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Movin’ On Up: Filipino-Canadians Build Community in the Rockies

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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.

Mountain Lifer

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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Phantom Pursuit

The elusive, enigmatic wolverine—few have seen one, many fear them.

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…

Skiing

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…

Videos

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…

The Great Outdoors

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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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