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The Deep Freeze
December 7, 2013
The season started off with a bang! We were skiing knee deep just about everywhere getting...
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It's almost as cold as Elizabeth Kennedy suing her dead husband's ski buddy. That's COLD!
The radio was reporting -32 in Banff this...
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If you love nature and the beauty of the Canadian Rockies then spend the 15 min giving this video a watch, the bigger screen the better!...
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It's Movember in the Rockies... and it is hard not to wish for Mo'...
Like a lot Mo' Sno'!
Early season efforts in Kananaskis,...
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Any advice or resources available about the backcountry skiing routes around the Assiniboine Lodge / Naiset huts?
Heading up there over the...
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Growing up next to the Rockies I've come to know and respect the powder tax. Nothing that's ever really worth while comes...
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November 3rd 2013Worst Day of Skiing EVER!
Early season skiing sucks…but it’s soooo awesome!
Early Season Suck Factor 10!The long...
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Check out this spectacular close-up fly by of legendary Mt. Robson, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. The Gargoyles on the Emperor...
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Located on Mount Temple near the town of Lake Louise, AB, the Aemmer couloir descents over 600 meters (1800 feet) in a 45 degree drop down...
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I t looks like backcountry skiing may be limited in order to help the Caribou in Jasper Naational Park in the coming years. This from the...
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Easter Long Weekend – Lots of blue sky and summer like temperatures. Saturday March 30th we ventured up Hwy 93N near Bow Summit. Ski...
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Had an amazing easter weekend with 4 days of alternating skiing and climbing. The skiing behind the Lake Louise ski area and up on the Icefields...
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Was up to Surprise Pass on Saturday March 23… Very cold to start the day (-21 @ 8:30 am) but warmed to about -5 in the sun relatively...
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With only a few days until the official start of spring mother nature has finally decided that it is winter.
With about a meter of snow falling...
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Warm temps, long days, some open water and hints of green grass. Spring is in the air!
Saturday March 9th we skied the Louise classic...
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"You're gonna CLIMB the mountain then board down? Why don't you just go to a ski hill, or maybe heli skiing?" Is what I heard from...
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Guaranteed Snow!
Mother Nature doesn’t always deliver. The Canmore Winter Carnival gets its annual big dump delivered by trucks and is...
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Our yearly Spring Break trip into the backcountry took us to Stanley Mitchell this year!
Enjoy!
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The Canadian Ski Mountaineering team has been busy training hard all winter long, blazing up skintracks near you and pillaging powder stashes....
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Family Day happened on Feb. 18th on the Alberta side of the border, and some desperately needed fresh snow was delivered for the long weekend...
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https://vimeo.com/56755787
Mt.Jimmy Simspon is a nice ski ascent,with great views of the wapta icefields and surrounding peaks. On this...
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Canmore has just received a massive amount of snow and our short frontcountry season is in full swing. Stability is bomber and there’s sun...
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Not a lot of significant snow around the Rockies for January. The Alberta Environment snow data seems to have all but flatlined. Motivation is...
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Light snow that falls with no wind is the holy grail of skiing. It refreshes the ski conditions without severely impacting the avalanche...
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Is Waterton the best backcountry ski town in Alberta?
Driving through the southern prairies past endless lengths of barbed fence bordering...
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