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Active skiing industry news and articles, written by industry professionals.
Friday Flick: Magic Hour
What is "magic hour"? Perhaps it is not necessarily a time of day, but the summation of transcendent moments in some of the most beautiful and untamed places on planet earth.
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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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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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Friday Flick: Skiing with the Gods of Delphi
This past March, speed mountaineer Benedikt Böhm rocked a five-hour sea-to-summit expedition up Mount Parnassus in central Greece.
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Sometimes Mountains say No
Rab Athletes Krister Furnes Kopala [@kriskopa] and Thea Øvregard Rhøme[@thearohme] ski a new couloir in Lyngen Alps, an extremely alpine mountain area innorth of Norway that sits between two fjords.…
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Blower Pow and Disappearing Pants
B.C.’s iconic Island Lake Lodge overdelivers on expectations and keeps ‘em coming back yearafter year Island Lake Lodge, Winter 2022Words :: Erin MorozPhotos :: Matt Kuhn Photography Tucked away on…
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Behind the Photo: Skiing the Chief’s North Gully
During the great Arctic snowpocalypse of early 2022, while local pipes froze and roads became luge runs, some optimists continued to find ways to turn challenges into opportunities. New ice routes went up on local waterfalls, snowmobiles became an acceptable grocery store commute vehicle—and Eric Carter, Paul Greenwood, and photographer Chris Christie decided it was time to ski the first known descent of the north gully of Siám’ Smánit, the Stawamus Chief.
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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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Paddle, Climb, Surf, Shred: Winter in Ontario
Winter in Ontario through the lens of Mountain Life photographers.
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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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Greening the Revy Backcountry with Greg Hill
Ski mountaineer Greg Hill is the embodiment of good news for earth-aware skiers. He's offering a series of guided "green" backcountry skiing trips this winter, focusing on how to lower your carbon footprint while adventuring.
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Friday Flick: Speed-Mountaineering for a Cause
Take a look behind the scenes of the record set by German speed mountaineer Benedikt Böhm: Nepal's Dhaulagiri VII summit (7,246 metres) in seven hours and 53 minutes.
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The Soul of Skiing Defined: Ski Big 3
Want to win a luxury vacation to access to the best skiing and riding in Banff National Park? Explore 3 unique resorts making up 8,000 acres of terrain across Banff…
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Spring at Sun Peaks
by Leslie Anthony It’s not hard to figure out how longer days, warmer temperatures and a place whose name already singles it out for great weather might add up to…
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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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New Normal at Tremblant
Words & photos :: Colin Field. You want proof there’s a new normal? I saw it. I saw the post-pandemic world. It was at Tremblant. I wasn’t expecting it, but…
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Feet First: Silver Linings & Staying Alive
It’s important to remember that the mountains are in charge out there, and the deeper you push, the more in charge they get.
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