Cotopaxi: Gear for Good
Coast Mountains editor Feet Banks tests down jacket and vest from Cotopaxi.
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Winter
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The Ecology of Snow
Snow has a more extensive resumé than just a medium for human fun. Words :: Leslie Anthony. By the time you read this, the freezing-level roller coaster of autumn may…
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Lolë Drops New Men’s Collection
Evelyn Trempe launched Lolë in Montreal nearly 20 years ago after she noticed a lack of good tech apparel and outerwear for women. In particular, she found much of it…
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Slopeside at The Josie Hotel — Where Modern Meets Magic
They say you gotta be a little bit crazy when you try something new. Case in point: The Josie Hotel, at the base of Red Mountain in Rossland, BC. By…
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OROS Endeavour Mitten: Streamlined NASA Tech for Warm Digits
The Endeavour Mitten, new from OROS, provides a complete weather seal for days when cold digits are not an option. Like a slim solar cocoon for your hands, it absolutely…
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Elan Delivers the Perfect Junior Ski
Elan’s Sky is the most innovative junior ski available thanks to a patented “U-Flex” technology. U-Flex enables young skiers to fully flex the ski underfoot allowing them to feel the…
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Where To Climb When it’s Raining in Squamish
Words:: Samantha Schonewille Photos:: Adam Gilbert If you find yourself anywhere near Squamish this time of year you may have noticed the weather has taken a turn for the worse, the…
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Outdoor Research Baja Down Pullover
Outdoor adventures are all about having fun, so it’s about time you start looking like it. The Baja Down Pullover is the Outdoor Research homage towards sunny beaches and bluebird…
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Thule Cross Country Skiing & Hiking Kit
Need to get yourself and your kids off the couch and into the snowy hinterland? Easy. Convert your Thule child carrier into a XC ski pulk (or pull-behind carrier for hiking…
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Parajumpers: Rescue from Winter’s Bite
It began with a chance meeting between an Italian designer and a member of the 210th Rescue Squadron in an Anchorage, Alaska bar. Massimo Rossetti found inspiration for the Parajumpers…
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Crossing Georgian Bay on SUP in winter
Often considered the sixth Great Lake, Georgian Bay is a huge expanse of water. And for the last few years, SUP adventurer and Fathom Paddle Guiding owner Scott…
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History Lesson: Private Ski Clubs Ontario
Rarely found anywhere else, private ski clubs are an anomaly to Ontario. Nowhere else in the world have so many private ski clubs thrived like they have on this tiny…
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Fat Bikes and Guns; The Birth of the Bikeathlon
Words and photos by Rob Whelan. It’s not what it sounds like, but there are fat bikes and guns. The community of zany riders at the MTB Kingston trails is…
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Awesome 1980s Ski Outfits at Blue Mountain
The writers of Hot Tub Time Machine most likely started with one premise: show lots of hilarious 1980s ski clothes. And it’s a pretty good premise. With the possible exception…
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Seven Crazy Winter Activities
Before cabin fever starts making you crazy, consider some ways to get yourself outdoors this winter. Here are some activities that will seem less psycho than typing, “all work and…
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OLYMPIC WISH LIST: Bring Back the Barrel Jump
by Leslie Anthony In this Olympic season I’d like to talk a bit about a pure, backyard-bred, gauntlet-throwing event that many people of my generation were convinced was once in…
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Scooting Across the Bay
By Scott Parent. Winters around southern Georgian Bay were much different 60 years ago. Once upon a time, ice would have settled in and bonded the 30,000 Islands until spring.…
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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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Tremblant Revisited
Planning a ski trip in the east these days isn’t easy: it seems to be either raining and 12 degrees or puking and -29. It’s hit or miss. So when…
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Ontario Sasquatch (Now with Video Proof)
Whether you’re a skeptic or a total believer, one thing about sasquatches is hard to believe: that there are Sasquatch in Ontario. But if you check out ontariosasquatch.com, well, perhaps,…
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