Shredding the Kootenays In the COVID-Era
Pandemic Deep Thoughts by Powder Matt from the Canada’s Kootenay Powder Highway in British Columbia.
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Meet Powder Matt: Border Closures Deliver Locals-only Shred Fest In the Kootenays
With the international border closed for non-essential travel, we asked self-proclaimed ski bum “Powder Matt,” from Kimberley, B.C., to share about the pandemic skiing life along B.C.’s Powder Highway.
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What To Do Outside This Winter
List of favorite winter pastimes from 11 of the region’s most passionate devotees of the great outdoors, to help inspire you to get out there more this winter.
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Uphill Skiers: Mt. Spokane’s New Rules
Learn about new requirements for backcountry “uphill” skiers at Mt. Spokane, including new parking permit and Uphill Skier Winter Season Pass requirements.
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5 Ways For Kids To Play In the Snow
Ideas for outdoor winter fun in the snow — get kids accustomed to having fun in cold, wet conditions prepares them for learning to ski/snowboard next season.
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New Technical Outdoor Gear Shop to Open
Spokane, Wash. When Mountain Gear closed its doors this past January after 37 years of selling technical outdoor gear, Spokane-area climbers and backcountry skiers were suddenly left without a local source for select gear and expertise. Conversations around the local outdoors community quickly turned to speculation about who would step up to fill the obvious hole left
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Coldsmoke Powder Festival 2020
Head north to snowy British Columbia for the three-day Kootenay Coldsmoke Powder Festival at Whitewater Ski Area and in Nelson, BC, February 21-23, 2020! This annual event is a weekend celebration of everything backcountry for everyone from beginner to expert skiers or splitboarders. Take clinics in the epic Whitewater backcountry and experience in-bounds clinics all
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Remembering Off-Piste Magazine
Off-Piste is no longer available in the classic and often collected black and white newsprint version, but during its run was issued four times a year. Yet the essential elements of the magazine remain on the website at Offpistemag.com, which hosts gear reviews, beta on where to ski, soulful narratives about winter backcountry travel, trailers for independent ski films, and avalanche safety resources.
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B.C. Ski & Winter Travel Guide
Southeast British Columbia Winter Destinations Winter adventure doesn’t stop at the U.S./Canada border; in fact, opportunities to ski and ride, wander, and explore hip mountain towns only get bigger, better, and less crowded once you cross the 49th parallel. Out There’s 2nd annual B.C. Ski & Winter Travel Guide comes at a time when the
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What “Shredding” Means
5 Local Skiers & Snowboarders Share What It Means to Shred From the point of view of this very out-of-practice skier, shredding is a term that applies to a certain niche of slope-destroying, fear-defying rebels ready to tackle any mountain with a casual smirk and a toss of their wind-strewn hair. I posed the question
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