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Top 10 Rockies Ice Climbs by Barry Blanchard

The latest edition of Gripped Magazine profiles Yamnuska’s Associate Director, Barry Blanchard’s ‘Top 10 Rockies Fat Ice Moderates’. When the good people at Gripped wanted to do an article on Rockies Ice climbing routes, they sought out the master himself. Barry has extensive knowledge of virtually every ice route in the Rockies, he is a […]

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Rockies Ice Climbing Season in Full Swing

This past weekend represented the official start of our 2010 and 2011 ice climbing season. Our First beginner ice climbing course and our Ice Evolution program all started on Saturday. The usual spots such as the Junkyards in Canmore and King Creek in Kananaskis were busy. Its great to see so many people take to this incredible […]

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Celebs go extreme!

It’s minus 24 degrees Celsius and I am in the parking lot of Johnston Canyon giving a safety talk on how to keep your fingers and toes from freezing, yet I am not even sure I can keep my own advice! As a Mountain Guide and Director of Operations at Yamnuska Mountain Adventures, I often […]