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2017-04-14
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Beean
Last Saturday J and I headed out for another krazee mission. The NW couloir on Mt Burgess is line that we’d joked at the start of the season...
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Beean
2017-04-14
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2014-04-24
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MikeyB
From April 20th to 22nd, 2014 we skied the Bow - Yoho traverse starting at Bow Lake in Alberta and finishing at Emerald Lake, BC (near...
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MikeyB
2014-04-24
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2014-02-18
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mchellemarie
People are always looking for quick daytrip tours that aren't too crazy and can be done easily by relative newbies. This line up one side of...
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mchellemarie
2014-02-18
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2013-05-10
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MikeyB
On april 20th, 2013 leaving Calgary at just after 5 am we headed to Yoho to ski Mount Field.
Its summit is a nice ski mountaineering prize...
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MikeyB
2013-05-10
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2013-04-06
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TH
Tried to get up the Tak falls road today. We knew it was a bad idea before we left, considering it rained most of the night. But what else were we...
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TH
2013-04-06
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2011-02-17
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skifreak
Just found this article on a near escape – hopefully they learned from this???
Two Calgary men escaped with minor injuries after they...
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MikeyB
2014-04-24
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Avalanche control is being conducted on Mt. Bosworth, Mt. Field, and Mt.
Stephen in Yoho at 11am, and Mt. Whymper and Vermillion Slide...
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