Backcountry – Page 11

Team Europe Defeats the Americas at Swatch Skiers Cup

February 26, 2015

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Both the Backcountry Slopestyle and Big Mountain events at the Swatch Skiers Cup went down in the last couple days respectively and, in the end, Europe officially crushed the hopes and dreams of the Americas. ...

The Big One – Mt.Temple SE Face First Descent

BigLines

February 23, 2015

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Ed's Note: This is a repost from Ruari Macfarlane's Blog... June 1st, 2014: Unfortunately, I’d been awake for 24hrs at this point due to long day the day before. Coincidentally 1 year to the day after my fi...

GoPro Line of the Winter January Winner – Vebjørn Enersen

Mikeynix

February 23, 2015

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GoPro's Line of the Winter contest is delivering some epic clips from the everymen of skiing and snowboarding. This one shows Vebjon Enersen throw down a few cherry pow turns in some beautiful Norweigan light b...

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Early Adopter Review: Marker Kingpin

kevin hjertaas

February 20, 2015

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The New Marker Kingpin... Worth the weight? When the Marker Kingpin first hit the Intertubes last fall, it created quite a buzz. Backcountry gear nerds everywhere salivated. With an alpine-style, step-in hee...

Tanner Hall’n – Episode 2

Mikeynix

February 19, 2015

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Ski Boss, gettin' loose in some BC pillows. Very entertaining....

The Big Picture – MTN Revision

Mikeynix

February 18, 2015

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Here's a steezy video of Parker White and Chris Logan flossing their way through some pillowy terrain. The credits say that it's filmed in Canada. It's hard to say where, but we're guessing it's somewhere ju...

Swatch Degrees North by The North Face – Trailer

Mikeynix

February 17, 2015

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Holy Shit! This teaser is BIGLINES APPROVED. We haven't been this stoked to see a movie in a long time. This is what the Timeline Mission crew has to say about the whole affair: "In March, Xavier de le Rue a...

Skier Accidental POV – Banff Backcountry: Feb.15

Mikeynix

February 17, 2015

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According to the Banff, Kootenay, Yoho avalanche forecast, "the base of the snowpack remains weak due to the presence of basal depth hoar and facets. Avalanches have been occurring on this layer daily: either f...

Rob Kingwill – GoPro Line of the Winter: Jackson Hole

Mikeynix

February 16, 2015

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This clip may be a couple weeks old, but I feel like we could all use something like this to remind us what it's all about on this warm monday morning in the mountains... Top-to-bottom pow turns in the sun. ...

Special Public Avalanche Warning Extended until Feb. 17th

Parks Canada Visitor Safety

February 15, 2015

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Although temperatures have started to cool, avalanche conditions are proving slow to improve in the Rockies, especially at higher elevations. Parks Canada and Alberta Parks have decided to extend the Special Pu...