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A modern don of the proton? Or a freethinking flake? Is former Whistler ski bum and self-schooled savant Nassim Haramein brilliant enough to save the…

Colston VB, a mega shredder from Rossland, BC, builds a new Salomon prototype in his back yard, rips on Red Sucks, digs on Douglas and…

It’s one of the longest running mountain bike festivals in North America. The venerable Kootenay Fat Tire Festival, three days of chills and spills, all…

RIDE THE ENLIGHTENING! Retallack and Cat Sass offer exclusive women’s mountain biking retreat with Lindsey Voreis and Lorraine Blancher Retallack – the world acclaimed backcountry…

KMC contributor, adventurer, biologist and photographer Steve Ogle recently sent us a beautiful slideshow. It’s finally (kinda sorta) summer in the Kootenays. Thank the good…

Retallack – the world acclaimed backcountry catskiing destination, and Riley McIntosh – previous founder of Rilor Wilderness, renowned trail builder and mountain biker (and KMC…

KMC Editor Mitchell Scott has created quite the shitstorm on the mountain biking’s mega site, Pinkbike. In an article entitle “Is the Free Ride Over?”…

Nelson, BC resident, and mega talented artist Scott Dickson has teamed up with the forces of nature to let loose a windfall of art to…

The latest edition of Kootenay Mountain Culture Magazine is currently at a fine outdoor retail store or backcountry outfitter near you. Crafted with graphic excellence,…

No doubt a lot of the footage that will be featured in this film will come from the Kootenays. Seth Morrison loves his Kootenay pow,…

Kootenay Mountain Culture Magazine hosted the 5th annual Cold Shot Faceoff, during the Coldsmoke Powder Fest last week. Four teams of talented “multi-media” types had 28…

The Kootenay Cold Smoke Powder Fest is a grass-roots gathering where both experienced and debutant backcountry skiers and snowboarders can celebrate the culture of backcountry…

Sherpas Cinema recently tag-teamed with Salomon Freeski TV to document a band of energetically youthful septuagenarians as they log reams of powder at Nelson’s famed…

One of the world’s best snowboarders, Travis Rice, recently spent a few days in the Kootenay woods, tapping trees and hitting cliffs. Here he is…

You gotta love Kootenay Hut life. Especially when you’re with characters like the Bald Bomber. Cruising through white gold, no motors necessary, you’re own little…

This upcoming Saturday Feb 5th, Kootenay Mountain Culture Magazine, along with the North Columbia Environmental Society, and the Columbia Basin Trust are presenting an evening…

Riding shortly behind first chair on a sunny powder day has to be one of life’s finer vistas. The run holds on to it’s last…

Over the last 24 hours, many BC ski resorts have been reporting significant accumulations over this last heavy snowfall. This morning Whistler mountain reported 24cm…

At 11am this morning, a small crowd of local skiers and boarders were on hand to shred new the terrain, and witness the inauguration of…