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2024-03-09Skimo athletes from across North America were preparing to race the North American Skimo Championships at the aptly named Wasatch Powderkeg...replies0views375
2024-03-092024-03-05I tried to book the Mt Alwyn BC Rec Sote and Trails cabin in Maurier Creek east of Silverton. The Mt Alwyn rec society told me they...replies0views456
2024-03-05
2024-03-052 spots available for a Guided and Catered trip to Fairy Meadows. April 13-20. Small group of 6. This is an amazing place with a very hard to get...replies0views333
2024-03-05
2024-03-05Leave No Trace is a backcountry ski film centred around the intentionality of travelling amongst a snow-covered landscape and treading Lightly...replies0views342
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2024-03-02Highway 5 rises up out of Hope BC and into the snowbelt of the Coquihalla, where the Spuzzum first nation wants to build a year round recreation...replies0views366
2024-03-02
2024-02-28It sounds ridiculous at first. Of course not, but...maybe? An activity like backcountry skiing requires a range of foundational movement,...replies0views330
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2024-02-24Faction sponsored skier Vasu Sojitra showcases his skiing and Gulmarg's snow in his newest movie. Aikyam in Sanskrit translates into...replies0views244
2024-02-24
2024-02-20I'm playing the long game when it comes to introducing my kids to the backcountry. The idea is for my kids (I have three boys, ages 11, 13,...replies0views304
2024-02-20
2024-02-13Iceland's Tröllaskagi Peninsula juts into the Greenland Sea towards the Arctic Circle and the east coast of Greenland. The...replies0views290
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2024-02-103 Million vertical feet in a year. That is the quest that Noah Dines, from Stowe VT, has set himself for this calendar year. The previous record...replies0views280
2024-02-10
2024-02-07Learning from your mistakes is great. Learning from someone else's mistakes is even better. Backcountry skiing is an activity where learning...replies0views351
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2024-02-06In Rogers Pass, the Trans-Canada Highway and Canadian Pacific Railway wind underneath 134 avalanche paths that release 2,000 avalanche events each...replies0views271
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2024-02-03Last weekend, in Radstadt, Austria, Jakob Herrmann climbed 24,242 meters on his skis. This was 756 meters further than the previous record,...replies0views392
2024-02-03
2024-01-31I have a pair of wooden skis screwed vertically on the wall of my garage. We use them as measuring sticks to record the annual growth of our three...replies0views435
2024-01-31
2024-01-24Trophy Mountain Chalet is like the mullet haircut of backcountry ski huts: it’s got tree-skiing out the front door and alpine skiing out the...replies1views678
2024-02-14
2024-01-13Roger’s Pass North & South Ski Touring Guides are a must have. Douglas Sproul, the creator of the longstanding Roger’s...replies1views417
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2024-01-03Collagen is the most abundant structural protein in the body and provides the scaffolding that builds structure and strength in joints and is the...replies1views467
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2023-12-27“I always like going South, somehow it feels like going downhill.” Treebeard, The Lord of the Rings: The Two...replies0views828
2023-12-27
2023-12-23With the snowfall forecast looking pretty dire in BC right now, maybe this season is the time to take a trip to the Alps. Here are a few of my...replies0views756
2023-12-23
2023-12-22Europe seems to be getting all the snow this year as we here in North America patiently wait for winter to start, perhaps this is the year for a...replies0views319
2023-12-22
2023-12-20Modern avalanche professionals have powerful tools at their disposal to mitigate the risk of living, working and traveling in avalanche terrain....replies0views582
2023-12-20
2023-12-16The dream of man. The long, impossible dream to reach out to the moon. Fly along with Sam Kuch as he explores the parallels between skiing and...replies0views320
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2023-12-13The Meaningless Pursuit of Snow by Patagonia Films unfolds in chapters, like a series of short stories that are interrupted in turn and revisited...replies0views541
2023-12-13
2023-12-11This is Faction's fourth feature film and here'swhat it's all about. Skiing is not art, and skiers are not artists. Unless, of...replies0views300
2023-12-11
2023-12-07Ski season is upon us already but it is never too late to get into peak physical condition to ensure that you avoid injury and maximize the...replies0views445
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