Already this season, 26 deaths across North America make it painfully clear that the historical mediums of avalanche awareness are in need of a new approach. The Rocky Mountain Sherpas have teamed up with The Canadian Avalanche Foundation to revolutionize both the medium and the ...

The shred community has to concede a temporary defeat with the realization that the dangers of backcountry riding are not understood by the youth of today. With the ski/snowboard media placing increasing value on cheating death in dangerous terrain, new methods are required to ...

When Springtime temperatures get a few too many degrees above zero, skiing conditions transform form “epic” to “interesting”. Standing on the valley floor in Golden, the unusually low snow line had our entire group convinced that our 45 minute fight into Icefall Creek would take ...

Not many ACMG guides can include a professional snowboarding career in their resume of mountainous achievements. In fact, Scott Newsome , the first ever guide to pass the ACMG exam on a snowboard, may be the only one of the lot who can make such a claim.

We’ll Remember This Finally! A season where people aren’t grumbling about how good previous winters have been. When you’re in the right place at the right time, there’s no need to talk about anything else. With the bulk of North America’s moisture converging on the BC ...

Mother Nature occasionally parts her skirt and allows adventurous souls to taste the best of what she has to offer. There are times, glorious times, when no matter where you drop in, you find yourself balls deep in the stuff that makes us all want to quit our jobs.

My headlamp’s steady glow lets my friends know that I’m still on my feet behind the sled. The main trail was groomed, but now that we’ve branched off onto a lesser one, only “The Force” keeps me from getting bucked off the track.

The lights of the Castle Mountain Hostel, though blurry thanks to my tenth Coors Light, are a welcomed sight to weary eyes. We have arrived. Our crew is happy to have passed through a scattered series of squalls on the way here. It's looking like the conditions are going to ...