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Looking for the ultimate backcountry purist

Dezaiko Lodge

The Backcountry Lodges of British Columbia Association (BLBCA) is pleased to announce the launch of its first-ever Backcountry Purist Contest. The BLBCA is seeking the ultimate Backcountry Purist; a skier/snowboarder who deserves a fully guided and catered ski/snowboard four-week Read More →

Bugaboos to Rogers Pass Ski Traverse

Icefall Lodge Forbes in center rear. Stan Wagon image

“Experiences of great intensity — an especial dream, a period of concentrated work, a sudden absorption, maybe a love-affair — have in common that they are unusually real while they last. Yet it is precisely this quality which so Read More →

The Yurt

The Yurt

We heard word of a yurt on Mt. Patrick in the Purcells behind Kimberley that had some good touring terrain.  At 1900m the yurt looked like a perfect place to head up and out of the warm weather the Read More →

Golden Alpine Holidays Open Early

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La Niña means “The Little Girl.” La Niña is sometimes called El Viejo (Old Man), anti-El Niño, or simply “a cold event” or “a cold episode”. Whatever you want to call it it’s here and dumping copious amounts of Read More →