Tag: Alpine Club of Canada
Island Tours – The 5,040 Peak Hut
Reading Time: < 1 minutes One of the first public backcountry huts on Vancouver Island opened for skiing in January. The 5,040 Peak Hut sits at 1,350m on a subalpine ridge above the highway between […]
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RYAN REPORT – She jumps, she turns, she skis
/Reading Time: 2 minutes Need an excuse to rally the ladies for a day of skiing? How about the International Women’s Ski Day, Saturday January 20. Skiing is a male dominated sport. Guys make […]
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Big Walls of Baffin
Reading Time: 10 minutes I long dreamt of the Arctic, an area so mysterious and remote I knew even before I arrived that a trek to ski here would test my resolve and be […]
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Short Turns * Fall 2013
Reading Time: 8 minutes from Fall 2013 issue BACKCOUNTRY READY? The Shredstitute is expanding on last year’s popular Rogers Pass Freeski Camp by bringing celebrated ski mountaineer Greg Hill back for two weekend […]
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Short Turns: Fall 2012
/Reading Time: 8 minutes Lordy, Lordy, Look Who’s…75? It’s been quite a journey for the Canadian Ski Instructors’ Alliance (CSIA), one of the longest-surviving ski organizations in Canada. The “Alliance” turns 75 […]
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Beyond Whistler
/Reading Time: 9 minutes If Whistler Blackcomb’s trail map isn’t big enough for you, there’s plenty more playground accessible by heli, cat and your own two feet. by tobias c. van Veen from 40th […]
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