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Kanada · Pacific Ranges
The Squamish Chief (Siy ̓ám̓ Smánit) is unquestionably a rock climber’s mountain. It is a glacial-carved granite monolith that rises from the Pacific Ocean, greeting visitors coming up the Sea to Sky Highway into the outdoor hub of Squamish, British Columbia. By nature of its proximity to the mega …
2025 · Eric Carter · 4 min
Kanada · Whistler Mountains
Eric Hjorleifson, or simply Hoji, is in his mid-thirties, lives in Whistler in British Columbia, Canada, and was involved in developing the backcountry ski boot that carries his name, a true …
2021 · Martin Fiala · 5 min
Kanada · Rossland Range (Monashee Mountains)
Extreme cold. Infinite spaces. Snow-covered trees. Steep descents. Bottomless powder. This is how I imagined the winter in British Columbia. My journey began in August 2018. I started an extended …
2020 · Christoph Johann · 4 min
Kanada · Kluane & St. Elias Mountains
In 1999, three hunters found the body of a First Nations man in a remote corner of British Columbia's Coast Range. For nearly 20 years, scientists and his ancestors learned everything they could from …
2020 · Ryan Stuart · 5 min
Kanada · Hankin-Evelyn Recreation Area (British Columbia)
It's early March and still full-on winter in central British Columbia. We are driving on a narrow, snowy road. It feels like complete wilderness, even though we are only 45 minutes north of Smithers …
2018 · Mattias Fredriksson · 5 min
Kanada · Purcell Mountains
For me, a good journey is defined by a lasting feeling of peace, belonging, and the connection to place, one another, and one's self. I believe that discovering your own core is a process requiring …
2015 · Steve House · 5 min
Kanada · B.C. Coast Mountain
Choosing where to set up a backcountry basecamp can be one of the harder choices in life. It's a big world out there and the options seem endless. So why would somebody like Chris Davenport choose to …
2014 · Adam Clark · 5 min
Kanada · Canadian Rockies (Kananaskis)
A little inspiration can go a long way. And nothing is more inspiring to me than an aesthetic ski line, like the one I saw in a photo one day. Two parallel couloirs joined by a natural arch, right in …
2013 · Ryan Stuart · 5 min
Kanada · Canadian Rockies
I wake up. My pitch-black surroundings are damp from my own breath. Cold penetrates from below. It takes a few seconds to realize where I am: in my sleeping bag on a glacier camp in the Canadian …
2011 · Carsten Moldenhauer · 6 min
