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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Features

Massif Envy: Scaling The World’s “Biggest” Mountain

Even when nothing really goes wrong, scaling the world’s "biggest" mountain is no small feat. “If anyone’s up on the ridge, they’re dead.” 

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On The Trail

Newfoundland’s Coastline Is Unique And Full Of History

Newfoundland’s rocky coastline, up close and in the round words :: Ned Morgan    photos :: Craig Minielly. Instead of referring to Newfoundland by well-worn epithet “The Rock”, I…

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The Great Outdoors

Pacific Herring: Canada Poised to reopen fishery of a cornerstone species at risk

words :: Hugh Forward Pacific herring are a small and ordinary fish, but they are the backbone of the West Coast marine environment. “Herring are the foundation for the whole…

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Escaping the West to Find Family, Canadianisms & Burt Reynolds

Words and Photos:: Hayley Gendron “I bet none of the pro climbers could pull off the Burt Reynolds Roll!” says my dad, laughing while lying horizontally on a large…

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The Great Outdoors

CMH Joins Outward Bound Canada’s Veterans’ Program to Inspire and Heal

For most, a trip into the mountains is a way to reconnect with nature; for others it can be a lifesaver. Since its launch in 2010, Outward Bound Canada’s Veterans’…

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The Great Outdoors

We Are More — by Slam Poet Shane Koyczan

We Are More by Shane Koyczan When defining Canada, you might list some statistics You might mention our tallest building, or biggest lake You might shake a tree…

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THE GEAR SHED

The Four-Step Program: Building a Shotski

Your guide to building a shotski. While keg parties have keg-stands, frat houses have funnels, and bars of questionable repute have the body shot, nothing quite says “I love snow”…

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The Great Outdoors

Introducing Canada’s Newest Outside Voice

by Leslie Anthony It’s not every day that you get to introduce something new under the sun. In today’s publishing landscape, almost never. We hope the Mountain Life Annual model…

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