While backcountry skiing or riding, we tend to spend more time going up than down. And, simply put, skinning done poorly is not fun. There are three primary ingredients to a good day of touring: establishing a proper pace, setting an appropriate skintrack angle and avoiding kick turns whenever possible. The reality of earning your …
Read more Go slow to go fast
So you’re ripping down a groomer, cross your tips and crash head first into the snow – and it’s akin to dunking your head into the toilet bowl.
Read more Mumbo Jumbo
The Rogers Pass area in winter is a powder skier’s dream, but it can also be intimidating if you don’t know where or go or how to get started
Read more 2013 Rogers Pass Powder Weekend
The Backcountry Lodges of British Columbia Association (BLBCA) is pleased to announce the launch of its first-ever Backcountry Purist Contest.
Read more Looking for the ultimate backcountry purist
Perhaps it was the perennial August snowstorms at the Bugs that convinced me that this area was more suited to skis than rock shoes.
Read more Bugaboos to Rogers Pass Ski Traverse
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 other week. After a quick google earth reconnaissance we were on our way across the trench …
Read more The Yurt
Copious amounts of snow in the Northern Selkirk Mountain Range of British Columbia and it's the main reason GAH is open for business one week earlier
Read more Golden Alpine Holidays Open Early
