Ski Mo, Not Less
Skimo? WTF is skimo? You haven’t heard? Ski mountaineering (or “skimo” for short) is taking the type-2-fun world by storm.
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ML Rockies Fall/Winter ’23-’24 ‘Outta Sight’ Issue Out Now
The Outta Sight issue is a collection of stories about finding the extraordinary in the everyday of winter; the hidden treasures, small miracles, the overlooked, unsung heroes.
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Trail Mix: Curated Brain Snacks from the Rockies
In the new TRAIL MIX department of ML Rocky Mountains, the editors offer tasty and nourishing brain snacks consisting of the latest events, thinkers, ideas, culture, arts and personalities from the aRockies and beyond.
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Stratigraphy Storytelling: Exploring Layers and Time
While standing on the Columbia Icefield, Bow Valley author and storyteller Lynn Martel and ACMG Hiking Guide Tim Patterson contemplate how the layers found in a glacier mirror the complex layers of storytelling that make up our history.
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Photo Gallery: A Playful Summer in the Rockies
The photographers published in the ML Rocky Mountains 'Play Issue' have pulled together and captured the "existential, playful threads that weave our mountain communities together."
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Pheelin’ like a Phony: Taming Imposter Syndrome
Imposter syndrome plagues us all (doesn’t it?) from time to time. So what the heck is it and why does it happen? Outdoor filmmaker Heather Mosher leaps in for a closer look at her well-known nemesis.
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Precarious by Nature
Performance artist Sasha Galitzki is reinventing the circus arts by dancing with glaciers.
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Juxtapose: The Role of Hunting in Conservation
Many people would be perplexed by a biologist shooting an animal on their weekend. “I’ve never been involved in an activity that’s so contentious," Peter White admits.
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Behind the Lens With Captain Baguette
A beloved ML Rockies contributor, Agathe Bernard, shares the evolution of her nomadic existence and how life on the move creates opportunities to behold moments of unexpected beauty.
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ML Rockies: ‘The Play Issue’ Out Now
As we mark 20 years of Mountain Life magazines across the country this year, this issue of the Rockies mag is a nod to those existential, playful threads that have woven our mountain communities together over the past couple of decades.
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Trail & Error
In 2019, the strengths Matt Hadley had honed through a lifetime of working and playing hard were tested when he suffered a catastrophic injury that resulted in the loss of his right leg.
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Mountain Life Takes Home Multiple Awards
Ahem, so ... we're officially "award-winning" again. Yup: ML Rocky Mountains and ML Coast Mountains both received awards recently at the 2023 Alberta Magazine Publishers Association Conference.
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Elements Outfitters Partners with SALTS to Protect Alberta’s Incredible Landscapes
Built upon a shared desire to enjoy, respect, and advocate for Alberta’s incredible landscapes, it was a natural fit for Elements Outfitters to work with a local conservation organization to highlight the province’s rugged beauty and outdoor apparel to match.
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Facing Uncertainty: The Role of Chance in Mountain Adventures
Mountain Guide and Parks Canada Visitor Safety Specialist Steve Holeczi discusses the role of chance in mountain adventures and how to assess the unknown.
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The Wild West
Journey into Larry Land, into the realm of monstrous mountains and intricate glaciers, as Andrew Findlay and Steve Ogle take aim at Canada’s only Haute-Route-esque hut-to-hut ski traverse.
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Out of the Darkness
The Braille Mountain Initiative brings the visually impaired to the backcountry.
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The Talented Ms. Ripley
Canmore environmentalist Shannon Ripley is one of a ‘rind.’ A soil scientist with a soft spot for community composting, she’s done heaps to help enrich the Bow Valley since moving to the mountains in 2015.
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The Canadian Arms Race
The Canadian Rockies have become one of the only reliable places on the planet to climb ice, and mountaineers from across the globe are heading here to swing their tools.
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ML Rocky Mountains Winter ’22-’23 Issue Out Now
The third issue of Mountain Life Rocky Mountains has arrived.
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