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Barry Blanchard wins Boardman Tasker Award

Barry Blanchard, Yamnuska Mountain Adventures’ Associate Director, was awarded the Boardman Tasker award last week for his memoir The Calling: A Life Rocked by Mountains. The Boardman Tasker Award promotes and recognizes authors of literature concerned with the mountains. The Calling is a ‘memoir’ of a poor kid saved from juvenile delinquency by the mystery […]

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Yamnuska’s new Office Manager

Yamnuska is so happy to welcome Sasha Ruttan as our new Office Manager. Sasha moved to the Bow Valley from Vancouver Island, BC in 1997. She has been hiking, climbing, skiing, and mountain biking in the Canadian Rockies ever since. She is also an avid downhill mountain biker. Sasha recently returned to Canmore after spending […]

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Chamonix aka ‘Yamonix’ with Barry Blanchard

Chamonix, France! Birthplace of western mountaineering, location of the inaugural Winter Olympics, basecamp for the first annual Yamnuska Mountain Adventures Alpine Camp in September 2015, and Chapter 7 of Barry Blanchard’s book, The Calling, A Life Rocked by Mountains. Could it get any better? Two weeks in Chamonix with Barry Blanchard, Yamnuska Associate Director, and […]