WHAT IS MOUNTAIN CULTURE?

Kootenay Mountain Culture is an international-calibre biannual publication dedicated to the celebration, promotion and documentation of mountain culture as it exists throughout British Columbia’s Kootenay region, an emerging tourism market in a province fast becoming the 21st century’s premier outdoor adventure destination.

Mountain culture is a growing global subculture found in mountainous regions around the world that are famous for geographical grandeur and active, eclectic lifestyles. Like cultures of any stripe, mountain culture is defined by its history, sport, politics, art and entertainment, as well as its icons, entrepreneurial spirit, industrial endeavours and spirituality.

OUR VISION

Kootenay Mountain Culture's (KMC) editorial focus is on stories and images relating to all aspects of mountain culture: issues relevant to local residents, first-time or lifelong visitors to the southeastern corner of British Columbia, as well as anyone in the world who embraces the lifestyles, passions and pastimes synonymous with mountain landscapes.

At the same time, we aim to capitalize on an empty niche in the regional, national and international magazine market, and the extraordinary opportunities presented by the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics—very likely the largest international exposure the province, and the nation, will ever experience.

A PLACE UNLIKE ANY OTHER

Sprawling across an incredible mountainous landscape larger than Switzerland, the Kootenays are located in the southeast corner of British Columbia, Canada, bordering the states of Washington, Idaho and Montana and the Canadian province of Alberta.

In climate, culture and year-round holiday adventure opportunity, this relatively undiscovered region is unlike any other in the world.

The Kootenays encompass portions of four major mountain ranges: the western Rockies, Purcells, Selkirks and eastern Monashees, and within these ranges are hundreds of lakes, rivers, glaciers and 10,000-foot peaks. The region includes four national parks, 75 provincial parks, and countless year-round, winter and summer recreation resorts, backcountry lodges, hot springs, championship golf courses and far-out destinations renown for world-class hiking, skiing, snowboarding, kayaking, mountain biking and climbing.

Kootenay communities like Golden, Fernie, Nelson, Rossland, Kimberly and Revelstoke are rapidly becoming recognized as having some of the planet’s most outstanding and untouched mountain wilderness.

The region is served by two main airports, in Cranbrook and Castlegar, and three major highways, including the world-famous Trans-Canada Highway through Rogers Pass.

PRINCIPALS

Based in the idyllic mountain town of Nelson, British Columbia, Kootenay Mountain Culture represents a collective of some of North America's most celebrated outdoor writers, photographers, illustrators and designers

Peter Moynes publisher/photo editor
An award-winning photojournalist and commercial photographer, Moynes' images can be found internationally in magazine and newspaper titles, hardcover books and stock agencies. His commercial clients include Nike, Patagonia, Ford and Black Diamond. His photos appear regularly in publications like Skier, Ski Canada, explore, Bike and Paddler.

phone: 250 352 5024 fax: 250 352 5009
pmoynes@kmcmag.com

Mitchell Scott publisher/editor
Scott, who has written professionally for nearly a decade, is currently an Editor-at-Large for California-based Powder and Bike magazines, as well as a regular contributor to publications like Outside, British Columbia Magazine, Skier and The Globe and Mail. Mitchell has twice been nominated for a National Magazine Writing Award, and writes for clients like Intrawest, Electronic Arts, Rocky Mountain Bicycles and Tourism British Columbia. His feature assignments have taken him from northern Norway to the tip of Argentina, heli-skiing in Valdez, Alaska to mountain biking the Swiss Alps.

phone: 250 352 9535
mscott@kmcmag.com

Darren Davidson deputy editor
Winner of a 2004 National Magazine Writing Award and 2003 nominee, Davidson is a Contributing Editor for explore magazine, a broadcaster and an internationally published freelance writer whose work has also appeared in Western Living, Skier, newspapers and radio stations coast-to-coast via the Canadian Press/ Broadcast News wire service and the CBC. As a professional copywriter and media relations consultant, Davidson works for clients in government, hospitality, travel and resort industries throughout Canada and the US He is a reporter/photographer for the Nelson Daily News.

phone: 250 352 5069
dd@kmcmag.com

Chris Rowat art director
Chris spent eight years in Toronto working with internationally renowned designer Bruce Mau. In 2001 he moved to the Kootenays and founded Chris Rowat Design, a Nelson-based studio with clients throughout North America. Chris currently designs marketing materials and award-winning books for the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montréal and the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. His advertising work has appeared in magazines such as Powder, Men’s Journal, Frequency, Gripped and Climbing.