Over the last several years we have seen an increasing number of avalanche related close calls involving skiers and climbers. Between better equipment and getting out more during the midwinter avalanche season, incidents have been increasing. Of the different Read More →
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Backcountry Lodges Mistaya Lodge Visit their secluded tree-line lodge for all levels of hiking, skiing, [...] Read More Selkirk Lodge Perched at 2,200 m (7,200 ft) in the Albert Icefield area, 35 km east of [...] Read More Valhalla Mountain Touring Valhalla Mountain Touring is located in the heart of the Selkirk [...] Read MoreCat Skiing Baldface Lodge With 32,000 acres Baldface has every type of terrain imaginable from [...] Read More Chatter Creek Cat-Skiing Chatter Creek is one of Western Canada’s largest and most [...] Read More Island Lake Catskiing For nearly 20 years Island Lake catskiing has consistently provided guests [...] Read More |
 Featured Destinations Fernie, BC Powder. If there is one word that describes the reasons why people come to [...] Read More  Revelstoke, BC With an average annual snowfall of 12-18 metres (40-60 feet!), the [...] Read More Whistler, BC Whistler was the official venue for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic winter [...] Read MoreEditorials Kootenay pro freeskier Ian McIntosh is a hard-charging specimen of brute strength, raw talent, and pure style. Today, Backcountry.com, online specialty retailer of premium outdoor gear, welcomes McIntosh to their 34-member Pro Team. No slouch to slashing turns on Read More →  Every year it seems there’s a debate of what to call the avalanche danger in the public bulletin when true spring conditions have arrived. For example: frozen solid and LOW danger in the mornings rising to wet and unstable Read More →  by Jon Turk I have a friend who is an engineer for Black Diamond, a well known company that makes technical gear for climbers and skiers. A number of years ago, I visited George in the product development laboratory Read More →  Between 1957 and 1968, Hans Gmoser produced ten films of mountain adventure which he then toured across North America. Many people have wonderful memories of those presentations: Hans at the microphone dressed in his Austrian sweater, glorious ski and Read More →  By Jon Turk My brain refuses to be present as I skin through the snow-covered forest. I am in my office, on the freeway, banging away at my computer, managed by other people’s rules, anywhere but here. Beautiful forest. Read More →  If you’re heading into the mountains this weekend, go cautiously and watch for the possibility of human-triggered avalanches. The snowpack is not yet trustworthy following the recent big storm. This applies whether you’re sleddin’, shreddin’ or snowshoein’. Pat on Read More →  Whistler’s Air Jordan has always had a lemming effect, but then so does Whistler. Those waiting in the long line up for Whistler’s Peak chair noticed a row of people at the top ridge, they knew something big was Read More →  It has been an exceptional year with only one Canadian avalanche death this year—until last week. A 34-year-old German heli-skier client with RK Heliski has died after an avalanche on Jumbo Glacier in southeastern British Columbia. A second skier Read More →  My name is Jon. I don’t call myself “Howling Wolf” or “Running Bear”, because I was born and raised WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic) and there is no sense pretending otherwise. Jon. Named after some dude, Jonathan, Read More → by James Floyer I’m writing this as a bit of an early heads up for the weekend and into next week. Conditions throughout western Canada, and particularly in the Columbia Mountains, are changing, and in many areas avalanche danger Read More →  Northern Escape, a heli ski operation in Terrace, has an outdoor apres ski bar known as the “ice bar”. The bar has been a great success and is up for a new name and they’d like your help! The Read More →  Vinterpark in Norway replaced its t-bars with chairs and ran the following ad campaign. It’s a bold campaign and one that I have issue with as the t-bar is my preferred lift…except for snowcats. T-bars and snowcats have a Read More →  The death of Alpine Meadows patroller Bill Foster shook the Lake Tahoe community in a very big way. Foster was a 30-year veteran, a mentor and a friend to everyone he ever worked with in the industry. During routine Read More →  K2 has been a leader in producing skis, boards and backcountry equipment for may years so I was not surprised by the new ski boot announcement. Hopefully we will have some product to test and deliver a full report Read More → |
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