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Gear Review: The Surefoot Experience

The science of feet is amazing. The science behind the custom boot-fitting process at Surefoot even more. I had the good-fortune to have finally stepped into a pair of Surfeoot… Read More

Sarah Burke pluggin' in. Blake Jorgensen photo.

The First Lady of Freeskiing — a tribute

And what a lady she was. Sarah Burke shaped the landscape of not just women’s skiing, but skiing in general. As you’ll see in this Matchstick tribute, Sarah Burke was… Read More

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Aussie, Aussie, Aussie—OYE, OYE, OYE!

The line-up at the Longhorn is already heaps deep, the Bundy is flowing like crazy and the Vegemite sammies are packed for the pow today. Happy Australian Day to all… Read More

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Fred Beckey’s Magnum Opus

The first time I met Fred Beckey he was sleeping on the carpeted floor of the house I was staying at. He’d been offered a bed, but refused. “This is… Read More

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Gear Review: The Suunto CORE

In three words or less I can tell you everything you need to know about the Suunto CORE. You. Want. One. Suunto is a watch company clearly on top of… Read More

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Sending some love to Sarah

Let’s all pull together and send out some big love and prayers for Sarah. She’s a fighter no doubt and we wish her all the strength and courage in the… Read More

Riding at 10,000 ft and loving it. Bloody cold hands though!

Tripping through the Roof of Africa

Discovering Lesotho — Africa’s Mountain Kingdom Story & Photos by Todd Lawson You’ve probably never even heard of Lesotho. Tucked up high in the sky, this tiny little enclave was… Read More

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Save the beauty of Jasper National Park

We don’t often get too involved in political issues here at Mountain Life, but when the beauty of our unrivalled natural environment becomes serioiusly compromised, we feel obligated to spread… Read More

Davin Peterson from Base Technology erecting a tower in the Pemberton Meadows.

Getting ‘hooked-up’ in Pemby Meadows

If you live in the upper Pemberton Meadows, way up there with the cows and horses and potato farms, you can thank Base Technology for getting you ‘hooked up’. Until… Read More

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Take Heed friends… avy danger high everywhere

With another report of a recent Pemberton avalanche and red-light high risk everywhere, please choose your lines carefully if you’re out there. We never wanna get preachy and you can… Read More