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                         2023-09-03 
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                        The Sunshine Coast Trail (SCT) is Canada’s longest hut-to-hut hiking trail at 180km and is located around Powell River on British... 
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                         2023-09-01 
                                                        
                        The Resource Road network between Slocan and the Columbia River provides many tempting possibilities for the gravel enthusiast.  I’ve... 
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                         2023-08-30 
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                        We can't ski all year round so that's when you need some other activities to stay connected with friends and family and biking is a great... 
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                         2023-08-28 
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                        It’s never too early to start thinking about backcountry skiing.
 
If you’re like me, there is a very brief gap between my last... 
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                         2023-08-26 
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                        We decided to hike the Juan de Fuca Trail in April to avoid the heat and the crowds.  Having dropped a car at a friend’s parents place... 
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                         2023-08-23 
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                        The Sourdough Traverse is a 4-night, 5-day glamping style hiking adventure in the Kokanee Range in the West Kootenay’s of British Columbia.... 
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                         2023-08-21 
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                        Passionate about Backcountry skiing?
Critical of the gear you use from a quality, cost and design perspective?
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                         2023-08-19 
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The ink is not even dry yet on Kristin Harila's amazing feat to scale all fourteen 8,000m peaks in record time before the press jumped... 
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Having spent some time in the mountains over the years I have seen one thing that is increasing.  This is rockfall.  One of the most... 
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                         2023-08-08 
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                        Although BC can probably put out a compellingly good argument to offering better skiing and better beer than in Italy, where the Italians will... 
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                         2023-08-05 
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Congratulations to Mickael Mawen on his win at the 2023 IFSC Worlds in the bouldering comp.  At 33 Mawen is the oldest climber to... 
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                         2023-08-03 
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                        Kristin Harila, a Norwegian adventurer and Lama (Tenjin Sherpa) have successfully summitted K2, which is the 14th and final 8000m peak on their... 
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                         2023-08-01 
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                        Earlier this month, ski mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel summitted (and descended) Gasherbrum II, the 13th highest peak in the world. He successfully... 
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                         2023-07-27 
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                        The Santo Domingo Gorge is said to be one of the steepest navigable river sections on the planet and that’s exactly why Dane Jackson decided... 
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                         2023-07-25 
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                        HERE WE GOOOO. Mid-summer ski trailers are tagging into this heatwave. Here to keep us dreaming of colder days and better sliding sports as we... 
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                         2023-07-18 
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                        Does anyone remember watching a video clip from a few years ago of hundreds of mountain bikers simultaneously crashing into each other on a snow... 
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                         2023-07-12 
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                        Anthropologist and climber, Zofia Reych, has recently teamed up with Patagonia to share yet another fresh perspective on the world of competition... 
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                         2023-07-03 
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Search and Rescue is a highly skilled process and when you add in the challenges of being down in a cave the magnitude of difficulty is... 
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                         2023-06-30 
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Norwegian climber Kristin Harila is working hard to set the world 14 Peaks speed title in record time.
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                         2023-06-26 
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                        If you were anywhere on the internet this winter you likely saw that Utah had a record-breaking winter with snowfalls that surpassed anything... 
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                         2023-06-20 
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                        A little Summer stoke from the archives for you that combines skiing and mountain biking. Back in 2017 Cam McCaul and Casey Brown completed the... 
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                        Kristin Harila and Tenjen Sherpa have already climbed  9 of the 14 tallest peaks in the world in only 45 days and their aim is to complete... 
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                         2023-06-15 
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                        Jack Kuenzle has set a new fastest known time (FKT) by more than an hour on the highest peak in North America - Denali. Jack is an ultrarunner and... 
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                         2023-06-13 
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                        It's that time of year again, unfortunately. As the wildfire season looms ahead and fires burn already across much of Canada and the US, its... 
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                         2023-06-08 
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                        Teton Gravity Research (TGR), brings to life a multi-part, eye-opening digital series that shows the reality of climate change, highlighting the... 
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