Backcountry
The Powder Dream
Ever experience the "powder dream"? You know the ones where the snow is perfect, the terrain is never ending, and as you float down the line, the conditions just keep getting better and better? The powder dream never has any kinks in it. ...
Powlicious- Another Film From Brian Baker
How cold is too cold??? Every time you say it is too cold in Whistler, someone will tell you to try skiing in the Rockies or out East. There are a few reasons that I choose not to ski out east and the cold is one! Would you be willing to...
Red Bull Cold Rush at Red Mountain
Toronto (Jan. 19, 2007) - Red Bull presents Cold Rush, a progression of
skiing that brings together 20 of the sport's top athlete skiers with one
objective: to find the most versatile and best all-around skier. The event
will take place...
What's in a Line?
It's a bit of a hard go when it doesn't snow for a couple weeks in the Rockies. The convenience of hitting the usual spots must be traded for a more exploratory attitude to find any fresh turns. Guidebooks get shelved and the maps and...
New Year, New Lines
<b>New Years Day in the Colorado High Country</b>
It's becoming a tradition to ski something new up above East Portal on New Year's day. The past few seasons I've found myself searching for new lines high up in the James Peak Wilderness...
Transcendence Between Runs
My bro Adam was in town from Missoula, and along with his friend Justin. Their objective was to climb Hessie Chimney, a two-pitch ice route in the sidecountry a mile west of town. Figuring there’d be something worth exploring back there, I...
The Avaluator: Hard to Say, Easy to Use.
Are you ready to call bullshit on a pocket card that can make backcountry travel decisions for you? First impressions may give the sense that the Avaluator is nothing more than a graphic representation of common sense. This however is not...
Powgasm- A Film from the Coast Mtns of BC
You can't fake a Powgasm!!! What do you call the Euphoric feeling you get from skiing fresh Powder. A POWGASM!!...
Rockies Backcountry Daydream
The nervous anticipation of the early season has faded now, things are in full swing and it's no big secret that it's been sweet so far. As I watched the rain fall in buckets in early November I cursed the Rockies snowpack, but as it cooled...
AVALANCHE AWARENESS DAYS from CAC
The Canadian Avalanche Center will be hosting avalanche awareness days in mountain towns across Canada on January 12-14, 2007. Read on to see what they have to offer......
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