Three years after obtaining my ACMG Apprentice Ski Guide certificate, I decided to challenge the full ACMG ski guide exam. Our regular guiding jobs are great for preparing us for the challenges ahead, but they…
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Ferreol X The Uptrack: A Thrilling Partnership!
It’s official – Ferreol Skis has partnered up with the Uptrack. After talking at length with the company’s CEO, marketing guru, and sales representative, I was impressed by the brand’s mission statement: producing high-performance skis…
The Heli-Ski Guide: What’s My Day Like?
So you want to be a heli-ski guide? Or simply curious about this one-of-a-kind career? With the air sizzling over the pavement during a typical August heatwave, I can’t stop thinking of skiing, specifically heli-skiing….
Ski Touring In Revelstoke, BC: A Backcountry Skiing Mecca
For the past seven years, I’ve called Revelstoke, BC, home – a place that, alongside nearby Rogers Pass just 70 km to the east, stands as a true backcountry skiing mecca. Nestled in British Columbia’s…
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 Does It Take?
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…