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The Mine and the Mountains: Ghost Stories of Britannia Beach

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words :: Alex Gabriel // photos courtesy Britannia Beach Museum. Ethereal clouds slip down Goat Ridge and Mount Sheer, hovering above the unincorporated community of Britannia Beach before creeping out…

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Get Naked

Words :: Sarah Woods // photo :: John Kelsey. We were all born naked. And then immediately covered up. And while “civilized” society has long eschewed any and all kinds…

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A Legacy of Gathering: Honouring Decades of Family Tradition in the Heart of Howe Sound

words :: Todd Lawson // photography :: Eric Berger. In May of 1969, North Vancouverites Barry and Margaret Higgins wrapped their newborn daughter Keeley in a blanket and brought her,…

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Another War in the Woods? What You Need to Know about the Stand-off at Fairy Creek, B.C.

Words & Photography :: Nikkey Dawn. “Calling all hikers, climbers and backcountry users,” has been the callout on the Fairy Creek blockade Instagram for over a month. The outdoor community…

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Stay & Play

Summer Soakin’: Got Pain? Get Hydrotherapy

words :: Jessica Schaeffer. When the summer sun finally melts away the white of winter, nature’s most important healing element is born. The lakes are warm enough to swim in,…

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Written in Stone: Finding Unity in ‘Deep Time’

words & photos :: Leslie Anthony. As an author of more than a few books laden with autobiographical elements, I’ve often found myself wondering over the waypoints of life—those twists,…

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Mountain Biking

Size Doesn’t Matter: When it Comes to Backyards, it’s What’s Outside That Counts

words :: Brett Tippie // photo :: Marcus Riga. The nice thing about backyards is that they are never indoors. For the most part, the backyard is where our first…

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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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The Garibaldi 100 Project

A plan to summit 100 peaks in B.C.’s Garibaldi Provincial Park in winter 2020: What could go wrong? Plenty. Words & photos :: Ben Haggar. Early January: Big…

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Undergrowth Underdog: Salal as Superfood & More

words :: Carmen Kuntz. The thick undergrowth of B.C.’s rainforest is seldom looked upon fondly. Devil’s club can tear skin (or a raincoat) and chest-high sword fern will turn any…

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The Great Outdoors

Tele-Curious: Confessions of a confused alpine-touring skier

words & photography :: Michael Fox  THE INCIDENT The malfunction happened as it always seems to—at the worst possible spot, virtually the exact midpoint of the Spearhead Traverse, a 40-kilometre (25-mile)…

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Where To Climb When it’s Raining in Squamish

Words:: Samantha Schonewille Photos:: Adam Gilbert If you find yourself anywhere near Squamish this time of year you may have noticed the weather has taken a turn for the worse, the…

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Three Generations Find Their Groove at Ski Big 3

Armed with a Ski Big 3 lift pass, we can pick and choose which hill to ride: Mount Norquay, Lake Louise or Sunshine Village Resort. And since we’re here for…

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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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The Great Outdoors

Five of Canada’s Most Dangerous Trails

Canada’s vast wilderness makes for incredible opportunities to get out there. And there is no better way to get out there, than on a trail. Of course the country is…

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The Great Outdoors

Northern Grease: Canada’s Red Flag

It started off as a way to showcase how sustainable vegetable oil can be: three snowboarders (Tamo Campos, John Muirhead, and Jasper Snow Rosen) set out in their fryer oil-powered…

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Paddling

British Columbia’s Backyard Booty

Text & photos by Jimmy Martinello. One thing about B.C. that is so incredibly rad is that within five minutes to an hour you can be out and surrounded by…

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Stay & Play

JumpCamp: Last Tribe Standing at Forbidden Plateau

By Feet Banks. As a ski resort, the nail in the coffin for Forbidden Plateau came at the hands of the 1998/99 La Niña storm cycle, the one whose now-legendary…

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The Great Outdoors

A glimpse into our future?

This week, it was reported that Sao Paolo, Brazil, is approaching crisis point. The 12th largest megacity in the world that 20 million people call home and the economic centre…

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The Mine and the Mountains: Ghost Stories of Britannia Beach

Get Naked

A Legacy of Gathering: Honouring Decades of Family Tradition in the Heart of Howe Sound

Another War in the Woods? What You Need to Know about the Stand-off at Fairy Creek, B.C.

Summer Soakin’: Got Pain? Get Hydrotherapy

Written in Stone: Finding Unity in ‘Deep Time’

Size Doesn’t Matter: When it Comes to Backyards, it’s What’s Outside That Counts

Mount (Not So) Fairweather: A Frozen Test of Patience and Sanity on BC’s Highest Peak

The Garibaldi 100 Project

Undergrowth Underdog: Salal as Superfood & More

Tele-Curious: Confessions of a confused alpine-touring skier

Where To Climb When it’s Raining in Squamish

Three Generations Find Their Groove at Ski Big 3

My Only Sunshine: Family Laps at Sunshine Village Resort

Five of Canada’s Most Dangerous Trails

Northern Grease: Canada’s Red Flag

British Columbia’s Backyard Booty

JumpCamp: Last Tribe Standing at Forbidden Plateau

A glimpse into our future?

Friday Flick: Life of a Ski Patroller

Gear Shed: Fall Favourites from Vie en montagne

Midnight Shift: A Night in the Life of a Whistler Snowcat Operator

NuraTrue: Earbuds Custom-Tuned to Your Ears

Curated Fall Tours at Duntroon Highlands

Friday Flick: The Drawings

Hold on the Cold: YETI Hopper Flip 18 Soft Cooler

ML Blue Mountains Fall Issue Out Now

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