Finding Beauty in the Columbia’s Scars
In a decade-long photographic project, Kootenay-based photographer Steve Shannon explores the hidden cost of hydroelectric power.
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“I’m Only Three, Save Some for Me”
An adventure, a famous photo and a love of the outdoors passed through generations.
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Will Tam’s Tireless Eye
After moving north for climbing and snow, photographer Will Tam documents the wild edges of Ontario's Blue Mountains region—from frozen waterfalls to snowy owls to backcountry turns.
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ML’s Top Winter Photos from the Rockies
Few places are as majestic and wild as the Canadian Rockies in winter. As seen in the most recent issue of ML Rocky Mountains, ML photographers capture the following scenes of…
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Behind the Photo: Ice-Climbing ‘The Theft’
Photographer Brian Hockenstein captures climbers Tim Emmett and Tony Richardson on a hazardous and remote ice route in BC's Bridge River Valley.
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ML’s Top 20 Photos of 2025: Part 2
A Mountain Life photo is never a fluke; our photographers earn every pixel, working year-round, tracking light, weather and those brief, hard-won moments outdoors. Every image we run hits hard, but this gallery offers a representative slice of 2025’s bumper crop, captured across BC, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and beyond.
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ML’s Top 20 Photos of 2025: Part 1
An ML photo doesn't happen by accident; it’s the result of our tireless photographers spending all four seasons chasing light, weather and fleeting moments outdoors. Every shot we publish is a banger, but here's a cross-section of 2025's crop.
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Gallery: Summer in the Rocky Mountains
ML photographers put themselves way out there to capture the images that inspire all of us to seek solace, adventure and connection outdoors. Check out these gems from the pages…
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Jody MacDonald—Life, Light & the Value of Insignificance
Catching up with one of the best photographers on the planet.
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Behind the Photo: Frozen in Time
Cold. Really cold. Camped on the shore of James Bay east of Attawapiskat, Ontario, we spent the first night of our 638-kilometre self-supported bike packing trip freezing...
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Winter in the Coast Mountains: ML’s Top Photo Picks
It’s evident that some of Earth’s finest photographers congregate in BC’s Coast Mountains. Here’s a showcase of their hard work...
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Gallery: Winter in the Canadian Rockies
Few places are as majestic and wild as the Canadian Rockies in winter. As seen in the most recent issue of ML Rocky Mountains, ML photographers capture the following scenes.…
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Photo Gallery: Dawn Patrol
The final hours of night, particularly during a coast mountain winter, are the coldest, darkest, least-hospitable hours of the year. And yet there are those who just can’t get enough.
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Sunset Sessions
Behind the scenes of the golden-hour sunset photo and bike sesh in the Coast Mountains.
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Gallery: Summer in Ontario’s Blue Mountains
On rock, dirt, pavement or water, Mountain Lifers wasted no time taking advantage of the outdoors in Ontario’s Blue Mountains this summer. And we have the photos to prove it.…
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Gallery: Summer in the Coast Mountains
In the final weeks of summer, we look back on the recent Coast Mountains Keep It Simple issue and its photographic celebration of dialing it back and focusing on the…
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Live It Up Podcast: Photographer Blake Jorgenson
Most anyone who’s paid attention to any ski or bike mags over the past two decades should know who Blake Jorgenson is. He has more than 300 magazine covers to…
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Gallery: Home for Summer in the Rockies
Prolong the summer stoke and enlarge your definition of "home" with these photos from the latest issue of ML's Rocky Mountains edition.
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Behind the Photo: Exploring Abraham Lake’s Canyons by SUP
In the summer of 2023, Spanish photographer Irene Hervás rappelled and ziplined with a group of stand-up paddleboarders into a narrow canyon tucked away in Abraham Lake, between Saskatchewan Crossing and Nordegg, AB.
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