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      Thar Peak Coquihalla Hwy
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      2011-11-21
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      COMP - No Blue Sky, No Cry
      COMP - No Blue Sky, No Cry
      2012-02-21
      By likethepear
      The ridge we were headed for was shrouded in cloud for the third time in as many days.  We skinned across the tracked-up face of North...
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      By likethepear
      2012-02-21
      COMP- Hut Trip Tantalus Range
      COMP- Hut Trip Tantalus Range
      2012-02-12
      By powdaface
      Tantalus:  is from the root word tantalizing… Many see but few ski! The Mountain range that everyone sees from Hwy 99 in between...
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      By powdaface
      2012-02-12
      Comp-In The Chill Of the Night
      Comp-In The Chill Of the Night
      2012-02-08
      By seanstdenis
      Some people go home after work to a warm dinner and a night on the couch. Some people spend their birthdays at the bar, crushed t against a crowd...
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      By Eroute
      2012-03-08
      Comp - The Cayoosh
      Comp - The Cayoosh
      2012-02-05
      By seanstdenis
      Last Monday we(Geoff, Brigitte and I) drove past Pemberton and up the Duffy lake Road. We choose the Cayoosh as our skiing location for the day....
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      By seanstdenis
      2012-02-05
      COMP-VIDEO January 2012 \"I'm skiing POW\"
      2012-01-31
      By powdaface
      January update in the coast range of BC, Canada. Well, after the Drycember we had things got a lot better.  We had a lot of snow, better...
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      By powdaface
      2012-01-31
      Bella Coola / Coast Mountains Heads Up
      2012-01-24
      By forecaster
      The Bella Coola region on the central BC Coast is not a region covered by the Canadian Avalanche Centre’s Public Avalanche Forecasts....
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      By forecaster
      2012-01-24
      COMP- NEW PHUN ON PHALANX
      COMP- NEW PHUN ON PHALANX
      2012-01-14
      By powdaface
      EVER HAVE THOSE THOUGHTS? I have been skiing in this area for so long and have seen it all and done it all? What next. What if you were able to...
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      By Dangler
      2012-01-24
      AVALANCHE INCIDENTS RAMPANT
      AVALANCHE INCIDENTS RAMPANT
      2012-01-02
      By vladrac
      It's been gnarly out there recently. BC has had two avalanche deaths in the last four days, one being an experienced ski patroller. Today...
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      2012-01-02
      COMP- Happy Holidays, Thanks Uller and Santa!!!
      2011-12-28
      By powdaface
      Well the POW is back.  Snowing here in the Coast range of BC.  It's been a welcome event, and there is a lot in the forecast for the...
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      2011-12-28
      COMP- Snovember 2011, video highlights from Coast range of BC.
      2011-12-14
      By powboy
      WELL HERE IN THE COAST RANGE OF BC IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING START TO THE SEASON.  WE HAD A VERY SNOWY, DEEP POW,  START WITH...
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      By powboy
      2011-12-14
      Comp - Keeping the dream alive~ skiing Brandywine in August
      Comp - Keeping the dream alive~ skiing Brandywine in August
      2011-12-08
      By atruse
      Full story with pics and video on my blog! ~ http://avidalpine.wordpress.co.....-did-that/ This time it was just Andy and I, (Andrew). We set...
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      By atruse
      2011-12-08
      COMP - Fresh Tracks for all!! Mt Baker, Oct 15 2011
      COMP - Fresh Tracks for all!! Mt Baker, Oct 15 2011
      2011-12-08
      By atruse
      Our first "fresh" turns of 2011 ~ for more pics and video check out my blog :) http://avidalpine.wordpress.co.....s-for-all/ Autopilot....
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      2011-12-10
      COMP Brew Hut buried
      COMP Brew Hut buried
      2011-12-07
      By glacierhazard
      My wife Jen and friends Denny and Sierra and I made a long weekend trip to the Brew Hut in the Coast Mountains near Whistler. Unfortunately, the...
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      2011-12-07
      Whitecap Alpine McGillivray Pass ski trip - Spring 2011
      2011-11-13
      By PhatMarmot
      Short vid from a one-week spring ski camp at Whitecap Alpine – McGillivray Pass Lodge with the Alpine Club of Canada Vancouver Section....
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      By admin
      2011-11-13
      Any info on Early tour destinations in South West BC
      2011-10-25
      By davecox
      Has any one got any info on early season touring? I'm planning on venturing down to Heliotroph Ridge on Mt Baker this weekend, has anyone...
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      By davecox
      2011-10-25
      Vancouver Island Backcountry Festival
      2011-10-18
      By jerrett
      We're doing it again - backcountry awareness festival up at Mt. Cain :)  http://vanislebackcountryfest.ca/ First weekend of march!...
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      By jerrett
      2012-01-16
      Red Resort, steeped in history and pow - Video
      Red Resort, steeped in history and pow - Video
      2011-10-05
      By Zorba
      Nice new promo vid from the folks at Red...steeped in history and pow.
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      By Zorba
      2011-10-05
      Parallels short film by Dendrite
      Parallels short film by Dendrite
      2011-06-13
      By Zorba
      Here's a sweet edit by Dendrite Studios…not all backcountry but beautifully shot. Here's the scoop and the vid: "Parallels is a...
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      By Zorba
      2011-06-13
      Mountain Conditions Report Coastal Mountains
      Mountain Conditions Report Coastal Mountains
      2011-06-03
      By admin
      The latest conditions from the ACMG Mountain Conditions Report Summary for the Coastal Mountains issued June 02, 2011: Heads Up and Hazards! ...
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      By admin
      2011-06-03
      Island again.. Cokely
      Island again.. Cokely
      2011-05-02
      By jerrett
      Spring touring near nanaimo/port alberni.. warmed up a lot so we kept to mellower stuff and did some recon for later ;]
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      2011-05-02
      Central/West Vancouver Island
      Central/West Vancouver Island
      2011-05-02
      By jerrett
      This is near Sutton Pass on the way to Tofino
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      2011-05-02
      North island again
      North island again
      2011-04-04
      By jerrett
      Just for fun, a couple pics from this weekend This one actually has two skiiers in it, but they just look like little black...
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      By jerrett
      2011-04-06
      Photo Contest -Family Ski Tour
      Photo Contest -Family Ski Tour
      2011-03-30
      By Dan Fedder
      Here are a few pics from our recent family touring trip up near Duffy Lake. The kids are 7-11 yrs old. The trip in took 3 hrs and for the younger...
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      By Dan Fedder
      2011-03-30
      Photo Contest - Turns over Peaks
      Photo Contest - Turns over Peaks
      2011-03-28
      By vladrac
      It's the quest for more powder that attracted many of us to the backcountry. While the other side of the rope offers solitude from resort...
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      By vladrac
      2011-03-28
      some pics from the island
      some pics from the island
      2011-03-24
      By jerrett
      Pics from Cain and Able on Vancouver Island
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      By admin
      2011-03-25
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