Mar 15
He’s mega talented and a resident of the zone, Grant Gunderson hails from the PNW and recently placed 2nd in the recently held Coldshot Photo Contest. Here’s his slideshow. Hang back, put it on full screen, turn up the speakers and be prepared to have you ski socks blown wide open. Congratulations Grant. Grant Gunderson [...]
Mar 12
Another year of Kootenay Coldsmoke Powder Fest good times goes down in the history books. As the MC for the Powderkeg Slopestyle sponsored by Valhalla Pure, and the Kootenay Coldshot Photo Contest held during the Buff-eh, I can only say, Nelson likes to have fun in the snow. Whitewater ski patrollers hucking double back flips, [...]
Mar 9
Nelson-based photographer Kari Medig recently won the Kootenay Coldsmoke Powder Festival’s Coldshot Photo Competition held this past weekend at Whitewater Winter Resort. One of the premiere events, hosted by Kootenay Mountain Culture Magazine and Arc’teryx, the Coldshot Photo Competition gives 5 photographers 4 days to tell their best winter story without leaving the confines of [...]
Mar 8
Helly Hansen’s Big Mountain Battle Series just wound up it’s Revelstoke Mountain Resort stop, here’s a look at the comp when it hit Fernie a few weeks ago. The helmet cam POV gives you a good sense of this unique competition as it has entrants scramble all over the mountain in the effort to be [...]
Mar 5
If you’ve been out and about in the BC interior backcountry lately, you’ve seen them. You’ve also seen what a buried layer of them are doing to avalanche prone slopes. It’s super sketchy out there, and once it snows (it will snow) it’s going to be majorly superly sketchy. Enjoy the sun, be happy, but [...]
Mar 3
Entering its 4th year, the Kootenay Cold Smoke Powder Fest is a grass-roots gathering where both experienced and debutant backcountry skiers and snowboarders can celebrate the culture of backcountry pursuits amongst breathtaking scenery and world renowned snow. Nelson, British Columbia, the powder mecca of the Kootenays is a natural choice, and so the 3rd annual [...]
Mar 1
From the archives, we give a super cool story from KMC Issue #9. Author Rob Buchanan takes us on a fascinating journey into the birth of North American mountain sport, which happened right here in the Kootenays, when two wandering priests decided to set forth in the vast alpine wilderness of the Selkirk Mountains. Click [...]