Friday Flick: Island of Plenty
Eva and her family live an isolated life on the remote island of Stóra Dímun, in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. While they are geographically isolated, they never…
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Win Adventures to the Filming Location of the HISTORY® Channel’s “Alone” Season 8!
The HISTORY® Channel’s hit survival series Alone is back like never before and taking place in the most dramatically beautiful and challenging location yet. In Season 8, ten participants are…
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Mountain Life to Launch Rocky Mountains Edition This Fall
For the past 18+ years, Mountain Life’s publications and digital presence have proven it’s possible to build something a community can really connect to. With the launch of ML in…
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Friday Flick: Naked Skiing
Spring is in the air and it’s time to strip the layers down and carve some corn! “Being naked seems to have one of two effects on people: It’s either…
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Friday Flick: Hotdoggin’ Hans
“In the 1970’s one-man reigned supreme. His name…Hotdog Hans. The king of the mountain who had it all and lost it all. We all deserve a second chance. Even this…
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Winter Surf? You Crazy.
Words :: C.G. Fuego Photos :: Colin Field. People say we’re crazy. Surfing in the winter goes against the grain of just about everything surfing traditionally represents; beaches, great tans…
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Microplastics on Everest
Is nowhere exempt from the scourge of plastic waste? Words: Nikkey Dawn.
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Free Spirit Tours: Outside Lifeline
During months of lock-downs and closures, uncertainty and isolation, time spent outside has been a lifeline —a bright spot in an often unchanging, never-ending loop of real-life Groundhog Days. By…
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Friday Flick: Extraordinarily Present
Today’s flick is brought to you by Filson X Meta. Words by: Thor Drake “Thor Drake is the founder & owner of Portland, Oregon’s esteemed See See Motorcycles and The…
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Outer Peace: Connecting All People to Nature
Arc’teryx is marking the start of 2021 with a brand platform called Outer Peace. Its goal is ambitious: To connect all people to the transformative power of nature. Outer Peace…
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Mountain Life Presents: Skadi Life and Camping Tee
Mountain Life is thrilled to bring you two new t-shirt designs from Mountain Lifer Stu Mackay-Smith. Enter Skadi: Goddess of Winter. Skaði—often anglicized as Skadi—shows up in nearly all the…
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Slopeside at The Josie Hotel — Where Modern Meets Magic
They say you gotta be a little bit crazy when you try something new. Case in point: The Josie Hotel, at the base of Red Mountain in Rossland, BC. By…
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Lighten Up to Brighten Up
Ultralight backpacking and why Canadians aren’t paying attention. Words & Photos :: Mins Savela Every outdoor enthusiast knows that as soon as they buckle their backpack straps and head out…
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Good News for a Change: The Conservation Alliance Expands Membership
When governments fumble, The Conservation Alliance picks up the ball. Words :: Ned Morgan. Wilderness for the Public Good We’re in need of some good news this year.…
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Where the Wild Things Are
Celebrating 75 years of boreal insight at the Algonquin Wildlife Research Station. words :: Leslie Anthony. Dinner is a distant memory when the rain finally stops. Immediately, a platoon heads…
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Doppelgangers: How Fish Connect Us
words & photos :: Leslie Anthony On a warm, sunny autumn day enlivened by a stiff wind, I cast a rubber lure into a weedy bay. As I reel in,…
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Would you run and ride 7200 kilometers on a plant-based diet?
words :: Todd Lawson Nicolette Richer would. But she’s not just going to run across Canada. Richer, the Whistler-based founder and CEO of all-vegan Green Moustache Cafés and Richer Health,…
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Two Minutes of Peace in an Uncertain World
words & photo :: Colin Field The first time it happened was a couple of decades ago. Camped on Babine Lake in northern B.C., I was brushing my teeth on…
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A colourful fall in Mont-Tremblant
Sponsored by Tourism Mont-Tremblant With its luxuriant forests, vibrant fall colours and hiking trails for all levels, Mont-Tremblant is the perfect destination for a rejuvenating retreat before the cold weather…
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Unstack Them: Building Endless Rock Cairns Isn’t Cool
words :: Leslie Anthony. The oddly resurgent problem of people trashing the environment has been the subject of much consternation and talk of late in Canada—almost like we’ve gone back…
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