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It's a monumentally tenuous relationship in this day and age. The environment is what both sustains us and inspires us. In the mountains our natural surroundings are visibly alive, full of inspiration and danger, beauty and catastrophe. We explore everything from animals to geology, the weather to wilderness.

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January 29, 2023

Winter Slaycation: This is What’s New in the West Kootenay Region of BC

Climate

January 10, 2023

Canned Veggies: Check Out Fernie’s New Sea-Can Garden

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September 1, 2022

The Best Packrafting Routes in the Rockies

Mountains

August 31, 2022

Diving into Canada’s Deepest Cave

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June 28, 2022

How To Save The World’s Only Inland Temperate Rainforest in the Kootenays?

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June 12, 2022

The Clearwater Kayak Festival Returns August 2022

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May 10, 2022

Kootenay Man To Search For Gold With His Hand-Built Submarine

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April 16, 2022

Gallery of Gruel – The First Winter Traverse of the Purcells

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March 31, 2022

“Child Of The Setting Sun” – The Writing

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March 22, 2022

Herding Together: Mountain Muskox Group Helps Survivors of Alpine Trauma

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March 8, 2022

Freediving Under Canada’s Frozen Lakes

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February 24, 2022

Bass Coast Community Donates $21,000 to Merritt Flood Relief Efforts

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January 19, 2022

New BC-Based Talk Show Airs At 10,000 Feet

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January 17, 2022

Tenureland: Why Adventure Tourism Tenure in the Kootenays is so Divisive

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January 13, 2022

Hold On and Let Go: Tragic Loss Leads To A Climbing First

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December 16, 2021

Gary Camozzi: An Ode to the Unsung Mountain Wanderer

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December 5, 2021

Slocan Valley Man Paraglides From Mexico To Canada: Sets A World Record

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November 9, 2021

Behind The Scenes Of The Gold Card Couloir First Descent In The Monashees

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November 7, 2021

Why Andrew McNab is Every Skier’s Dream Wingman

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November 6, 2021

Banff Festival Announces Film And Book Winners For 2021

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