History: Legends Of The Orange Chair
With a vertical rise of just 386 metres, Whistler’s Orange Chair carried guests (two at a time) on a ten-minute journey from the top of the old Creekside Gondola to…
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Trailblazer: Sylvain Saudan – Skieur de L’impossible
Why is Saudan so special? How has he earned the title ‘Skier of the Impossible?’ The main reason is that he is still alive. Peter Chrzanowski recalls a sporadic, 30-year…
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Willy Waterton: A Journey Through the Golden Age of Georgian Bay Life
For the Mountain Life Blue Mountains Photo Issue we asked several of our regular photographers to pick a handful of their finest shots, and to tell the stories behind them.…
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The Pioneers of Hollyburn Ridge
At the height of the Great Depression, as the storm clouds of war gathered over the world, Gordon Knight, my father, and some fellow Kitsilano High School students (and…
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Yosemite in the Fifties: New Book From Patagonia
A forthcoming book from Patagonia looks at Yosemite long before the likes of Tommy Caldwell, Kevin Jorgeson and Dean Potter were making national news from the park. Yosemite in the…
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