Ode to the Ski Traverse
words :: Andrew Findlay // photos :: Steve Ogle. Skins sliding across hard snow make a quiet rustling sound, like dry leaves swept across pavement. The weight of a heavy…
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Trips & Expeditions
15 posts
Finding Balance: Taking Deep Breaths on Nosara Waves
words & photos :: Glen Harris. Take a deep breath, clear your mind and go back to a simpler time. You’re on a beach; it’s that time at the end of…
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ML Coast Mountains 15th Anniversary Issue Out Now
To celebrate our 15th year of sharing the stoke out here in the Coast Mountains, this issue looks back at how life has changed around here over the past decade…
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New ML Rocky Mountains Mag Has Dropped!
We are honoured and inspired (and straight-up stoked!) to bring the world-famous Rocky Mountains into the Mountain Life family. From Jasper to Fernie, Calgary to Revy we vow to scour…
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The Changing Landscape of Search and Rescue
A shifting culture or purely a numbers game? As the old song goes: “When the shit goes dooooowwwn, ya better be ready.” And if you’re not, British Columbia’s Search and…
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Mink & McCoy Islands with MEC
words :: Mountain Life Editorial Team // photos :: Glen Harris. 2020 was an odd year, to put it mildly. So when our Ontario team set up a paddle trip…
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Atlantic Family Odyssey: A (Mostly) Smooth Ocean Crossing
words :: Kristin Schnelten // photos :: Gillian Montgomery. For 19 years, Paul Montgomery and his family spent their summer vacations along the lengthy coasts of Europe. Sailing between ports…
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L’expédition de tous les (im)possibles / The (Im)possible Expedition
mots :: Frédérique Sauvée // photographie :: Expedition AKOR. Au moment où vous lisez ces lignes, quatre* Québécois sont en train de repousser les limites de l’aventure. Tandis que vous…
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What ‘SUP Garibaldi? Two Lakes, Six Mountains and a Homegrown Pack ‘n’ Paddle Mission
words :: Tim Emmett // photos :: Jim Martinello. Many moons ago, I was flying south from Whitehorse to Vancouver. For more than two hours, I stared out the airplane…
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Fire on the Mountain: Behind the Scenes of the Night-Surf Sequence
The Grateful Dead defied genre, encompassing multiple styles in a seamless whole. Similarly, 2019 short film Fire on the Mountain led viewers on an improvisational journey of snowboarding, skiing, surfing,…
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Au-delà de l’Everest / Beyond Everest
mots/words :: Peter Oliver // photos :: Bernard Franke Il ne peut y avoir qu’un seul plus haut sommet sur terre; le mont Everest. Une distinction qui est autant source…
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Mount (Not So) Fairweather: A Frozen Test of Patience and Sanity on BC’s Highest Peak
words :: Andrew Findlay // photography :: Steve Ogle Wind blasts with freight-train force, prowling the frozen plains of the Grand Plateau Glacier. Hate has never come easy to me—spoken…
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Island of Life: The Reclamation of Earth’s Most Untamed Place
words & photography :: Ben Haggar Cloaked in deep grey fog, the island reveals itself in layers. Staring into the wet, blank abyss of the southern Atlantic Ocean, I see…
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The Epitome of Untouched: Heli-Camping in the Alpine
No cabins, no crowds, and endless lines in “the most peaceful place in the world.” Words :: Todd Lawson // photos :: Michael Overbeck. “Surrounded by Castles” The…
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Plastic Horizons: An all-women crew sets sail to uncover the state of plastic pollution in BC’s Salish Sea
words & photos :: Nikkey Dawn. The official motto of the province of British Columbia is Splendor sine occasu, a latin phrase that translates to “Splendor without Diminishment.” But these…
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