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|   | 2019-04-06 Spring skiing season is upon us - or as some in the PNW call it: volcano season! There are a number of classic ski ascents and descents to be had... | replies 0 views 2587 |   2019-04-06 | 
|   | 2019-03-22 The 5th Annual JP Auclair Memorial will be held April 10-11, 2019, at Whistler Blackcomb. The event will be hosted by Apline Initiatives, a... | replies 0 views 1545 |   2019-03-22 | 
|   | 2017-10-20 By 
                                    admin                                
                             As most of us already know, the Spearhead Traverse located just outside the boundary of Whistler-Blackcomb Resort will soon have a few new huts... | replies 2 views 4454 |   2022-07-18 | 
|   | 2017-02-17 By 
                                    Lee Lau                                
                             Million Dollar Couloir in Cayoosh had cold quadruple blow cold smoke. Glacier must have kept things cold. Perfect for Herschel backpacks and... | replies 0 views 3253 |   
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         2017-02-17 | 
| 2016-12-29 By 
                                    Alan Milnes                                
                             Wondering if anyone has been up on the Coquihalla in the past few weeks of 2016.  Bag loads of snow have fallen up there and I am thinking... | replies 1 views 3844 |   
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         2017-01-07 | |
|  | 2016-11-25 Over four and a half feat and counting at the lodge!
Alexander Falls is blanketed!
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| 2014-12-02 By 
                                    emilyanthem                                
                             Like many places in the province, we've had way less snow than usual here in Whistler. Whistler and Blackcomb mountains are both open with a... | replies 0 views 3635 |   
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                emilyanthem            
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|   | 2014-05-21 By 
                                    skifreak                                
                             The Sea To Sky Gondola recently opened its doors to the public offering up rides into the alpine above Squamish BC. Although there is no ski... | replies 1 views 5750 |   
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|   | 2014-04-11 By 
                                    skifreak                                
                             Christine Newman, stuck in a Garibaldi Park tree well overnight, is in recovery after four hours of continuous CPR.
Photo: BONNY... | replies 0 views 4193 |   
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                skifreak            
         2014-04-11 | 
|   | 2014-04-01 By 
                                    mikecyclone                                
                             This is on of thoes magic day when wall went well the batteries on the camera did not die and one of my friends just told her story and I captured... | replies 0 views 3297 |   
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                mikecyclone            
         2014-04-01 | 
|   | 2014-04-01 By 
                                    mikecyclone                                
                             This idea came to me and I have not seen any thing on the internet as of yet. I don't want to give it away but it makes me smile ever time I... | replies 0 views 3392 |   
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                mikecyclone            
         2014-04-01 | 
|   | 2014-02-28 By 
                                    mikecyclone                                
                               Hope you liked the last video A Backcountry Skiers Observations I know it was a bit long but learning to cut cut cut. This video I filmed... | replies 0 views 3469 |   
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                mikecyclone            
         2014-02-28 | 
|   | 2014-02-26 By 
                                    mikecyclone                                
                             You know backcountry skying is like nothing else. There is so many things that go through your mind so this video is what I see and think all... | replies 0 views 3357 |   
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                mikecyclone            
         2014-02-26 | 
|   | 2014-01-29 By 
                                    mikecyclone                                
                             It is early july and we think it would be really cool to have a mid summer ski on the corn snow from the top of Mt Baker. A weather window had... | replies 0 views 3458 |   
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                mikecyclone            
         2014-01-29 | 
|   | 2013-11-23 By 
                                    admin                                
                             Mount Logan is the worlds largest mountain by volume and this video shows incredible 360 degree views while ski traverseing 240km around its base.... | replies 1 views 4105 |   
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                2wheeler            
         2013-12-02 | 
|   | 2013-10-18 By 
                                    jerrett                                
                             We've got the dates locked down for this years Vancouver Island Backcountry festival... Feb 8/9!We had an amazing time last year and it went... | replies 0 views 3444 |   
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                jerrett            
         2013-10-18 | 
| 2013-09-30 By 
                                    Mountainwind                                
                             Hello everyone,
I've recently started a blog detailing mainly Vancouver Island Mountaineering locations.  So far, I have a post about... | replies 1 views 4131 |   
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                Powrider            
         2014-10-08 | |
|   | 2013-08-07 In summer there are many ways to experience the outdoors as we all wait for snow.  A lot of people are out exploring mountains, hiking around... | replies 3 views 6068 |   2013-08-08 | 
|   | 2013-04-07 By 
                                    shredr                                
                             Three skiers were swept down a mountain under 2 metres of snow a few weeks ago and this is their story:
Two Whitehorse skiers who... | replies 0 views 4845 |   
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                shredr            
         2013-04-07 | 
|   | 2013-03-01 By 
                                    klondike                                
                             This season marked the start of the something I have always wanted to try: backcountry skiing or more appropriately back country snowboarding. I... | replies 0 views 4029 |   
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                klondike            
         2013-03-01 | 
|   | 2013-02-28 By 
                                    jerrett                                
                             Here are a couple good articles that summarized the... | replies 0 views 3284 |   
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                jerrett            
         2013-02-28 | 
|   | 2013-02-28 By 
                                    klondike                                
                             To most, Carcross represents a last glimpse into the gold rush days. When men and women toiled for gold and did strange things under the midnight... | replies 0 views 3803 |   
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                klondike            
         2013-02-28 | 
|   | 2013-02-12 By 
                                    vladrac                                
                             Smithers' unique backcountry experience
After several years of winter road trips that followed the East-West highways (the most travelled... | replies 1 views 5873 |   
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                Red PeeKay            
         2013-02-12 | 
|   | 2013-01-22 By 
                                    emilyanthem                                
                             As of Jan 22, the Rubble Creek access trail to Garibaldi Park is in pretty good shape considering the week long temperature inversion and no new... | replies 1 views 3887 |   
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         2013-01-22 | 
|   | 2013-01-22 By 
                                    emilyanthem                                
                             Temperature inversion and low avalanche danger up to the alpine… it's a good week to live in the Coast Mountains. Here are some pics... | replies 3 views 7563 |   
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         2014-07-01 | 
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