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Celebrating 50 Years of Heli-Skiing
Mike Wiegele, founder of the Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing operation, ventured to Blue River, British Columbia, 50 years ago to open a world-class ski resort. With some of the best snow and terrain in...
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The Controversial Ski Resort That Will Never Exist
What would have been North America’s largest and highest-elevation ski area—a massive year-round resort called Jumbo Glacier planned for the base of Jumbo Mountain, west of Invermere, British...
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A Perfect Turn Is All About Balance
In the Art of the Turn 3 from Salomon TV, premier skiers Davide Simoncelli, Marielle Berger Sabbatel, and Bastien Midol take to the slopes of British Columbia’s Kimberley Alpine Resort to search for...
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The Trips Outside Editors Are Taking This Year
At Outside, our staff makes the most of our home base of New Mexico, from winter dawn patrol at Ski Santa Fe and year-round climbing in Roy to summer road trips throughout the Southwest and beyond. But...
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11 Books Every Parent Needs to Raise Adventurous Kids
One of my biggest fears when I was pregnant was that motherhood would dampen my desire for adventure. I worried that toting a diaper-wearing little person into the wilderness would be a hassle and that...
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Two Books Explore the Horror of Murder in the Outdoors
Once, years ago, I tried to report a story about a girl who’d gone missing on the outskirts of a small town located in the wilderness of British Columbia. I hiked a footpath a quarter-mile from where...
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Ski-Mountaineering the Peaks of B.C.
In 2017, big-mountain professional skier Tobin Seagal set off a large avalanche in the mountains of Pemberton, British Columbia. Return to the Fray chronicles his return to ski the line that has...
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Travel the World with These Livestream Cameras
I recently discovered a link to a livestream camera overlooking a bay in British Columbia and claiming to show orcas in real time. I hopped on to see what was happening, with the attitude of like I’m...
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Searching for the World's Most Endangered Whale
For 25 years, an oceanographic buoy named Peggy has been moored in the middle of the Bering Sea collecting data on ocean conditions for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In 2017, it...
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Are These Avalanche Beacons Malfunctioning?
For four skiers and the crew filming them near Whistler, British Columbia, things were going as planned. It was sunny and blue on March 9, 2020, and the team was descending ambitious lines in stable...
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Forest Selfies Are Helping Save B.C.'s Old-Growth Trees
Photo Gallery: Forest Selfies Are Helping Save B.C.'s Old-Growth Trees
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5 New Trails to Unusual Destinations
A series of recently launched and soon-to-be-finished trails around the world are leading to places you might not picture for a typical hike in the woods. We’re talking about routes that pass through...
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Whistler, Revelstoke, and Big White Close Due to COVID
On Tuesday, March 30, Whistler Blackcomb, the largest ski resort in North America, closed for the season eight weeks ahead of schedule. The decision was made after the British Columbia government...
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Why CEO David Epp Created Scout Campers
The Pacific Northwest’s wet climate got David Epp thinking about what rain does to a camp trailer’s longevity. He grew up in British Columbia and now runs a family business there—Adventure...
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The Mystery Behind a Photo of a Logged Old-Growth Tree
In May, a photo of a massive tree trunk in the back of a logging truck on a Vancouver Island highway went viral, sparking outrage and disbelief from as far away as Japan. Canadian news outlets raced to...
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