The second annual Deep Winter Photo Contest was held at Whistler Blackcomb last week in the deepest of winter conditions. An initiative of photographer Paul Morrison and the godfather, Mike Douglas to capture the essence of the dark and...

You may or may not have heard of Billy Poole. I know I had, but I didn't really know what his story was. I bumped into Billy in Las Lenas over the summer and put a red headed face to the name. A rowdy big mountain skier with an insatiable...

This summer I meet Julian Carr in Las Lenas. The initial buzz was that he was throwing huge, long-dart front flips in the Andes backcountry filming for the Levitation Project. Then he through an awesome backflip under my very own feet on...

It seems like so long ago now, when I was chasing my tail, trying to keep my head above water amidst the chaos of traveling in South America. When we hit Termas de Chillan thoughl in the first week of August, all those worries went up in...

Yerupaja in Peru’s Cordillera Huayhuash weighs in as the third highest peak in South America but is by far the most difficult of them all to summit. A stone throw from the scene of Joe Simpson’s “Touching the Void” it is a truly...

The alarm went off and I opened the tent door, willing the wind to blow it back in my face so I could back to sleep. I was greeted by stars and moonlit fluted mountain faces. It was perfectly still, so I relayed the news to Patrice who was...

I met Nicolas in Las Lenas living the dream, ski bumming and scavenging for lift tickets, food and a place to stay. He is very French, but speaks with a wicked English accent and is a likeable guy, as is evident from the way he has managed...

Las Lenas is huge, but it isn’t scary. It is supremely aesthetic and inspires you to leave a single, snaking track down each of its many faces. The thing is, it is very possible to do so with the Marte Chair running and incredible peaks...