Advice
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With just days to go until the Minotaur SkyRace, we turned to Jessie for the ultimate lowdown on the course and race strategies. This beast of a race promises gnarly climbs, wild descents, and jaw-dropping views that’ll have your legs and lungs begging for mercy. Your gear’s all set—now let’s get the inside scoop on how to tackle this epic adventure and make every wild mile count!Read now -
Minotaur Skyrace: Gear Tips
The Minotaur Skyrace has quickly become a favourite stop on the Canadian trail running scene, and for a reason. Known for having a relentlessly technical course, the only Canadian stop of the SkyRunning World Series seriously tests competitors both mentally and physically. With less than two weeks until race day, we asked in-house Minotaur connoisseur Jessie McAuley for his tips.Read now -
Gratitude and Positivity: Cultivating a Race Day Mindset
Read nowAs you lace up your shoes on race day, recognize that the path to the finish line is paved with more than just physical endurance. Embracing gratitude and a positivity mindset are key race-day tools that will undoubtedly enhance your race experience.
Buying Guides
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Don't Fall In: A Skier's Guide to Glacier Gear
Read nowSpring rolls in and the icefields open up. Lines get skied that only exist for a few weeks a year. It's also the time of year when more skiers than usual find themselves roped to partners on glaciated terrain for the first time, staring at a tangle of cord and hardware and wondering if they've brought the right stuff.
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Which ATK Binding Is Right for You? A Real-World Buyer’s Guide
Read nowOver the past few years, ATK has become the gold standard in tech bindings, especially in the freetouring space. Plenty of brands make pin bindings that go uphill, but ATK’s real strength is building bindings that also ski exceptionally well...
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How to Size Climbing Skins: Width and Length Explained
Read nowSizing climbing skins isn’t complicated, but getting it wrong is surprisingly easy. Too narrow and you lose grip. Too short and the tail lets go when it matters. Too wide or too long and you’re trimming forever for no reason.
The goal is simple: full base coverage where it matters, without excess material you don’t need. Here’s how to get there.
Gear Tips
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The State of Backcountry Gear 2025/26: Progress, Familiarity, and the Gear in Between
Read nowIt feels like just yesterday the leaves were still green and the days stretched long, yet here we are, standing on the edge of another winter season. We opened our doors in 2017 - not that long ago - yet...
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Behind the bench: First aid for trail runners
The recent incidents on Mount Yamnuska are an important reminder. Trail runners aren’t immune to accidents and we need to be ready to administer first aid when they happen. I’m not usually into blood and gore but I want to share my experience from a couple of years ago.Read now -
Spring Skiing Quiver: Our Team's Picks
Read nowWe asked some of our staff members about their trusty Spring touring setups, why they use them, and a few of their tips and tricks. Tune in for a breakdown of what gear we prefer when it comes to moving efficiently, taking on a big line, or simply ‘hot dogging’ around!
Stories
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A Backcountry Skier’s Field Manual to Boot Fitting
Read nowWhether you’re chasing pow, vert, or steep objectives, your boots are the connection between you and the snow. And for such a critical piece of gear, good fit advice isn’t always easy to find. Not everyone has access to an...
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Queen and King of the Hill 2025 - It's a wrap!
Read nowQueen and King of the Hill 2025 is officially in the books, and over the last four weeks, runners in Canmore and Squamish have been grinding up steep trails, comparing splits, and quietly pushing their limits.
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A Low Tide Spearhead Traverse Conditions Report
2024 has provided the Coast Mountains of British Columbia with an unusual snowpack or in better words, lack of snowpack. The end of January was filled with high levels of precipitation but not in the form of snow. The rivers in the Sea To Sky remained bank full for several days with snow melt from our already under average snowpack. At the end of the high rain, mixing air masses granted us twenty centimetres of snow above 1900 metres and strong winds. Word of the week: Variable.Read now