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80 Hour Wilderness First Responder

I recently took our 80 hour Wilderness First Aid course here at our office in Canmore.  We have a new provider for this training, Rocky Mountain Adventure Medicine and I had been holding off taking the course to sit in on their program.  This very intensive wilderness first aid course gives you the option of obtaining Wilderness […]

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Bamboo Powder – Hokkaido Japan

We’re just back from yet another wonderful “Bamboo Powder” backcountry ski trip to Hokkaido, Japan. Talk about sensory overload! The east coast of Hokkaido is in the centre of the “perfect snow storm”. Once the Siberian Anticyclone settles in, wave after wave of frontal air sucks the moisture out of the cold Sea of Japan […]

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Climbing Central Pillar of the Weeping Wall

Ted has climbed all around the world. From the peaks of the French Alps, to the top of Kilimanjaro. One thing that he was missing was steep ice climbing in the Canadian Rockies. That is where Yamnuska came in. With a short New Years holiday from Maryland, Ted was able to squeeze in a day […]