Fabulous Fernie
This utopian ski town in the Kootenays of southeastern BC lives up to its legendary reputation.
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Two Deep: A Canadian Love Story About Skiing
words :: Todd Lawson // photos :: Kari Medig. Get in your car and drive across Canada in the winter, hitting all the best ski resorts and aprés bars along the way.…
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Everlasting Love in The Lizard Range: Island Lake Lodge Didn’t Invent Cat Skiing; It Just Perfected It
Let me be frank. I’m not the semi-pro athlete you’d expect to be penning a story about his experiences deep in the powdered peaks of the Canadian Rockies. I’m far…
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Watch Ascent to Powder: Tale of a Ski Town
Epic snow. Big lines. Vast mountains. A historic town complete with stories and legends. Interesting characters. Passionate people. This is Fernie. Where legendary skiing and snowboarding fuses with real stories…
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Why You Should Conquer Heiko’s Trail at Island Lake Lodge
There are good day hikes, and then there’s Heiko’s Trail. This classic Rocky Mountain trek, also called the Mountain Lakes Trail, covers 20 kilometres and crosses three passes in the…
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Tall Trails: The New Lazy Lizard Trail at Island Lake Lodge
After four years of planning and construction, the Lazy Lizard was completed up to Island Lake Lodge late last summer and is now open for business. The trail is designed…
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Mountain Town: There’s So Much More to Fernie Than its Famous Powder
Say the name Fernie to anyone familiar with this picturesque mountain town of about 5,000 permanent residents, and you’ll without fail be met with responses akin to “Tons of snow,…
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Behind the Lens: Mike McPhee
Photographer Mike McPhee wasn’t born in the mountains. In fact, he came into this world about as far away as one can get. Raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, McPhee first picked…
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A Measure of Legend
by Leslie Anthony The snow finally came to B.C.. And when it came I was in one of the best places you could be for it. I hadn’t been to…
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