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The Kootenays: Shred at Red

Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Dave Quinn.

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Goggles clear, avalanche gear secure? Drop in, carve hard right, drop speed for five-metre cliff, recover from choppy landing, head left, drop snow pillow-line next to broken tree, pick up speed for next hit, avoid trees below, head right to fat cliff. Stomp landing you can’t see from above. Shred to bottom of run. Ok.

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The Kootenays: Flathead Valley Controversy

Posted on 18. Jan, 2010 by Dave Quinn.

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Grizzly rich and people poor, there wasn’t a lot of chatter about B.C.’s Flathead Valley – perhaps the single most important basin for carnivores in the Rocky Mountains – until someone proposed an open-pit mine.

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The Kootenays’ Backyard Booty

Posted on 17. Dec, 2009 by Dave Quinn.

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For the last five years Nelson’s Mitchell Scott and Peter Moynes have bound a range of place-based art into the pages of a single publication, Kootenay Mountain Culture magazine (KMC). And for the past five years, KMC’s high-quality presentation, resonant content, and creative depth have had locals clamouring for the next edition of this biannual months before publication.