probably the greatest prize you could imagine. I entered this last year,...replies1views3249
2011-10-17
2011-10-05We here at Backcountry Skiing Canada want to showcase all the great adventures out there, from cat skiing, heli skiing, backcoungtry lodges and...replies0views2247
2011-10-05
2011-10-04The Kootenay Carshare Co-op has teamed up with Absinthe Film's carbon neutral Sphere of Influence tour to bring a double feature snowboard ...replies0views2554
2011-10-04
2011-10-01I went and saw Sherpas Cinema's offering All.I.Can. last night. It was a packed house at Nelson's Capitol Theatre, and the feature...replies0views3140
2011-10-01
2011-09-23Looks like the beauty is back...all the jargon below essentially means cooler ocean temps are back and it’s likely we're in for more...replies0views2705
2011-09-232011-09-22Check this out. It's a little long but well worth it. This guy is a star. Looks like he's wearing a jacket we've reviewed here on the...replies0views2428
2011-09-22
2011-09-20Our friends at G3 are putting on their Skigraphiks competition for the fourth year, only this year it's a little different. They've...replies0views2632
2011-09-20
