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      Best Hut-to-Hut Ski Traverses
      Best Hut-to-Hut Ski Traverses
      2021-12-21
      By Sarah Jakober
      Excellent synopsis of the ski traverses available in the Canadian Rockies - check out the video below for the whole run down!    
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      By Sarah Jakober
      2021-12-21
      Rockies Conditions 30-Mar-17
      Rockies Conditions 30-Mar-17
      2017-03-31
      By Beean
      Rockies Conditions 30 March 17   Welcome to one of the first weekends without a big weather system hitting the Rockies. How does it...
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      2806
      By Beean
      2017-03-31
      Egypt Lakes Trip Report
      Egypt Lakes Trip Report
      2017-03-24
      By Beean
      In the hopes to avoid some of those terrible conditions I headed out to the Great Divide at the start of the week.   The ski up Healy creek...
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      6514
      By Beean
      2017-03-26
      Rockies Conditions 16-Mar-17
      Rockies Conditions 16-Mar-17
      2017-03-17
      By Beean
      Rockies Conditions 16-Mar-17 aka The Stern Talk   I’m not going to tell you what to do because I’m not your mum but just have a...
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      4395
      By Beean
      2017-03-17
      Rockies Conditions 09-Mar-17
      Rockies Conditions 09-Mar-17
      2017-03-10
      By Beean
      Another weekend, another weather system. Guess what, it’s going to snow and get warm and windy and then things are gonna slide. So I guess...
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      2590
      By Beean
      2017-03-10
      Rockies Conditions 03-Mar-17
      Rockies Conditions 03-Mar-17
      2017-03-03
      By Beean
      I swear every weekend a system moves in and ruins all my prepared handy terrain tips to find secret pow stashes.   The Banff region is...
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      2735
      By Beean
      2017-03-03
      Rockies Conditions 17-Feb-17
      Rockies Conditions 17-Feb-17
      2017-02-17
      By Beean
      It rained yesterday, the perfect sting in the tail of a week of above freezing temps. Things are going to be tricky for a little while....
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      3157
      By Beean
      2017-02-17
      Rockies Conditions
      Rockies Conditions
      2017-02-10
      By Beean
      I’m going to assume that no one’s heading out this weekend because of avalanches and stuff. There’s a Special Public Avalanche...
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      3265
      By Beean
      2017-02-10
      Rockies Conditions 3-Feb-17
      Rockies Conditions 3-Feb-17
      2017-02-03
      By Beean
      Rockies Conditions 03-02-17   Looks like we had a bit of an avy cycle at the start of this week. Blowy winds scoured half the skiable...
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      3138
      By Beean
      2017-02-03
      Rockies Conditions 27-Jan-17
      Rockies Conditions 27-Jan-17
      2017-01-27
      By Beean
      After the refresh last week it seems we’re back on track to the classic rockies rotten snowpack. Everywhere is reporting last week’s...
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      3601
      By skiitsbetter
      2017-01-30
      Rockies Conditions 20-Jan-17
      Rockies Conditions 20-Jan-17
      2017-01-20
      By Beean
      It snowed! Praise Ullr! We encountered 30+cms of fresh white stuff along the Divide but I’m sure more fell in other regions. Freshies! We...
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      3374
      By Beean
      2017-01-20
      Rockies Conditions
      Rockies Conditions
      2017-01-06
      By Beean
      It was cold. It’s not so cold anymore, but it was definitely pretty cold. The skiing was good if you like frostnip and facets. I...
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      3347
      By Beean
      2017-01-13
      Any peaks skiable this time of year?
      2016-10-04
      By Jake Acito
      This past weekend, a buddy of mine and I saw a peak that looked like it had pretty deep snow and started joking that we would ski it this weekend....
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      2829
      By Gringo
      2016-10-18
      New 7 pitch 5.7 route established in the Bow Valley
      New 7 pitch 5.7 route established in the Bow Valley
      2016-08-03
      By Chasing snowflakes
      Looking for some something new to do in the Bow Valley this weekend? A brand new 7 pitch bolted route has just gone up on Mt Cascade's...
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      3803
      By Chasing snowflakes
      2016-08-03
      Adventure Dispatch -- bikepacking, fly-in, climb and raft --VIDEO
      Adventure Dispatch -- bikepacking, fly-in, climb and raft --VIDEO
      2016-05-12
      By admin02
      Who thought fatbiking was just for snow? We watch a lot of videos here and the best ones always feature trips and adventures we'd want to go...
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      3638
      By admin02
      2016-05-12
      Murchison and Trevor Sexsmith
      Murchison and Trevor Sexsmith
      2016-05-11
      By Chasing snowflakes
      Yet another Trevor Sexmsith post worthy of all those who stumble across it. For those who might not know Trevor has been slowly? No pretty damn...
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      3467
      By Chasing snowflakes
      2016-05-11
      Teammate backcountry, touring skiing, split boarding Rockies
      2016-03-11
      By
      hello everybody, I'm looking for people to do some nice backcountry ski tours with! I'll stay in Canada until the 26th April and all the...
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      3174
      By
      2016-03-12
      Teammate touring ski Banff National Park
      2016-02-21
      By
      Hi, I come spend one week in Canmore and expect to go earn my turns in touring ski. I arrive on Tuedsay 23th and plan to go discover some traces...
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      3070
      By
      2016-03-11
      Early Season Stoke
      Early Season Stoke
      2016-01-30
      By skiitsbetter
      Well, I haven't ski toured much lately and it seems more and more photos are making their way to instagram. Here are some pictures from some...
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      2767
      By skiitsbetter
      2016-01-30
      Alpine Club of Canada ski touring Hut to open in Waterton Lakes National Park
      Alpine Club of Canada ski touring Hut to open in Waterton Lakes National Park
      2015-06-20
      By shredr
      Big news for backcountry skiers looking to explore Waterton Lakes National Park this winter, there will now be an Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) hut...
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      5960
      By shredr
      2015-06-20
      Conditions in the spray valley?
      Conditions in the spray valley?
      2015-06-06
      By skiitsbetter
      Someone was wondering all winter what conditions were like in the Spray Valley. To be honest, I have no idea, but a month or two ago, they were...
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      3325
      By skiitsbetter
      2015-06-06
      Spring guidebook lines
      Spring guidebook lines
      2015-06-03
      By skiitsbetter
      The life of the weekend warrior was a litle tough this spring, with consistent blue-bird weather not appearing until later. Chick-a-boom...
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      6177
      By skiitsbetter
      2015-06-05
      Low Avi Risk Yoyo'ing Areas in Banff/Jasper
      2015-01-14
      By atom
      Hi everyone,  I'm just getting into back country skiing, and im looking for some low risk/low angle places to practice in the...
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      3
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      5977
      By tjzubick
      2015-01-16
      Banff area conditions and suggestions
      2014-12-28
      By tjzubick
      Hi all, looking to head out in the Rockies tomorrow most likely above Sunshine around Rock Isle Lake or Twin Cairns if conditions allow. Anyone...
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      4010
      By tjzubick
      2015-01-02
      The Wise Man
      The Wise Man
      2014-11-22
      By Jake
      Five minutes of humble.
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      3392
      By Jake
      2014-11-22
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