Gear Shed: MEC Volt 2-Person Tent
Pitched (haha) as a three-season tent for two people, the Volt 2 is a backpacking tenter’s dream come true (unless you're 6’4”).
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Contest Period The contest begins at 12:00:01 a.m. Pacific Time (“PT”) on July 15th, 2023 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. PT on, August 15th, 2023 (the “Contest Period”). By participating…
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Helly Hansen Presents: Adventure Planning 101 with Squamish SAR
Join us to hear from the Squamish Search & Rescue on trip planning, outdoor safety, outing ideas, and tips for backcountry travel while enjoying local beer and good company at…
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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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ML Launches Mushroom Life
The most exciting news this month is the launch of the newest title in the Mountain Life empire, Mushroom Life. This quarterly publication will focus solely on the mysteries, benefits, and magic…
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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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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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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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