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Kick and Glide in the Canadian Rockies

Join us for a cross-country ski expedition to sample the premier terrain and best lodges of Alberta’s Candaian Rockies, from the Lake Louise area and Bow Lake to the mountains of Canmore’s Kananaskis Country

 

Mad Dogs and an Englishwoman

By Polly Evans

Travel writer Polly Evans’s latest book, Mad Dogs and an Englishwoman, tells of her journey to Canada’s Yukon Territory to learn to drive sled dogs. 
 

Into the Yukon’s Kluane National Park

By Polly Evans

The spectacular 90-mile Donjek Route is one of the most challenging in the Yukon Territory, traversing a backcountry where three adjoining parks—Kluane, Tatshenshini-Alsek and Wrangell- St. Elias create 38,000 square miles of pure wilderness

 

Four Seasons Resort at Whistler

By GreatOutdoors.com


 

 

Peak 2 Peak Gondola Opens at Whistler

By GreatOutdoors.com Staff

Jubilant crowds celebrated the opening of the Peak 2 Peak Gondola, the highest and longest in the world, creating a new thrill ride that makes for an easy trip from Blackcomb Mountain to Whistler Mountain and back again in just 11 minutes

 

Hiking Newfoundland’s Long Range Traverse

 The 35 kilometer Long Range Traverse through Newfoundland’s Gros Morne National Park pays off with genuine wilderness on a grand scale, but this trail-less backcountry route will challenge your navigational skills. Then you can go kayaking among icebergs  and whales when you’ve completed the hike.

 

Images from the North

By Stefan Wackerhagen

Adventurer and photographer Stefan Wackerhagen found a home in the arctic regions of the Yukon and Alaska. It is here in these northern climes where  he finds the wildlife and extraordinary expanse of wilderness that fuels his photography. “The natural wilderness of Canada's Yukon Territory and Alaska offers extraordinary panoramas and unrivalled wildlife. As a photographer I’m drawn to the way its light shifts in incredible ways, and its seasons change fast. There’s no place like it.”

 

Hiking Historic Chilkoot Pass

 Five days on the legendary Chilkoot Pass Trail, one of the premier backcountry routes in North America, inspires  new respect for the physical stamina of the Klondike gold rush miners as it takes you from the Inside Passage through British Columbia and into the wilds of the Yukon. 

Grounded by Wind

By John Stetson - May 6th, 2008

12.5 Miles Today

By John Stetson - May 5th, 2008
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