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Archive for November, 2010

November Slain: Early Season Whitewater Shredders Gunning Pre-Glory

Nov 29

There’s officially 100 centimetres of snow blanketing the turf and talus at Nelson’s Whitewater Resort…that adds up to about a millimetre each for the seeming thousand or so early-season tourers, boot packers, tobaggoners and booter-builders who’ve been zig zagging the hill for the past three weeks or so. Heaps of locals and out-of-towners have been sniffing both in bounds and out, and while reports on conditions vary wildly, KMC’s early season expedition team can tell you the skiing is…..

Insane Mountain Beat Boxin’

Nov 25

We don’t know who this guy is, or where he came from. He showed up at the Kootenay Coldsmoke PowderKeg Slopestyle last year, commandeered the mic and absolutely slayed it. Make sure you watch it until the end, when he dives into some heavy dubstep. Just another mega talented Kootenay kid keeping it real. Thanks [...]

Red Sucks

Nov 23

In the effort of doing things different. Of, well, perhaps, poking fun at all the overtly corporate ski resort marketing out there, the fine folks at Red Resort in Rossland, BC decided to take a different approach to media. Conceived, shot and edited by the wildly talented folks at Juicy Studios (also of Rossland), and [...]

Blast From the Past – Nine Winters Old Trailer

Nov 22

As winter begins to grasp our lands in her icy clutch, we pause to recollect those wonderful trappings of Kootenay Mountain Culture. Here, we revisit Bill Heath’s beautiful tale of a our love for the snowy months, Nine Winters Old, a classic story that must make it’s way into your video canon.

Fernie Opens With November Fatness

Nov 22

Oh yes people, the first resort to open in the Kootenays, does so with fine flare. As of November 22, 2010, with over 100cm of snow in the past 7 days, Fernie Alpine Resort opens with an estimated 44 runs on four chairlifts: Elk Quad, Great Bear Express, Boomerang Triple, and Haul Back T-bar. Hells [...]

Rossland Film Fest this Weekend

Nov 18

The Rossland Film Fest goes this weekend in, you guessed it, Rossland, where a recent winter storm has buried the streets in familiar white. As always, the folks at the RFF have put together a banger line up of films and workshops. Check out there website to peruse the line-up. Highlight! Christian Begin is conduction [...]

Backyard Booty – Call for Submissions

Nov 17

KMC’s annual Backyard Booty multimedia extravaganza returns once again to Nelson’s Capital Theatre. On Friday night, December 10th, all hell breaks loose and the world is throttled with an avalanche of creativity. Well, at least 400 lucky mountain folk get the business. Yes, the beards of entertainment will be flowing like so many Nelson Ales. [...]

Greg Hill And His Quest for 2MiL

Nov 15

Check out this video of Revelstoke mega ascender, Greg Hill on his quest to shag 2 million vertical feet in one year. The boy is back in the Stoke and is cramming in some minimal snowpack tours to stay on track. Keep giviner mate!

Code Black – KMC Dives Deep into a Backcountry Tragedy

Nov 10

Find out about the largely unreported truth behind the tragedy last year on Revelstoke’s Boulder Mountain. While two people did die, the number could have been catastrophically larger if it weren’t for the efforts of local backcountry operators like CMH and Selkirk Tangiers. Lisa Richardson goes deep into what really happened that day. Click HERE to download [...]

All.I.Can

Nov 9

The new Sherpas Cinema Teaser is out, and it just might be one of the best teaser’s you every will see. Click the photo below to watch the beauty. And be sure to pick up the latest issue of KMC, where Sherpas producer Malcolm Sangster’s story, An Inquisition into the Age of Inconvenient Truth gives [...]