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The opening pages of Kootenay Mountain Culture Magazine contain shorter, inquisitive and eclectic stories about local, national or international mountain culture where anything goes: profiles, adventure, essays, humour, history or oddity.

HistoryMountainsCultureEnvironmentSport

May 23, 2018

Earl Grey Pass Trail Gets A Facelift

SportCycling

May 18, 2018

Does Black Rock Offer The Best MTB Riding in Oregon?

AthletesMountainsClimbingEnvironmentPeopleSport

May 17, 2018

Introducing the Coolest Rock Climbing Feature in Canada

Environment

April 21, 2018

Shaving The Planet – The Rebirth of the Straight Razor

MountainsIconsSnowboardingEnvironmentPeopleSport

April 9, 2018

Chairmen of the Board – Meet the Family Who Brought Snowboarding to Canada

SportPeopleLeadersAthletes

April 5, 2018

Nadine and the Machine – Meet One Of Sledding’s Best

HistoryIssuesPoliticsClimateCultureEnvironment

March 22, 2018

How First Nations Managed Forest Fires in BC

IssuesPoliticsCulture

March 20, 2018

In The Spirits Of Freedom – The Legalities of Hooch

CulturePoliticsIssues

March 5, 2018

Bad Air Day – Is Wood Smoke Choking Out The PNW?

SportPeopleSkiingAthletes

February 5, 2018

The Man Who’s Skied 126 Months In a Row

SkiingAthletesMountainsFilmCultureEnvironmentPeopleSport

January 5, 2018

It Just Won A Major Film Award. But What Does “Numinous” Mean Anyway?

MountainsMountaineeringClimbingSkiingEnvironmentSport

December 22, 2017

In Guide, We Trusted

CultureFilm

December 11, 2017

Why Is It So Hard To Film in Canada’s National Parks?

CultureFestivals

October 29, 2017

Montana’s Barstool Race Turns 40

PeopleCultureProfilesArt

October 29, 2017

Batman and Frank – Caped Crusading For Clicks

SportPeopleEnvironmentClimbingAthletesRiversPaddling

October 29, 2017

Introducing the New Sport of Ice Canyoneering

CultureFilm

October 27, 2017

Meet Hickshow Productions

PeopleEnvironmentAthletesMountains

October 13, 2017

Why Brock Hoyer is the King of the Snow Bike

SportCycling

October 3, 2017

An Ode To Mountain Bike Stunts

EnvironmentCultureOceansIssues

October 2, 2017

Honouring Japan’s Phone of the Wind

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