Featured Articles
Every so often we like to pull some of the goods from our deep well of published stories. Check back regularly to read a recently resurrected, timeless gem from the KMC catacomb.
Featured Article
Sep 1
Creaking Tree String Quartet touring BC
Two time Juno nominees, The Creaking Tree String Quartet are coming to British Columbia to promote there fourth Album. Each member of this band is a master of their chosen instrument, and they are widely known for their crushing tempos and exquisite musical compositions. “there music is demanding, articulate and feels effortless. Rich in dimension [...] Read the whole post.
Aug 25
b4apres Debut Film AZADI: Freedom
Anthony Bonello and his crew at b4apres media have just released the teaser to their new film, AZADI: Freedom. The film is a cultural documentary, seen through the eyes of skiers in the disputed Kashmir region of northern India, and features skiers Forrest Coots, Colin Puskas, Chad Sayers, and Nelson’s own Peter Velisek. Check out [...] Read the whole post.
Aug 20
Powderwhores Production TeleVision – Trailer
The boys at Powderwhores Production have been busy working on their next film entitled TeleVision. Check out the trailer, and watch some seriously talented tele’ers shred the big mountain terrain of Alaska and Utah. From Sublimely deep, powder munching segments, to sphincter puckering steeps, this trailer will get you stoked for the upcoming season. Read the whole post.
Aug 3
Kicking Horse Opens Super Bowl
There’s new lifts and area expansion happening all over the Kootenay’s these days, check out this press release from Golden’s Kicking Horse Mountain Resort. It looks super! August 3rd, 2010, Golden, BC…. Kicking Horse Mountain Resort announces today the opening of a 4th Alpine Bowl for its 10 year celebrations, winter 2010/11. Known by local [...] Read the whole post.
May 28
Summer Issue Hits Stands June 7th
That’s right KMC fans, the new summer issue is on it’s way. Magazines will be shipped to distributors starting the 7th of June, so check into your local retailers to get a fresh copy. This summer’s theme of Wanderlust takes us to a photo shoot on the Athabasca glacier in the Canadian Rockies, to the [...] Read the whole post.
Apr 14
Lucky 13 – Mega Nuts Creekboating
“Lucky 13” by Castlegar’s Dainty Deathy Productions, is a seriously gnarly adventure into the creekboating opportunities inherent to the West Kootenays. Big waterfalls, dark holes of doom, sweepers and big water fail to thwart this pack of mega crazy kayakers. Shown at KMC’s Backyard Booty to chilling applause and gasps of shock, this is a [...] Read the whole post.
Mar 1
Divine Ascension
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 [...] 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 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 1
Avalanche Awareness Course for Youth
The Avalanche Awareness Beyond the Boundaries Society put on another successful 3 day AST training course at Whitewater Winter Resort this past weekend. The course is free for youth in the area, and focuses on raising awareness of avalanche safety, by provide students with the necessary training and knowledge to navigate safely in the back [...] Read the whole post.
Jan 15
Rise of the She Bum, by Lisa Richardson
Without them, the mountains would be truly inhospitable. Take a read into the ethos and beauty of mountain culture’s most coveted creature, the She Bum. Forego the reptilian sensibilities of your man brains man friends. The age of the chick ripper is upon us. Read the whole post.
Jan 12
The Imperative, by Ptor Spricenieks
Perennial ski bum, and sometimes Goldenite, Ptor Spricenieks rhapsodizes on what it means to be a ski bum. From our Winter 05/06 Issue. To read this article, simply click on the thumbnail to open a larger image. Read the whole post.
Jun 12
Summer 05 – The Evolution of the Revolution
Seasons, weather . . . life. Cycles are fascinating things. Spinning on a never-ending journey, always coming back on themselves, slightly different every time they do so. The word cycle speaks volumes in five letters. The same goes for circle, a six-letter beauty. The perfection of the forever wound into an unbroken ring of reciprocal cause and effect. And then there’s [...] Read the whole post.
