ML Coast Mountains Winter/Spring ’26 Issue Out Now
The new Mountain Life Coast Mountains issue has dropped!
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The Great Divide: A Snowflake’s Journey through Alberta
Some inescapable truths about Alberta's water systems.
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A Skier’s Journey in Iran: An Interview with Filmmaker Jordan Manley
Following the 2016 release of A Skier's Journey: Iran—a visual journey peeling back the curtain to expose the warmth, beauty and culture of the Persian world—Ben Osborne sat down with Vancouver-based photographer and filmmaker Jordan Manley to discuss the divide between the West's perception and the realities of life in the region.
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Stumped: The Future of Kinbasket Lake
After canoeing 1,300 kilometres of the Columbia River in the summer of 2023, writer Hannah Griffin found she couldn’t stop thinking about Kinbasket Reservoir. Created by the Mica Dam in 1973, this enormous turquoise lake between Golden and Valemount is 22 kilometres wide in some places, with multiple 3,000-metre peaks towering above.
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Boomerang Mine
An ominous threat returns to the fragile eastern slopes ecosystem of the eastern Rockies.
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Rewilding Patagonia, Rewilding the Earth
Is there another place-name more powerful than “Patagonia” in conjuring visions of soaring mountains, wide-open spaces, and rugged beauty?
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The Path Less Followed (to Powder)
A Whistler Journeyman Lodge adventure with evoTrip and Arc’teryx.
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L’impossible: Freeride World Tour
It takes a blue-sky weather window, decent snow, teamwork and a show-stealing Kodak moment to create a successful Freeride World Tour (FWT) event.
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‘Shaped By Wild’ Film General Release + Q&A
It is a daunting task to sum up the vastness of BC's Coast Mountains, but 'Shaped By Wild' gives it a shot. The new film, now freely available, approaches the range through the people who have chosen to forge a life here.
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Kwhlixhoosa’anskw: A River Runs Through
According to the Nisga’a people, K’alii-Aksim-Lisims (the Nass River, one of BC’s richest river systems) is as much a part of them as their own flesh and blood, flowing through their land and lives.
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The Last Wish of a Cultural Giant
Lloyd "Buddy" Wesley leaned over the table with a sad grace as he sorted through his papers in preparation for his weekly Stoney language and culture class at Canmore’s artsPlace. I stood in the doorway on that warm evening in early June 2021, and watched him for a moment, taking him in. I could tell something was bothering him; he was carrying the weight of the world on his back.
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Finding Queneesh: Three Days on the Comox Glacier
Locked down during a pandemic winter provided the opportunity to look at my Vancouver Island backyard with fresh eyes. And by backyard, I mean the Comox Range, a group of tantalizing peaks rich in lore and legend, and clustered around their namesake Comox Glacier, the largest remaining on an island of vanishing glaciers.
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ML Coast Mountains: The Optimism Issue – Out Now
ML Coast Mountains – The Optimism Issue – is out now.
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Connecting the River to the Mountains
Éco-corridors laurentiens, a non-profit nature-conservation organization working to create a network of protected areas between Oka and Mont-Tremblant...
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Communist Powder
Powder for the people? Almost a decade since they went community-owned, how are things going at Shames Mountain, BC?
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Vie en montagne Winter/Spring ’22 Issue Out Now
In the winter/spring 2022 issue of Vie en montagne, there are plenty of opportunities to dive headfirst into the joys of ice and snow.
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The Summer of Heights: Baffin Island Backyard Adventures
words :: Sarah McNair-Landry // photography :: Erik Boomer & Sarah McNair-Landry. “A re you sure you want to be left here for a month?” My friend Jeremy asks one…
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