#66 – Watkin and Oscar McLennan – RV Ski Trip

#66 – Watkin and Oscar McLennan – RV Ski Trip       I met Oscar and Watkin McLennan where I meet most people I know.  On the Mountain.  The brothers from Australia were in Canada collecting content for Chillfactor Magazine and Mountainwatch.com which both have their fingers on the pulse of Australian skiing. I […]

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#61 – Andy Mahre – Stoked to Ski Pow and Hit Cliffs

#61 – Andy Mahre – Stoked to Ski Pow and Hit Cliffs   Andy Mahre comes from a very successful skiing family.  His dad and his uncle are two of the most successful American skiers winning gold and silver medals at the Sarajevo Olympics among many other skiing achievements.  It’s safe to say that Andy […]

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# 59 Marc Piche – Mountain Conditions Report App

# 59 Marc Piche – Mountain Conditions Report App   Marc Piche is the guide who teaches guides how to guide. Marc is an internationally certified IFMGA Mountain guide and is currently the Technical Director of the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides. In this role, Marc works extensively in the Canadian Mountain and Ski Guide […]

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#49 – Skiing Blind – Donovan Tildesley

#49 – Skiing Blind – Donovan Tildesley   Donovan Tildesley is blind a skier.   Have you ever said something like, “I couldn’t see a thing up there. It was like skiing blind!”? Donovan Tildesley can relate. Whether it’s bluebird or a whiteout, it doesn’t matter because Donovan wouldn’t know anyway.  He’s been visionless from birth. […]

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#47 – Backcountry Snow Safety Day – Simon Thomson / Chelsea Sullivan

#47 – Backcountry Snow Safety Day – Simon Thomson / Chelsea Sullivan       We all love the mountains.  They’re pretty awesome.  We also know that they need to be respected and that anything can happen without notice.  The LPP gets the new year started off on a note of safety and responsibility with a bit of […]

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#45 FATMAP – Reinventing Mobile 3D Ski Maps – Misha Gopaul

#45 FATMAP  –    Reinventing Mobile 3D Ski Maps       FATMAP co-founders Misha Gopaul and David Cowell are ski touring buddies.   On one of their trips in the Albanian alps, they got caught in a white out.   After an stint of “painful navigation” with a traditional map, they made their way […]

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#44 – Gear4Guides Organization – Olaf Sueters

#44 – OLAF SUETERS – GEAR4GUIDES providing equipment to ski guides in poor countries.       Olaf Sueters is the founder of the non-profit organization, Gear4Guides.  It’s a small charitable organisation providing knowledge and equipment to local communities in areas where unemployment can reach more than 80% in winter but where the opportunities for winter […]

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