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Banff skiers big on big mountains

Banff skiers big on big mountains

Banff ski teams have long bemoaned the recent dearth of homegrown world cup ski racers from what was once a productive hub.
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Music, environment is the MBM message

Music, environment is the MBM message

Like most bands, Victoria, B.C. five-piece Mindil Beach Markets has a lot to say, musically. Unlike most bands, though, MBM is also reaching out beyond its fan base with a message of an environmental nature.
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Mash-up features past, present female climbers

Mash-up features past, present female climbers

Georgia Engelhard was ahead of her time. She was also often ahead -– in terms of her boundless energy – of Swiss guides who led her up some of the classic and soon-to-become-classic peaks of the Canadian Rockies.
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Canmore climbers leave mark on Alaskan peaks

Canmore climbers leave mark on Alaskan peaks

As he looked ahead to another long, cold Rockies winter last fall – not necessarily a bad thing for the owner of a Canadian Rockies ice climbing guide service – Kris Irwin began imagining a spring vacation in Penticton, B.C.
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Video contest aims to get kids outside

Video contest aims to get kids outside

Colin Harris loves to be outdoors. He also cares deeply that children today spend a lot more time with their eyeballs fixed on computer screens than they do connecting with the natural environment, which is often no further than their backyards.
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Ski mo star to host fundraiser

Ski mo star to host fundraiser

Very few athletes are as committed to their sport as Michelle Katchur Roberts.
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Buried shares many lessons

Buried shares many lessons

Buried is not a book about being buried in an avalanche. Yes, author Ken Wylie was buried in an avalanche.
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Canmore welcomes Ski Nationals in March 2017

Canmore welcomes Ski Nationals in March 2017

Bob Ellard is garnering a reputation as a big game hunter.
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Film exposes oil sands risks

Film exposes oil sands risks

When David Lavallee decided in 2006 to make a film about the effects Alberta’s oil sands are having on the Athabasca River and downstream communities, he never imaged it would take four years to complete.
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The Year in Review - Adventure

The Year in Review - Adventure

January Exactly 200 years to the day – Jan. 10 – Canmore writers Jerry Auld and Dustin Lynx reached the fabled historic site in remote Jasper National Park where intrepid adventurer David Thompson made the first crossing of Athabasca Pass in 1811.
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