Behind the Devil’s Glen Climbing Route Closures
New signage attempts to limit routes at a popular Niagara Escarpment climbing area inside an Ontario park. Climbers are not happy.
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Active climbing industry news and articles, written by industry professionals.
Chased by Demons
Are all extreme skiers, paddlers, climbers and riders really chased down the mountain, up the mountain or over the waves by frightful gnomes pulling the puppet strings of their brain…
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Fleeing the Taliban, Afghan Women Find a Home in Climbing
Today’s Friday Flick is the short film Ascend, directed by Kathryn Francis & Campbell Brewer, presented by Patagonia. For Afghan women, Mina Bakhshi, Haniya Tavasoli and Rabia Hussain had a…
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Climber Sean McColl Joins MEC as Latest Ambassador
For more than two decades, North Vancouver–based climbing dynamo Sean McColl has been an unstoppable force in competitive sport climbing.
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Facing Uncertainty: The Role of Chance in Mountain Adventures
Mountain Guide and Parks Canada Visitor Safety Specialist Steve Holeczi discusses the role of chance in mountain adventures and how to assess the unknown.
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Marie-Pier Desharnais: A Woman’s Experience on K2
A thousand and one things could have gone wrong, but she made it to the top: Marie-Pier Desharnais is the first Quebecois woman to climb K2.
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Blizzard Tecnica’s Scholarship Renamed for Mountaineer Hilaree Nelson
The scholarship for women looking to advance their education in snowsports has been updated with a new name—the W2W Hilaree Nelson Education Scholarship—in honor of the fallen mountaineer.
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Friday Flick: Inseparable
The new three-part short documentary series Inseparable highlights three Indigenous women who—through their chosen sport—connect with their ancestral homelands, preserve cultural practices and language and advocate for Indigenous rights.
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The Canadian Arms Race
The Canadian Rockies have become one of the only reliable places on the planet to climb ice, and mountaineers from across the globe are heading here to swing their tools.
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ML Coast Mountains Fall/Winter 2022-23 Out Now
The "Badass Issue" of ML Coast Mountains has dropped.
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A Feeling for Rock
A Feeling for Rock is a collection of stories, poems, rants and illustrations by UK climber Sarah Jane Dobner. But make no mistake, this is no ordinary climbing-literature volume.
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Once a Racer, Always a Racer
For para racer Katie Combaluzier, chasing ski dreams is a way of life.
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Fly like a ReBIRD
The obvious step that every single one of us can take is to buy gear that lasts, and make it last longer—as long as humanly possible.
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Friday Flick: The Scale of Hope
The Scale Of Hope is a new film about climbing, climate and the fight for systemic change.
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Arc’teryx Academy: Best Weekend of the Summer
Words :: Jimmy Martinello. I’ve been fortunate enough to spend more than 35 summers here in the Sea to Sky Corridor and I can wholeheartedly say one of my favourite…
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Finding Common Ground
Is climate breakdown causing increased rockfall on B.C.'s Stawamus Chief?
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ML Coast Mountains Summer ’22 Issue Out Now
Let the good times roll with the summer 2022 issue of ML Coast Mountains.
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Friday Flick: Elevated
As the new short film Elevated shows, Sonya Wilson has worked to create a community for other deaf climbers, leaving inhibitions and unreasonable expectations behind.
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