National Geographic Adventurers of the Year Award Nominees, Jon Turk, 65, and Erik Boomer, 26, made history on August 19 when they landed their kayaks in Grise Fiord (pop.141). After 1,495 miles and 104 days of skiing, walking, crawling, Read More →
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Archive for the ‘Jon Turk’ Category By Jon Turk It’s the first day of spring, crocuses are poking their purple heads out of the ground down in the valleys, ice dams are breaking up in the rivers, and April Fools Day is just around the Read More →  By Jon Turk By sheer dumb luck, Nina and I skied up to the sign line moments after the Ski Patrol opened the coveted Snake Ridge at Fernie Alpine Resort. We followed the traverse out and now stood above Read More →  By Jon Turk In my last post, I introduced the work of the Canadian Avalanche Center with a focus on the South Rockies Field Techs, Dave Tracz and Gord Ohm. On Jan 26, I decided to go out with Read More →  By Jon Turk A month ago, I was in a trailhead parking lot, loading my snowmobile after ski touring. Gord walked over. “So, what are you doing tomorrow, Jon?” “I gotta work.” Gord laughed. “Oh really? So did you Read More →  by Jon Turk Over the Holiday season, a sequence of storm pulses brought much needed snow – and two avalanche fatalities – to British Columbia. On Thursday, Dec 29, a 30 year old pro-patroller from Whistler was killed by Read More →  By Jon Turk Babushka (Grandmother) Daria Moolynaut was born in a reindeer skin tent on the tundra in northeast Siberia about 107 years ago, during the reign of Czar Nicholas II. Her father was a reindeer herder; her mother Read More →  by Jon Turk Recently, I was asked to give a talk at the high school in Darby, Montana, at the epicenter of one of the most politically right wing, tea party activist populations in the United States. “Oh Boy,” Read More →  Every year, National Geographic nominates ten individuals or teams for the “Adventurer of the Year”. There are skiers and riders, of course, and always a Himalayan climber or two. But then the list goes Gonzo and you never know Read More →  by Jon Turk You can work all your life, retire, and go to the beach — or you can go to the beach. It’s a saying we had back there in those freewheeling days of the sixties, oh, so Read More → |
Snowcats 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 MoreHeli Operators Bella Coola Helisports With over 2 million total acres of jaw-dropping terrain reserved for you [...] Read More Mica Heli Skiing 72,000 hectares (close to 178,000 acres) of towering peaks deep in the [...] Read More Northern Escape Heli Skiing Northern Escape Heli Skiing is located just South of the Alaska border, in [...] Read More |
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