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Devils Range Trip Report, by Chris Rowat Feb 18 – 22, 2010 On February 18, Mike Moor, Bruce Gardave, Randy Richmond and myself embarked on…

She lives up in the tiny outpost settlement of Trout Lake, where noboarders inhabit turn of the century hotels and shred some of the deepest,…

He’s mega talented and a resident of the zone, Grant Gunderson hails from the PNW and recently placed 2nd in the recently held Coldshot Photo…

Another year of Kootenay Coldsmoke Powder Fest good times goes down in the history books. As the MC for the Powderkeg Slopestyle sponsored by Valhalla…

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…

Nelson-based photographer Kari Medig recently won the Kootenay Coldsmoke Powder Festival’s Coldshot Photo Competition held this past weekend at Whitewater Winter Resort. One of the…

Entering its 4th year, the Kootenay Cold Smoke Powder Fest is a grass-roots gathering where both experienced and debutant backcountry skiers and snowboarders can celebrate…

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…

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…

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….

Snow’s in the forecast, and there just happens to be this great lodge not too far from our offices in downtown Nelson. Across the lake,…

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…

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…

This has nothing to do with our magazine, other than the fact that we’re big fans of CMH (Hans Gmoser is a Kootenay Legend), Arc’teryx…

Locally Produced Documentary on Green Building Returns To Nelson For Second Run: Transition Nelson Sponsors Capitol Theatre Event Back by popular demand, documentary film “Greening…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Kootenay Mountain Culture Magazine Launches New Website. Based in Nelson, BC, with a growing readership and an emerging reputation as one of the most coveted…