Jamie MoCrazy: Thriving after Traumatic Brain Injury
In the runup to Jamie Mocrazy's return to Whistler we talked to the skier about her inspiring journey back from traumatic brain injury.
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Mountain Lifer
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Requiem for a Relic
50 years after The Beachcombers first hit Canadian TV screens, Mountain Life celebrates a West Coast slacker icon. Words :: Grant Lawrence // illustration :: Ben Tour. Before Schitt’s Creek,…
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For the Love of SUP
By: Bruce Kirkby Late last summer, with smoke blanketing the interior of British Columbia and meagre salmon runs beginning to fight their way up drought-stricken rivers, Norm Hann and I…
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Was It Worth It? A Wilderness Warrior’s Long Trail Home
In this excerpt from his new book, environmentalist and former U.S. Special Forces medic Doug Peacock reflects on his sighting of a Kermode bear and the fate of their coastal old-growth forest habitat in B.C.
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Friday Flick: What it Means to be a Search & Rescue Responder
In the outdoors, safety is key to making the most of adventures in the mountains and on the trails. Search and rescue teams play an important role in ensuring the safety of everyday explorers, hikers, and outdoor-lovers—especially if things take a turn for the worse.
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Friday Flick: Facing Climate Disaster, a Village Seeks Justice
The 360 Yup’ik residents of Newtok, Alaska, face an unprecedented challenge: To keep their culture and community intact, they must relocate their entire village to stable ground upriver while facing a federal government that has failed to take appropriate action to combat climate change.
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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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Anuximana: The Heart Speaks in Colour
Anuximana is Nuxalkmc, from the Nuxalk Territory—the land surrounding the rivers and coastline near Bella Coola, B.C. At 21 years old, she’s just one year shy of her ten-year career as an artist. When most of her peers in school were cutting class, she was absorbing knowledge of an ancient craft through elders, and making it her own.
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Friday Flick: The Last Guide
As his health deteriorates, long-serving Algonquin Park fishing guide Frank Kuiack spends his final season looking for someone to pass his knowledge on to.
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Recording Landscape
Whether he’s tromping around Clendenan Dam or climbing Metcalfe Rock, Cameron Lawrence always brings his sketchbook.
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The Underworld: What’s Going on Beneath our Skis and Snowboards?
Is there a correlation between the mogul-making by skiers and snowboarders and a congregation of prey beneath them?
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Stephanie Sloan: Passing the Torch
Not everyone knows about her (which is kind of crazy considering she had a combined 24 World Cup podiums in 1980 and 1981), but anyone who knows anything about the history of freestyle skiing will have certainly heard the name Stephanie Sloan.
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Pursuits Film Fest Returns
tival is back with an evening of adventure films celebrating the outdoors. The speakers are paddle guide/adventurer/ photographer Scott Parent and his daughter Acadia who will present about their SUP mission on the Great Lakes and the resulting film Three Waters.
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Time For Action: Inside TBM’s Community Sustainability Plan
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a complex and arduous task. But Ontario's Town of the Blue Mountains (TBM) is already in a good position to take action.
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The Zone: A Love Song to the Power of Nature
Based on the core philosophy expressed in the forthcoming documentary film of the same name, The Zone details the emotional and physical struggles of renowned mountaineer, naturalist, and architect Rob Wood as he deals with the ravages of Parkinson’s disease on his body and mind.
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Bear Yeung: Ski Fast, and Carry a Large Heart
words :: Feet Banks // photos :: Kevin Yeung. I meet Jonathan “Bear” Yeung for après at Basalt, a popular Whistler spot with old-school local flavour, tasty food, and good…
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Back to the Shack: A Ski-propelled Reconnection with Family, Tradition and Le Grand Pic
In maple syrup season, pro skier MP Prefontaine returns to her Quebec homeland to help her 86-year-old grandfather at the sugar shack.
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Rob Heule: East of the Great Divide
On a clear spring morning, Rob Heule takes in the sunrise atop the Great Divide; British Columbia to one side, Alberta to the other. He studies a dozen different ski objectives in the golden light. The obvious descents would take him west to “Beautiful British Columbia” but, Rob has a different plan.
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Backcountry Skier John Baldwin Headlines VIMFF’s 2022 Best of British Columbia Night
Words :: Steven Threndyle Few explorers or guidebook authors have fired the collective imagination of West Coast backcountry skiers quite like John Baldwin. Almost forty years ago—fifteen years before the…
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Healing Colours / Les couleurs de la guérison
“I want my paintings to be luminous, inspirational and even a little magical,” says Émilie SG. “I want people to be able to escape when they look at the landscape.”
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