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Christo Grayling is a ‘surf of the earth’ kind of dude. With the added elements of sand, sun, and board shorts thrown in.
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Banff
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Renewal > Loss
How the closure of a popular tourist attraction in Banff National Park led to the reincarnation of an ecosystem.
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Movin’ On Up: Filipino-Canadians Build Community in the Rockies
K8 Mountaineering Club of Alberta is now a non-profit organization and second home to many Filipino-Canadian mountaineers. The club organizes hikes, scrambles and climbing (sport, alpine and ice) for its 40 members and goes beyond that to provide camaraderie, kinship, and community.
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Know Your Neighbour: Banff’s Resident Unicorn, Masaki Yokota
words :: Corrie DiManno. While he could be described as mild-mannered, Masaki “Saki” Yokota keeps a wild card or two up his sleeve. Born and raised in Banff, he’s what…
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Spring in the Rockies Can’t Be Beat
words :: Ben Osborne // cover photo :: Dan Evans / Courtesy Norquay. It’s kind of backwards, isn’t it? As the snowpack in the mountains out west stacks up and…
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Home On The Front Range
Is it any coincidence that Alberta’s best skiing can be found in Alberta’s best places? Words:: Leslie Anthony I’m sliding across the bottom of an ocean. More precisely, an ocean…
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Sherpas Cinema’s Visual Love Note to Banff
If ever there was a team skilled enough to capture the beauty of Banff and Ski Big 3, Sherpas Cinema is surely that team. Their meteoric rise to the top…
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Five Reasons Your Next Ski Vacation Should be in a Canadian National Park
While there are countless reasons to visit Canada’s mountains this year, here are five reasons your next ski vacation should be in Banff National Park. 1. Banff is…
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My Only Sunshine: Family Laps at Sunshine Village Resort
At Sunshine Village Resort our son falls in love with the mountains. We hit an uncharacteristic sunny spell and the vistas from atop the Continental Divide Express Quad are absolutely…
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2016 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival Tickets On Sale Today
Once again Mountain Life has partnered with the Banff Mountain Film Festival, nine days bursting with stories of profound journeys, unexpected adventures and ground breaking expeditions told by renowned authors,…
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129 Banff Ave: A Search For Canada’s Freeride Roots Leads to Monod Sports
It’s the same home that Tatum Monod grew up in. And though a hint of what that might have been like resides in being a target for much of Peter’s…
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Preserving the Playgrounds
By Ned Morgan. The federal government’s severe cuts to Canada’s national parks last year should concern all Canadians, particularly winter users of public wilderness. Clearly, we can no longer assume that government…
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