Photos, Stories & Videos

Mar 10

Powder Highway Ultimate Ski Bum Vlog

We’ve been getting lots of requests from KMC readers as to the whereabouts and current activities of the Powder Highway Ultimate Ski Bum winner, Chris Tatsuno. I had the privilege of meeting Chris this past weekend at the Kootenay Coldsmoke Powder Festival. He’s a card, a ripper, a read down home skier dude. I managed [...] Read the whole post.

Feb 23

Baldface Serves It Up!

The KMC ad sales crew were lucky enough to spend the weekend of Feb 20th at Baldface lodge shredding some of their delicious terrain. It was rainy in town, but Baldface was getting hammered with platefuls of the fluffy white. For deep storm skiing, baldface is world class. Picture skiing through perfectly spaced stands of [...] Read the whole post.

Feb 19

Steve Ogle Reports From Sol Mountain Touring

Although located in the central Monashees (normally a non-Kootenay zone), Sol Mountain Lodge’s owner Aaron Cooperman proclaims that his luxury backcountry skiing chalet does indeed fit within the Kootenay region, because it’s located just on the flanks of Fostall Creek draining into the Arrow Lakes. Last week I had to go up there just to [...] Read the whole post.

Feb 17

Scott Dickson’s New Work

One of the most talented artists in the Kootenays continues to crank out beautiful, new age Group of 7-esque pieces that are truly mind blowing. This is one of his latest. To see more of his work (or to commission him for a piece) visit his Facebook page. Read the whole post.

Feb 11

Groovy Little Picture Show

Longtime Kootenay-based photographer Dave Heath put together a beautifully hilarious slideshow together for our Backyard Booty event this past December. It’s an absolute gem, and features the work of local artist, Cartoon Steve. Sit back, put the kids to bed (it’s got fake bonars in it), and enjoy the work of one of the world’s [...] Read the whole post.

Feb 11

Blow Up Your Klunker

As as testament to the international-calibre talent that exists in the Kootenays, check out this recent on-line campaign/contest for Autotrader.ca that was executed by an incredibly talented design studio based in Nelson, BC. The Vacuum has worked with the likes of ESPN, Pepsi, Puma, and other worldly brands across a variety of different media: from [...] Read the whole post.

Feb 10

Selkirk Wilderness A Skiers Shangri-La

Over the years the KMC team has been lucky enough to visit the utopian state of Meadow Creek, as guests of Selkirk Wilderness Skiing. Located at the center of the Canadian snowbelt, this is the spot where big mountain terrrain mixes together with incredible tree skiing and near constant snowfall, making it a skier/snowboarders Shangri-La. Here are [...] Read the whole post.

Feb 4

Awesome Toe Letter

This came in from a reader in Whitefish, Montana. A doctor who’s really concerned I have mutated feet. And no, thankfully, these toes are not mine. However, mine, as you can read in this story, might be equally as bad. Thanks for the letter Doug. Hi Mitchell, Great Mag. I pick it up at The White Room, [...] Read the whole post.

Feb 4

Rick Mercer Does Rossland

This is an awesome video chronicalling CBC’s Rick Mercer at the 113th Winter Carnival in Rossland, BC. Rick does the infamous luge, the burly bobsled race, backed by the beautiful people from one of North America’s more definitive mountain towns. Read the whole post.

Jan 29

Mike Hopkins’ Wicked Website

Rossland-based dual-action freerider Mike Hopkins has a spanking website/blog. Check out one of the Kootenays more talented 4 season riders here. Atta boy Mikey, atta boy. Read the whole post.

Jan 28

Dave Heath Blogs

He’s one our all time favourite photographers. The enigmatic, mystical, not afraid of anything Dave Heath. The Nelson-based photographer has been a staple in titles like Powder, Bike and of course, KMC, for years. Check out his latest offerings here. Read the whole post.

Jan 27

Snowbird Snow Sessions

73 inches in 72 hours pretty much sums it up. We went down to SLC to hand out magazines and spread the KMC groove at the Outdoor Retailer show, and it just so happens that it’s going off up in Little Cottonwood Canyon. We headed up for a few days of freshies with a roadtripping [...] Read the whole post.

Jan 27

Craig Kelly Tribute

Our good friend Craig Kelly passed away seven years ago on January 20th. For so many around the world he was both an inspiration on and off the snow. The fact that he spent his last couple of years living in Nelson was a gift for many a Kootenay mountain person. And even though we [...] Read the whole post.

Jan 21

Rev – The Movie

Check out the first big ski/snowboard movie to come out of Revelstoke. Produced by Vance Shaw of TGR fame, Rev takes viewers deep into the history and current depth of Revelstoke’s amazingly, well, deep ski scene. See more at the Rev website. Rev Tour Dates Friday, January 22 – 8:30pm – Outabounds, Revelstoke Sunday, January 24 – [...] Read the whole post.

Jan 20

Brighter Trailer

Tamas Forde is a super talented filmmaker from Nelson, BC. He’s one of the visionaries behind the Stunned webisode series on Pinkbike.com. We’d thought we throw up the trailer to his new film, Brighter. Look for the film to be released sometime this spring. Read the whole post.

Jan 19

Frozen One

This comes from the creative geniuses housed up above the old post office in downtown Rossland, BC. Juicy Studios‘ Scott Carlson and Jeremy Kenning were recently employed to create this super cool short. Check out more on their superfly website. Read the whole post.

Jan 15

Heading to SWS

It’s been puking up here in the Kootenays lately. A little on the warm side, but up in the big mountains it’s cold and white. Time for the KMC crew to head to the birthplace of catskiing for some photo shootings – Selkirk Wilderness Catskiing. With almost 40 years in the business, SWS knows how [...] Read the whole post.

Jan 14

Powder Highway Ultimate Ski Bum Contest

We had to post this simply because it features KMC Editor, Mitchell Scott, in his formal acting debut. The contest is over, but the video’s still a blast. Written by Mitchell, the video was directed, filmed and produced by Rossland BC’s Juicy Studios. To follow the Ultimate Ski Bum winner, go to Kootenay Rockies’ Powder [...] Read the whole post.

Dec 9

Backyard Booty Cometh…Again

It was another glorious evening of multimedia marvelousness. The 6th Annual Backyard Booty at Nelson’s Capitol Theatre. A sold out crowd was treated to a diverse line-up of film shorts, slideshows and storytelling. Presenters like Lifecycles, Freeride Entertainment’s Jeremy Grant, photographers Dave Heath and Kari Medig combined with the some youngblood talent to make for one [...] Read the whole post.