It’s evident that some of Earth’s finest photographers congregate in BC’s Coast Mountains. Here’s a showcase of their hard work from the fall-winter issue of ML Coast Mountains.

“Likely, some of mountain culture’s hardwired draw towards immediacy has evolved from the scarcity of a fresh snowfall on the mountain faces—it won’t last forever (or even an hour sometimes) so go, go, go,” wrote Feet Banks in his editorial. “As such, the mountains seem to attract more type-A, go-getter hares than slow-and-steady tortoises. ‘We underestimate what we can do in a day,’ my friend Kitt always tells me, “and overestimate what’s possible in a decade.’

So take your time. Which isn’t to say slow down (though that can be good, too), but rather actively take control of your time. Take it and be aware, be patient, be purposeful—how we spend our time is how we spend our lives, and the time poured into our passions is the very thing that makes them important.”

That purposeful, well-timed passion is reflected in these photos.