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Had a fantastic weekend up at Phelix with these two. Kiera was a champ in the snow! ❄🐾
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Had a fantastic weekend up at Phelix with these two. Kiera was a champ in the snow! ❄🐾

    • #coastmountains
    • #brianwaddingtonhut
    • #backcountryskiing
    • #phelix
    • #bcbackcountry
    • #seatosky
    • #skitouring
    • #ubcvoc
    • #backcountrypaws
    • #skiuphill
    • #explorebc
    • #beautifulbc
    • #skidog
    • #southcoasttouring
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Happy International Women’s Day! These photos don’t do justice to the amount of awesome women in my life, but it’s a start!
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Happy International Women’s Day! These photos don’t do justice to the amount of awesome women in my life, but it’s a start!
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    • #girlfriends
    • #radgirlscollective
    • #girlswhoclimb
    • #internationalwomensday
    • #strongwomen
    • #outdoorwomen
    • #womenwhoexplore
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Snow blowing off the ridges of Mamquam mountain illuminated by the rising sun.
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Snow blowing off the ridges of Mamquam mountain illuminated by the rising sun.

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    • #wintercamping
    • #winter
    • #backcountry
    • #seatosky
    • #coastmountains
    • #bcparks
    • #skitouring
    • #wildernessculture
    • #explorebc
    • #garibaldi
    • #pnw
    • #pacificnorthwest
    • #beautifulbc
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With my heavy winter camping bag… At least I was warm!
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With my heavy winter camping bag… At least I was warm!

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    • #winter
    • #wintercamping
    • #coastmountains
    • #backcountry
    • #garibaldi
    • #elfinlakes
    • #beautifulbc
    • #pacificnorthwest
    • #seatosky
    • #explorebc
    • #pnw
    • #wildernessculture
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One of the four tents left standing after a wildly windy night.
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One of the four tents left standing after a wildly windy night.

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    • #elfinlakes
    • #bcparks
    • #backcountry
    • #wintercamping
    • #pnw
    • #skitouring
    • #pacificnorthwest
    • #seatosky
    • #winter
    • #wildernessculture
    • #coastmountains
    • #garibaldi
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Making our way through the windswept snow drifts on Paul Ridge.
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Making our way through the windswept snow drifts on Paul Ridge.

    • #touring
    • #skiuphill
    • #winterwonderland
    • #paulridge
    • #backcountryskiing
    • #garibaldi
    • #pnw
    • #explorebc
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Minus 25°C with the wind chill this morning. Brrrrr. On the plus side, the ice crystals blowing through the air made for some neat rainbow effects.
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Minus 25°C with the wind chill this morning. Brrrrr. On the plus side, the ice crystals blowing through the air made for some neat rainbow effects.

    • #winter
    • #seatosky
    • #icecrystals
    • #pnw
    • #wintercamping
    • #elfinlakes
    • #pacificnorthwest
    • #snow
    • #explorebc
    • #garibaldiprovincialpark
    • #skitouring
    • #backcountry
    • #beautifulbc
    • #garibaldi
    • #mountains
    • #rainbow
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Looking down the barrel of the gun.
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Looking down the barrel of the gun.

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    • #winter2018
    • #ski
    • #explorebc
    • #learningthehardway
    • #steepcreek
    • #chute56
    • #skitouring
    • #duffylake
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Following the skin track back to camp
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Following the skin track back to camp

    • #skiing
    • #backcountry
    • #Garibaldi
    • #Tantalus
    • #winter2018
    • #ExploreBC
    • #SeatoSky
    • #Canada
    • #canadianwilderness
    • #bcbackcountry
    • #Skitouring
    • #pnw
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I’ve always been a summer person through and through… But I guess with this whole ski touring thing, I’m trying to embrace winter. It’s not hard when you get days like this!
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I’ve always been a summer person through and through… But I guess with this whole ski touring thing, I’m trying to embrace winter. It’s not hard when you get days like this!

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    • #bcbackcountry
    • #skiing
    • #backcountry
    • #garibaldi
    • #garibaldilake
    • #explorebc
    • #winter
    • #winter2018
    • #skitouring
    • #mountains
    • #snow
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The view across Garibaldi Lake to the Tantalus Range while we were out ski touring this weekend. Peaks from left to right are: Omega, Niobe, Alpha, Serratus, Tantalus, Zenith, and Pelion.
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The view across Garibaldi Lake to the Tantalus Range while we were out ski touring this weekend. Peaks from left to right are:  Omega, Niobe, Alpha, Serratus, Tantalus, Zenith, and Pelion.

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    • #panoramaridge
    • #tantalus
    • #mountains
    • #winter
    • #touring
    • #explorebc
    • #pnw
    • #pnwonderland
    • #garibaldilake
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Today was a good day.
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Today was a good day.

    • #Garibaldi
    • #GaribaldiLake
    • #Skitouring
    • #backcountry
    • #Panorama Ridge
    • #pnwonderland
    • #SeatoSky
    • #skiing
    • #earnyourturns
    • #ExploreBC
    • #explorecanada
    • #pnw
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alpine-spirit:
“Searching for answers in the Cosmos
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alpine-spirit:

Searching for answers in the Cosmos

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Looking down from near the Summit of Bla Bheinn, a mountain on the Isle of Skye. The fringes of the Cuillin Ridge can be seen in the distance. It was such a fascinating landscape to me because of the utter lack of trees - you could see every little...
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Looking down from near the Summit of Bla Bheinn, a mountain on the Isle of Skye. The fringes of the Cuillin Ridge can be seen in the distance. It was such a fascinating landscape to me because of the utter lack of trees - you could see every little craggy outcrop of topography perfectly.  

    • #isleofskye
    • #scotland
    • #explorescotland
    • #blabheinn
    • #cuillinridge
    • #scottishhighlands
    • #mountains
    • #hills
    • #hiking
    • #scrambling
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We bivvied out in the open at the base of the mountain and it was a cold night with intermittent sleep. Luckily the excitement of starting a climb always fills me with extra energy. Here’s Mark looking far too cheery at 5 am.
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We bivvied out in the open at the base of the mountain and it was a cold night with intermittent sleep. Luckily the excitement of starting a climb always fills me with extra energy. Here’s Mark looking far too cheery at 5 am.

    • #climbing
    • #morning
    • #pacificnorthwest
    • #mountains
    • #alpine-ish start
    • #sunrise
    • #mark
    • #alpine
    • #northcascades
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