Revelstoke, BC, has been my home base for the last 7 years and is a definitive backcountry skiing mecca, along with Rogers Pass, 70km to the east. Located in the Interior Mountains of British Columbia,…
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The Apprentice Ski Guide Exam (ACMG): Trials and Tribulations
So you want to become a Canadian Ski Guide, eh! You want to move guests through the mountains and deliver an unforgettable alpine experience, whether mechanized skiing or ski touring. Or, maybe you’re so enthralled…
The ACMG Ski Guide Certificate: What It Takes
It’s -28 C outside, the arctic air mass just engulfed BC, and ski touring is on pause until the temperatures return to the norm. I figured it might be time to talk about my journey…
Dealing With Exposure In The Alpine: Do I Belong Here?
Dealing with Exposure. This has been a new word for me this summer… Or at least a word with a new perspective. Having grown up on a farm in Northern Alberta and moved to the…
Douglas Sproul: A Cartographer’s Spiritual Journey
Author, publisher, and now cartographer, Douglas Sproul is the mastermind without a filter behind the best-selling ski touring guidebook, Rogers Pass: Uptracks, Bootpacks & Bushwhacks, as well as the associated map. Publishing his first book…