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Clown Suit I was broke during my twenties. I had no money to snowboard. Buying a day Not quite a clown suit, but not far off. pass was about as unlikely as becoming a Unknown ripper, circa 1993. journalist. And finding a ride to the hills from Rob Buchanon photo the GTA seemed impossible. Snowboarding was something that I used to do when I rode for Team Ma and Pa.

But when an older friend told me he was driving to Blue Mountain, every ounce of me wanted to go. So I skipped going to the bar for a few nights, didn’t eat a couple of meals and scrounged enough loose change to eventually reach my goal. Gear was the same: I grabbed an old Ditrani jacket from my sister’s place (dayglo yellow, pink and green), borrowed some waterproof pants from my dad After changing into this dayglo puke stain of an outfit, my buddy (turquoise) and upped the ugly ante with Sorels from a suddenly remembered he was teaching his girlfriend how to snowboard thrift shop (pink and green). I topped that off with the that day. He told me to have fun, and we’d catch up later. I didn’t see pride of my early teens: a fluorescent-splattered 1989 him again until the lifts closed. Kemper Rampage. It was a god-awful ensemble. I knew I looked like a goof. I knew people were chuckling over my When we arrived to a hill full of deafening snowguns gear choice. I knew my buddy ditched me because I looked so terrible. I realized the one thing I forgot – goggles. As panic built, Hell, we’ve all done it, right? It’s tough not to laugh at the newbie karma, or something like it, smiled down on me and there, sporting jeans and flannel in the lift line. lying in the parking lot, was a pair of yellow and pink Riding up alone on the chair that day, I tried to remember why Carreras. Somewhere a wardrobe designer dry-heaved at people did this. So far I’d stressed about money and gear, sat in a car my accessorizing skills. for three hours, watched an old friend lie to me, and endured ridicule in the lift line. Now I was sitting in a frozen seat, wearing a clown suit, getting encrusted in ice from thundering snowguns. Was this really worth all the effort? These thoughts were still with me as I got off the chair, spotted my line and dropped in. That’s when concerns about my outfit disappeared and I was simply in the moment. And ever since that embarrassing but fateful day, there’s one thing I always do at this time of year: I pray for snow.

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ML: What other stores are in the works? TS: This is the only store on the books for 2010. We’re looking for another location in the GTA, not to replace the King Street store, but as a second store in Toronto. It’s very hard to find good locations that suit our needs. As much as possible we want to locate stores where there’s good transit access, with bike routes close by, those kinds MEC Comes To Barrie of things. We’re also looking for another For local outdoor gearheads, traveling to Toronto for gear is always a strange affair. They leave the outdoor location in Montreal. mecca of Collingwood, spend the day in the Big Smoke buying gear, only to turn around and go back to Collingwood to finally do what they wanted to do in the first place: get outside. ML: How green will the store be? That vicious cycle is potentially coming to a close this November, with the opening of Barrie’s Mountain TS: This will be one of the greenest stores Equipment Co-op. Yep, you read that right: MEC is coming to Barrie. The Canadian outdoor behemoth to date. There will be solar panels for on began construction on a 12,500-square-foot, eco-friendly building in April, the fourteenth nationwide site power generation and it will use ground and fourth Ontario location after Toronto, Ottawa and Burlington. source heat pumps and geothermal wells ML caught up with MEC’s Public Affairs Manager, Tim Southam, to get the where, why and how of for heating. the new store. ML: Does solar power the entire building? TS: Probably not. The Burlington store has a Mountain Life: When will the Barrie store open its doors? announcements we contact local retailers very sophisticated rooftop solar array and it Tim Southam: We’re going to be opening the Barrie store like bike retailers and other outdoor retailers. provides the equivalent of about 35 percent in November. We haven’t nailed down the date quite yet; it The sense that we get is that people are not of the store’s electricity requirements. It’s not looks like it will be mid-November for the opening. overly concerned about MEC entering the a direct link from the array into the store’s market. electricity system. It goes into the grid and ML: Why Barrie? we buy electricity from the grid. TS: MEC has over 900,000 members in Ontario. More ML: What about Sojourn? members come from Ontario than any other province. At the TS: I really couldn’t say. I think in our other ML: Will the Barrie store be LEED end of 2009 Ontario came in at 917,000 members. In BC, markets, what we see is good retailers, (Leadership in Energy and Environmental where MEC was founded, there are 710,000 members. So established retailers, the best thing they Design) certified? it’s a combination of existing membership base in Ontario can do is focus on their business and tailor TS: We do pursue it, but you can’t open a and needing and wanting to serve those members better their offering to suit the needs of their store with it already certified. You go through through good store locations. As well as establishing stores clientele. Something like 50 percent of a very elaborate and detailed process. I where there is already a propensity for self-propelled outdoor our sales are for MEC brand products. So would anticipate that it will be a LEED recreation. Its proximity to Muskoka, all the paddling available to the extent that they are able to provide certified building, but where it scores on that there, as well as cycling, both road cycling and increasingly product that is different than ours, they’ll scale, it’s too soon to say. mountain biking, and snowsports especially nordic skiing, do just fine I think. I think it’s also worth particularly in southwestern Ontario. You put those things noting that being a co-operative, we don’t ML: Anything else you want to add? together and there are good opportunities for MEC, as well operate on a commissioned sales basis. So TS: I think the other thing to mention is we as for us to support outdoor recreation in the province. there’s no incentive for our people to make do endeavor to support members in their What we know from research is members who reside outside of the GTA are often reluctant to make the trip into the city to go to the Toronto store. Stores in places like Burlington and now in Barrie will help to support their needs. The Burlington store has been very successful. It has been extremely well received. If that’s any indication, the Barrie a sale for a particular product if it doesn’t outdoor recreation needs, but also support store should do quite well. suit a member’s needs. And routinely if we the outdoor recreation community through don’t have products that suit the member’s our stores, and the Barrie store will be ML: How has the local business community responded? needs, we will direct them to other outdoor reaching out to local outdoor recreation clubs TS: I haven’t had any conversations with the business retailers that do have those products. That is to find ways we can support them in terms of community locally. something that we do all the time. growing participation and membership ranks as part of our outreach, before we make store Other outdoor retailers often locate within their own organization.

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Olympic Gold Medalist Ashleigh McIvor Returns To Blue

Here’s the story: FIS (International Ski Federation) is coming back to Blue Mountain this winter for the Rockstar Ski Cross Grand Prix. That’s right, a world cup event right here on our humble little mountain. We could bore you with generic press release quotes from the FIS and Blue’s PR department; instead we caught up with Ashleigh McIvor, the real star of Canadian ski cross. If you remember a certain sporting event that took place last February in Vancouver, you’ll remember McIvor was the star of the show, taking the first-ever gold medal for women’s ski cross.

Mountain Life: How was Blue Mountain as ML: How did Blue Mountain help you people were just like, “Yeah Canada!” It was a venue for the ski cross world cup? prepare for Vancouver? so cool. It really got us fired up going into the Ashleigh McIvor: Blue is an awesome AM: I skied very aggressively there. My Olympics. We realized it was going to be like mountain for a ski cross race. It’s perfect. teammate Stanley Hayer was talking about that multiplied by a thousand. It has steep enough terrain and it’s varied how he felt going into the Olympics and he enough so you can have a couple of said he hoped the other men were fearing ML: Are you going to be back here this steep pitches, some fall line jumps and a him a little bit more. At Blue, I think it was year? meandering section with lots of passing. the semi-final,I just took a really direct line. AM: For sure. When courses have very few slow speed I could have left this girl some space and I sections, it’s harder to pass. The other thing, kind of pinched her out, I just didn’t leave ML: Are there improvements Blue could the length is perfect. It’s very convenient for her any room. I usually do leave girls room, make? us to get on the chair right at the bottom of because I think that’s a good way to play AM: Yes. I always like big jumps. As long the ski cross course and then get off right and I think it just shows mutual respect, as there are big landings for them. I think at the top. A lot of the time the course will and it’s a better determinant of who’s the the party should be the night after the race start halfway up the chair. So we’ll have faster skier. But I took the really aggressive instead of the night before the race, too. to ski with two pairs of skis from the top line and pinched this girl out and I think that of the chair down to the course, and then may have set me up well going into the ML: How has the gold affected your it’s tricky, we don’t like to ski our super- Olympics – that concept of my competitors career? expensive, super-fast race wax off between being more intimidated. I always knew I had AM: It’s pretty much taken over my life. the top of the chair and the top of the it in me, but I don’t know if they did. It’s good though. I didn’t quite realize what course, so we have teammates who have I was getting myself into. I never really been eliminated shuttling skis for us. It’s a ML: You kicked ass in Whistler; how come thought about it before. I’m trying to make logistical nightmare. you only got second here? the most of it and I know it’s a small window AM: I don’t know. It’s all a blur to me. I can’t of opportunity. Make hay when the sun ML: How did the course compare to the quite remember how it all went down. I was shines. Olympic course in Cypress? definitely in a phase where I was taking AM: At Blue there were lots of features, it easy and making smart decisions. I’d ML: Are you going to the next Olympics? they were all just kind of small. But it’s qualified for the Olympics and that was AM: Yep, for sure, if my body holds together. great to switch it up, it makes for lots of going to be the biggest event of my life. I It’s a rough sport. passing which makes for a more exciting wasn’t taking any unnecessary risks. race. You really have to work to make up ML: Anything else to add? the difference. There aren’t those giant ML: Did you feel any home-country AM: Yeah, it would be great if the number of skill-separating features. advantage at Blue? fans could match last year, or beat it. It was Cypress was the other end of the AM: Huge! It was amazing. There were so amazing. It was so good for us. spectrum. I loved that course. It was so many people at the finish line cheering for much fun. But it was big. us, and if they didn’t know who we were

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Hogweed Hysteria Recent media and word-of-mouth hysteria suggests that hiking could result in getting dropkicked by Giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum). The plant is toxic, no doubt, but our research (which involved getting outside despite the hysteria) suggests a casual brush with its leaves or flowers probably won’t harm you. It’s the sap found inside the stem that will. The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs warns: “its watery, clear sap contains photosensitizing compounds (furanocoumarins), which, when in contact with human skin and in combination with UV radiation, can cause burning.” Simply put, don’t whipper-snip the stuff in your underwear. But it’s still safe to go outside. Giant hogweed is an invasive alien plant introduced from the Caucasus as an ornamental, first in Europe, and then in North America in the late 19th century. Consequently, the Europeans have been battling it for decades. British band Genesis saw the end coming in 1971 with the over-the-top progressive rock song “The Return of the Giant Hogweed”: “Turn and run! Nothing can stop them, Around every river and canal their power is growing. Stamp them out!” Giant hogweed is present in the Georgian Bay region. Last spring, Grey County declared it a noxious weed and collaborated with municipalities to selectively spray glyphosate herbicide. It’s easiest to recognize in the summer and fall, when it grows to its full height (up to 5 metres high, with leaves up to 1.5 metres across). Though the distinctive white, umbrella- shaped flowers only appear between June and August, it’s easily identifiable by its thick purplish stem. Don’t let Giant hogweed keep you indoors. It’s still safe out there. If you do come across some, don’t stamp it out, don’t chew on it, and definitely don’t try to smoke the stuff. Stay away from it, and report it to your county or municipality as soon as possible. – Bill Shelley

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Rename The Beaver Valley And Win! In January of 2010, The Beaver, the iconic Canadian history magazine, changed its name. Originally published in 1920 as a celebration of the Hudson Bay Company’s 250th anniversary, it was renamed Canada’s History last April. Why the name change? The president of Canada’s National Historical Society, which publishes the magazine, came up with a few reasons, but we suspect this quote from a CBC interview says it all: “Use of the word ‘beaver’ on the internet has taken on an identity that nobody could have perceived in 1920,” says Deborah Morrison. “And increasingly, if we put ‘The Beaver’ in a heading, we would be spam-filtered out.” What does this have to do with Mountain Life magazine? Well, seeing as we live, play and work in the Beaver Valley, regularly paddle in the Beaver River and sometimes find ourselves neck deep in it, we got to thinking: is it also time to rename the entire valley? Is it simply too vulgar to mention the word “beaver” in polite company these days? Castor Canadensis Valley certainly doesn’t have the same ring to it, so we’re putting it to you, our loyal readers, to offer up some alternatives to what is unquestionably a name that has surpassed its prime. Simply send us an e-mail with your name and suggestions and we’ll come up with a prize, and hopefully you’ll have the glory of renaming an entire valley. Next up on the name-changing agenda? Meaford’s Fred Raper Park (no offence to Fred Raper).

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Literary Hikes By Ken Haigh Short, long, or full of gastrointestinal complaints, these hikes are global in scope and brilliantly rendered. Walkers tend to be writers. Perhaps this is because walking lends itself to thinking; long- distance hiking can produce enough mental material to fill a book. I’ve always dreamed of completing a long-distance hike, but until time permits, I must be content living vicariously through the words of others. Narrowing it down to my five favourite accounts wasn’t easy, but here’s some inspiration for getting out on the trail this fall.

The Snow Leopard The Places in Between by Peter Matthiessen. by Rory Stewart. In 1973, Matthiessen is invited to accompany zoologist In January 2002, shortly after the fall of the Taliban, George Schaller to Crystal Mountain in the remote Stewart decides to walk across central Afghanistan Dolpo region of northwest Nepal. Schaller is studying from Herat to Kabul. He is warned repeatedly that the bharal, or Himalayan blue sheep, but both men are what he is attempting is dangerous, impossible, and also hoping to catch a glimpse of the elusive snow only a fool would try, especially in winter. But he goes leopard, which preys on the bharal. Matthiessen’s anyway. He is threatened by ill-health, trigger-happy account of their gruelling two-month trek illustrates young soldiers, blizzards, bandits and snow-covered the truism that the journey is often more important than passes, but somehow, against all the odds, he succeeds in reaching his the destination. goal. Along the way he picks up an elderly, toothless fighting mastiff that he names Babur, after the fifteenth-century Mughal emperor A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush whose footsteps he’s following. Stewart is plain-spoken and erudite, by Eric Newby. and through his journey and the many people he encounters we gain a Originally published in 1958, A Short Walk is surely better picture of the complicated tragedy that is modern Afghanistan. one of the funniest travel books ever written. Newby abandons the fashion trade to hike to remote Nuristan A Time of Gifts in northwestern Afghanistan with fellow traveler Hugh by Patrick Leigh Fermor. Carless of Her Majesty’s Foreign Service. The goal Although these books aren’t ranked in any particular is to climb Mir Samir (19,880 ft.), although Newby’s order, the star of the firmament has to be A Time of climbing experience is limited to a three-day climbing Gifts. After a less-than-exemplary school career, young boot camp in Wales. Newby plays straight man to his eccentric friend and Fermor is deciding whether to undergo officer training or their three grumpy and unhelpful Afghan guides. In other hands, this would enter Oxford. Instead, he decides to chuck it all, acquire be a whining epic of blisters, mountaineering accidents, gastrointestinal a backpack, a warm coat, a walking stick, and a pair complaints, hostile tribesman, biting insects and altitude sickness, but in of hobnailed boots, and walk to Constantinople. He is Newby’s hands, it’s a delight as he never loses his sense of the absurd. 18 and the year is 1933. He doesn’t know it, but Hitler has just come to power and the Europe through which he is walking will soon be changed The Roads to Sata: A 2000-Mile Walk forever. While Fermor had planned to rough it on a few pounds a week, a through Japan chance encounter gives him an entrée into the dying world of the eastern by Alan Booth. European aristocracy, so while he might spend one night sleeping in a At the end of his 128-day walk down the length of hayloft, he spends the next cosseted in a chateau. It’s a magical journey Japan, a reporter asks Booth why he’d decided to do (hence the title) and Fermor manages to balance the exuberance of youth it in the first place. “Because I’d lived in Japan for a with the knowing nostalgia of age (he is an elderly man when he narrates quarter of my life,” Booth replies, “and still didn’t know his travels). Add to this the fact that Fermor writes like an angel and you whether I was wasting my time. I hoped that by taking have a book to treasure and read again and again. The only drawback is four months off to do nothing but scrutinize the country that Fermor planned to write his journey as a trilogy and, as of this date, he I might get a clearer picture, for better or worse.” has only published the first two books (the second isBetween the Woods “Have you managed to do that?” and the Water). Fermor just celebrated his ninety-fifth birthday.I hope he is “No,” Booth replies. permitted to take us on the final leg of his journey. ml But we do. He gives us an affectionate, at times bewildered, but always honest portrait of the country he chose to call home. The people he meets along the way are brilliantly rendered and the clash of cultures has never been so funny. Booth died in 1992 of stomach cancer at the young age of 46, but the book will stand as a testament to his great spirit.

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With the boring shoulder season upon us, the ski and snowboard community is gathering in bars and pubs nationwide to cheer and jeer this year’s crop of films.I f history has taught us anything, we can expect one or two creative gems, a few stabs at documentary-style storytelling, and a buttload of movies stuffed full of back-to-back big air, jumps and big air jumps. Here are six options. Hopefully, one of them makes its way into heavy rotation during your powder day routine.

The Way I See It Now You Know Matchstick Productions Sandbox Films Last year, MSP took home honours for best Kevin Sansalone and the Seymour Kids are a force to be film at the Powder Magazine Video Awards. reckoned with each and every winter. This winter, Now You Perhaps more impressive was Sean Pettit’s Know looks like it’ll add yet another winner to the Sandbox scorching segment, and this year, viewers will catalogue. The usual cast of riders returns strong as ever, with be looking to wunderkind Pettit to see the Brendan Keenan, Andrew Hardingham, Dwayne Wiebe, Seb future of skiing. The Pemberton, B.C. local Toots and Rusty Ockenden featured, among others. The usual isn’t the only one to watch – Mark Abma, Eric backdrops of the Whistler backcountry are supplemented by Hjorleifson and World Tour champ Henrik trips to Japan, California, Utah and the East. High Def, high Windstedt promise to throw out killer segments, action, highly anticipated. Now you know. as will newly crowned king of the park universe and X-Games gold medalist Bobby Brown. NowHere Absinthe Films Light The Wick To say the rider list for NowHere is stacked is an understatement Teton Gravity Research as big as the mountains in the film. A refreshing change As usual, TGR’s cast of athletes is stacked from urban and park dominated snowboard films, NowHere with the best in the industry, including Seth legitimately shows the big mountain arena of snowboarding, Morrison, Sammy Carlson, Ian McIntosh, including a standout part by current big mountain queen Annie Sage Cattabriga-Alosa and, possibly the most Boulanger. DCP and Romain De Marchi kill the Whistler and underrated skier in the game, Dana Flahr. Squamish backcountry, and even manage to throw down That’s nothing new. What is new, however, is in bounds at Whistler Blackcomb. Additional trips to Utah, the fact that this film is 100 percent carbon Switzerland, Italy, Kamchatka, and Japan round out the film, neutral and features a full closing segment with Gigi Rüf and Jake Blauvelt absolutely destroying Alaska in 3D. Add in trips to Croatia and a previously as the highlight segment. undiscovered region of Alaska, and Teton Gravity has the recipe for an explosive film. Work Ivt Out Meathead Films Look On The Bright Side Few movie companies are giving the East Coast the love Voleurz it deserves. Oh sure, every once in a while, they leave their If most sports flicks are gratuitous ego strokes snowbound condos in Utah and Whistler to make a quick urban for the athletes and filmmakers involved (and trip to Quebec, but rarely do they ever do the East proper. they are), Voleurz’ movies are the ones that Thank god for Meathead Films. This Burlington, Vermont-based make you feel good about yourself. There’s company has been representing the East for years and Work it something strangely empowering about Out is just the latest success story in a long line of testaments watching the Voleurz crew in action – they to the Icy Coast. Meathead claims that Work It Out “showcases ski, snowboard, skate, GT Snow Race, and the spirit, creativity, and unwavering determination it takes to above all, have a ton of fun. They also happen be an Eastern skier.” Filmed on location from Vermont to Maine to feature some of skiing’s biggest names like to an epic storm in Washington DC, the crew of unknown and Schiller, Cosco and Riddle. The best part? You uncelebrated skiers proves what many already know – East can download the movie for free from Voleurz. Coast rules. But only for those who know how to work it out. ml com starting sometime in November. Now, doesn’t that feel good?

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From the South Base Lodge start hiking up the hill towards the tree line on the left side. As you get closer to the tree line look for a trail marker. The trail cuts left into the trees and follows a creek all the way up, making for a beautiful hike. It crosses bridges and finishes at a cascading waterfall. Follow the markers to the top. Turn right at the top and hike north across the top of the hill and down the Happy Valley trail. There are some great views here. Hike to the bottom of the hill on Happy Valley and head south, through the Village and back to the South Base Lodge.

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Description: Taking just two hours, this is the most popular section of the Beaver River. With a couple of nice picnic areas on the river, it makes for the perfect afternoon. Canoe tripping doesn’t get any easier than this, and Fran Bouwman and Chantelle when fall foliage is in full colour, rivers don’t get much more beautiful. Zandona heading to Heathcote. Level: Beginner-intermediate Colin Field photo Duration: 2 hours

After half an hour of paddling there is a little set of rapids you can choose to go through or around. They are pretty tame but they can tip you if you are not on the right line. If you do tip the water is only waist deep. After paddling for one hour, you come to a point where the river bends left and to the right Mill Creek merges with the Beaver River. This is a nice little picnic spot with a round picnic table. The landowners keep up the land and picnic area so please respect their property and leave it cleaner than you found it.

Mountain Biking Kolapore’s Church and Paradise Highway Loop Description: A mixture of flowing fun trail and challenging technical sections. A trail map is essential as the trail system is complex with close to 60 intersections. Maps can be purchased for a minimal fee at the Ravenna Country Market. Level: Intermediate-Advanced Length: 7.9 KM

You should really have a trail map before you head into this labyrinth of trails but if you don’t, here are the numbers to this classic loop (but we take no responsibility if you get lost!). Head across the road from the parking lot and enter the trail system. At your first intersection (18), go right. Follow this trail upwards to intersection 57 and go right. This is called Kolapore Church Trail. At intersection 56 stay to your right. When you get to intersection 21 hang a left down this fun downhill section. Hang a left at intersections 55 and 24. Now you’re on the Paradise Highway trail. At intersection 54 go left and take the long boardwalk over the swamp. At intersections 16 and 52 stay left. Cross over a wooden bridge and head back to intersection 18. Hang a Snowbiking at Kolapore. right here and voilà, you’re back at your vehicle. ml Colin Field photo

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Karmic Cycles Physical meets mental at a yoga and mountain bike retreat in Mexico By Melanie Chambers

Singletrack leads to Inner Smiles. Ian Hylands photo

“By the end of the week I will help align your chakras,” says our yoga instructor. Chakras? I think they’re something spiritual and healing – two reasons I’ve avoided yoga for so long. The other reasons are too long to list, but can be narrowed down to trendy and slow. I especially detest instructors telling me to find my inner smile. But,I ’m in Mexico for a yoga and mountain bike retreat where every day begins and ends with yoga – I’m stuck. “Keep an open mind,” says our guide Johanna Weintrager, a wicked rider who says yoga helps improve her breathing on long climbs. She makes it her mission to make me like yoga. Our group is also on side: Californian and west coast mountain bikers swear yoga complements their riding. I can’t help but listen to the cool kids. We’re in Punta Monterrey, an hour north of Puerto Vallarta. Before sunrise every morning I walk across the wooden planks that join the thatched roof cabins – it reminds me of the Ewok village. The only sound is waves. Sliding No plans to burn this bridge. back the glass door, I tip-toe across the teak floor to my mat. Sitting with folded legs, palms up, I sit. And, I sit. Then, I twitch. I watch everyone else. Their eyes are closed. I reluctantly follow. I try not to think

Chakras aligned. Isabelle Deguise photo Ian Hylands photo

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That night, as always, yoga replaces the post-ride beer – another reason to hate it.

about the stress of the past four months – teaching three university courses, editing, writing – nagging thoughts. “Move into chivasna,” says Johanna. I peek out of one eye. Chivasna is fancy yoga language for lay down. Johanna calls out posture after posture: crow, wheel, cat, cow… “Yoga can be whatever to want it to be,” says Johanna, sensing my cynicism. “You can add in the spiritual element, you can do fast yoga or it can be slow.” I want it to be over. I want to ride. Apparently, yoga increases patience. I’m clearly not there yet. Sitting with my legs wide and my torso bent forward, I’m in a forward fold posture. Johanna comes behind to push my back. My inner thighs stiffen. It’s a struggle to get my elbows onto the floor. Three minutes into the pose Isabelle Deguise photo and my legs are shaking. “Breathe through it,” she reminds us. I focus on the waves – it’s the only thing I can hear. For our last session, four of us bring our mats onto the beach. I close my Eventually, my breathing mimics the ebb and flow. Breathe. eyes immediately and retreat into myself. I can barely hear Johanna over Coming up after five minutes, Johanna winks at me, as if the waves. On a small slope, I reach out above my head and grab the sand to say, “You’re getting there, girl.” forming a back arch into the wheel posture; my fingers are splayed out – no “Yoga is a challenge,” says Melanie, the Mexican bike longer tight and coiled, they are free to move in the warm sand. I’m still. I guide’s wife. “Mountain biking always feels good. Not yoga, let the waves dictate my breathing. I remember thinking, “I’m having what but when physical meets mental, it’s so good.“ they call a ‘Zen’ moment.” But I don’t try to label it. I’m not about to take off “I’ll call you when it happens,” I tell her. to an ashram, but I know a good feeling when I come across it. This must “You won’t want to tell anyone,” she says. “It’s your be the secret Melanie was talking about. secret.” Coming to the end, I know yoga back home will never be this good. Later that day on the trail I think about this secret – the And, I don’t know if I’ll ever I love it – subtle and slow don’t describe my idea that yoga isn’t a competition with other yogis; it’s a personality, but maybe they should; at least now I’m willing to find out. ml solitary journey. This isn’t always the case with riding. I watch Johanna and a few others ride off a ledge launching their bikes into a dried out riverbed. It’s female machismo. Flying through dusty hollows with cow crap flying in DIY: our face, there’s no waiting for mental to meet physical. Sacred Rides organizes the eight-day yoga/mountain biking trip I’m already there. We follow the river up to a ranch: a that includes accommodation at the Punta Monterrey property cobwebbed sombrero hangs on the wall, a dog is tied to a and one night at an eco-lodge, as well as meals featuring local barbed wire fence and there’s a table with three bottles of produce and ingredients. Bring your own bike or rentals are hot sauce – it’s quintessential Mexico. available. That night, as always, yoga replaces the post-ride beer The entire trip itinerary, complete with video, is on their site – another reason to hate it. Tonight, I actually look forward sacredrides.com. Flying into Puerto Vallarta, the next trip dates to chilling on the mat, without the beer. Hunched over the are the following: bike for hours, clenched fingers around the bars,I now get Dec. 11 - 18, 2010 (women’s trip) to unfurl my limbs like a big cat stretch. Dec. 27, 2010 - Jan. 03, 2011 Mar. 12 - 19, 2011 Mar. 26 - April 03, 2011 (women’s trip) 42 mountainlifemag.ca Candle Factory and Gift Shop

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The addition of a tower to a 1970s pan-abode cabin is a striking example of “responsive architectTomu Arerban.” photo

Driving up the tree-lined driveway the first impression is one of simplicity: a humble wooden cabin in the pan-abode style, sitting amongst the cedar trees. But there’s more to it than that. Attached to the west side a three-story tower rises up silently like the 2001 monolith. When the clients started planning with architect Jim Campbell of Rockside Campbell Design, they knew what they needed: a little more living space and a master bedroom. “We sat down with Jim and he said, ‘Imagine a silo on the side of a barn.’” “No, first he said, ‘Imagine a rocket ship,’” interrupts the client’s husband. “We chose Jim as an architect because of his creativity.” That rocket ship was never built, but these early discussions are all part of the process. “That’s really what it’s all about,” says Campbell. “You go through discussions and it’s not in dispute, but it’s a real growing process and you end up with something that none of you imagined in the beginning.” “Initially the clients were thinking of adding something to each end of the pan-abode. I thought if we made it all look the same, it would still look like a cabin, but a cabin on steroids. I think it’s better to make a clean break. And that’s drawing very much from vernacular. If you look at an old farmhouse, it’s often broken into different chunks. The woodshed isn’t brick, so it doesn’t match the front necessarily and because of that the scale is much nicer.”

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By Ester O’Neill Turducken Eh Rights! Illustration by Rick Sealock Stuffing a chicken into a duck, then into a turkey – then layering it with sausage – has its savoury rewards. The ML Test Kitchen reaps them.

I wouldn’t say I’m competitive. I let lots of things slide. who’s been stuffed with a chicken. All three birds are de-boned and laid flat on top of Discovering who’s faster or smarter or whatever has one another. Between each bird layer lies a hearty layer of sausage stuffing (of course!). never really concerned me. But present me with a dare The whole thing is rolled together, shaped and tied to look like a turkey again and fired or a challenge and it’s on. My most recent challenge into the oven. An exercise in culinary excess, but I wasn’t about to back down from involved a turkey, a duck, a chicken and 3 lbs of pork this one. Plus, can you imagine the gravy? My salivary glands went into overdrive just sausage. While this sounds like the beginning of a bad thinking about it! joke, it was actually the start of an unparalleled food Roasted birds stuffed in birds, stuffed in birds are not new to the culinary world. adventure. A friend, having recently discovered the There are references to various combinations in culinary texts dating as far back as the turducken myth, decided to put me to the test. As I recall, early 1800s. But it is Paul Prudhomme, the flamboyant chef fromN ew Orleans, who the words “Isn’t that too complicated for you to cook?” popularized turducken and brought it to the cult status it now holds. A Thanksgiving were what got me. If those aren’t fighting words, I don’t staple in the southern United States, turducken is still a mystery to us tame and laid- know what are. And so the great Turducken Challenge back Northerners. Not surprising when everything seems a little larger-than-life in of 2010 was on. the south. Essentially, turducken is a turkey stuffed with a duck The recipe developed and perfected by chef Paul includes a different stuffing for

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Mountain Life Turducken each bird: cornbread stuffing for the turkey layer, andouille sausage for Ask your local butcher to de-bone the birds for you if you’re not up to the duck and shrimp stuffing for the chicken. According to chef Paul the challenge. The overall size of the birds can vary; just be sure that all of these flavours combine for the ultimate taste sensation. Being a the duck and chicken are small enough to fit in the cavity of the turkey bit of a sceptic, I decided to keep the flavours more local and simple. I without over-filling it. Ask the butcher for advice if you’re unsure. If you decided on an apple maple sausage stuffing for all three birds – a touch choose to de-bone the birds yourself, good luck and check online for of Canadiana for good measure. But first, I had to find the birds. And videos and how-tos. in late summer with Thanksgiving just a touch out of sight, a turkey Serves 12 to 20 people depending on bird sizes and human appetites. can be a hard thing to come by. 15 to 20 lb whole turkey, de-boned except for legs and wings A few phone calls to local butchers and I struck poultry gold. Black 5 to 6 lb whole duck, de-boned Angus meats in Thornbury had all the parts, including the sausage. 3 lb whole chicken, de-boned And butcher Don was willing to de-bone them for me. Enter moral salt and pepper dilemma. Do I still have the right to say I completed this challenge ¼ cup butter, softened 8 sage leaves Wiping the sweat from my brow 2 tbsp paprika with the back of my greasy hand I APPLE MAPLE SAUSAGE STUFFING: propelled onwards, strengthened ¼ cup butter 2 large white onions, diced by a healthy combination of ego 6 ribs celery, diced and curiosity. 4 apples, peeled and diced 1 tsp each salt and pepper even if I didn’t de-bone the birds myself? Is it a total cop-out if I accept 1 large loaf Italian bread, crusts removed, diced 8 sage leaves, chopped the offer? I know I have the skills to de-bone them (chef school and a Half bunch fresh parsley, chopped string of kitchen jobs led me to de-bone, even de-feather, my fair share 3 lb maple sausage of birds). But it has been a while, and life offered other challenges at the moment, including a bathroom renovation and a new baby. Don GRAVY: claimed it would take just over half an hour for him to de-bone all three 2 cups water birds. I calculated for myself it would take over an hour. Enough said. ¼ cup flour My advice: if the butcher offers, don’t refuse. They’re the pros, right? STUFFING – This can be made the night before the big day. With just over 30 lbs of boneless meat in a box on my back seat Refrigerate until ready to use. Saute onions, celery, apple, salt and I headed home to tackle the stuffing. And at 10:30 that night when pepper in butter until golden. Transfer to large bowl with bread, sage the sausage meat was still cooking away and I continued to drain cup and parsley. Remove sausage from casings. Cook in large saucepan, after cup of flesh-coloured fat from the pan I wondered why the hell I draining fat regularly, until browned and cooked through. Add to bread got myself into this mess. Turducken isn’t on my bucket list. If I really mixture. Let stand, refrigerated, for at least two hours. think about it, the whole concept is kind of gross. Wiping the sweat ASSEMBLING – Lay the turkey flat, skin side down, on work surface. from my brow with the back of my greasy hand I propelled onwards, (I covered my kitchen table with an old, clean towel and had plenty of strengthened by a healthy combination of ego and curiosity. With the paper towel within arms reach.) Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cover stuffing complete and in the fridge, I headed to bed for a feverish dream evenly with half of the stuffing. Lay duck, skin side down, on top of of feathers and beaks. stuffing. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cover with half of remaining Assembly day was smooth. The layering and rolling of the stuffing. Lay chicken, skin side down, on top of stuffing. Sprinkle with turducken is definitely the fun part. Part mad-scientist, part fancy-pants salt and pepper. Cover with remaining stuffing. chef, part totally crazy. With one arm hugging the turkey closed and Using a trussing needle, or an upholstery needle and butcher’s twine, sew up turkey, moderately tight, starting from the tail end. Enlist an the other hand working quickly to stitch it up I found myself grinning extra pair of hands here, one to hold the turkey closed and one to sew. away. Then into the oven with a quick wish good luck, and I waited. The less tearing, the better so that the stuffing stays inside. And waited. And waited. The denseness of the turducken means it Roll turkey over and place in roasting pan. Using fingers, gently work takes significantly longer to roast than your average turkey. Plus the skin away from the breast meat to create a small pocket. Fill pocket slow, low temperature helps keep the turkey breast meat moist. As with softened butter and sage leaves. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and the birds finished cooking I couldn’t help but feel a little proud of the paprika. creation I was pulling from the oven. It looked like a turkey. It smelled Roast in 275*F oven until thermometer inserted into centre reads 165*F. This takes between 6 and 8 hours depending on the size of the like a turkey. But I knew that inside was way more than just turkey birds. Let turducken stand for 20 minutes before carving. and couldn’t wait to carve into it. Dinner party assembled. New and old friends gathered to carve into GRAVY – While the turducken is resting, strain all the juices from the the bird. And it was good. Would I say totally mind-blowing? Um, no. pan into a medium saucepan. Skim off as much fat as possible (and Sadly no. Maybe I need a bit more practice at the old turducken. Or there is a lot!). Add water and bring to a boil. Remove one cup of the maybe chef Paul is really on to something with his three stuffing, three liquid to a bowl, whisk in the flour. Whisk flour mixture back into boiling bird combo. Maybe it’s just a whole heap of hype. Or maybe it’s because gravy. Simmer until thickened. Keep warm to serve. I spent two whole days with the strange beast. But it kinda just tasted Carve a turducken the same way you would slice a loaf of bread. like a chicken stuffed in a duck, stuffed in a turkey. But the gravy, the Remember to cut pieces from both the breast end and the tail end for gravy, mmm the gravy. I’d do it all over again just for a spoonful. ml a combination of light and dark meats.

56 mountainlifemag.ca Collingwood Tandoori House Authentic Indian Cuisine OPEN 7 DAYS MON TO SAT 11 – 9 FREE SUNDAY 3:30 – 8 :30 Vegetable Pakora Take-out and catering with take-out orders available/Pick-up Orders 14 Balsam St. Collingwood Ontario (across from Staples) Phone 705-444-8020 www.collingwoodtandoorihouse.com

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Jozo’s The Pottery Restaurant Bridges Tavern Blue Mountain’s original rockin’ hot spot, featuring nightly Located in the original Blue Mountain Inn, the Pottery Located in the area’s first brick mansion, BridgesT avern live entertainment, located in the Blue Mountain Inn has lots to offer including a casual atmosphere, has been recently renovated and re-opened with a right across the hall from The Pottery. There’s incredible exceptional service and creative dining experiences. refreshed atmosphere of warmth, friendliness and dancing and nightlife where the energy intensifies Menu features seafood, AAA steaks and amazing sophistication. Casual dining menu items include Grilled until the wee hours. Jozo’s menu is the best of pub daily selections. Open breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. herbed calamari, Bridges baby back ribs braised in Peeler grub featuring fabulous wings, nachos, pizzas, stacked Children’s menu available. cider, Chicken flatbread pizza and many more. sandwiches and burgers. Après vibrations at their best! bluemountain.ca/potteryres.htm bridgestavern.com bluemountain.ca/jozobar.htm 705.443.5509 519.599.2217 705.443.5508

60 mountainlifemag.ca Windy O’Neills Irish Pub Green Mango Tree Thai Fusion The Cheese Gallery In the heart of the Village at Blue Mountain, the true Collingwood’s Thai food hotspot offers favourites Located in downtown Thornbury, our focus is to provide Irish atmosphere will have you unwinding with one of such as Lemongrass beef short ribs, Shrimp curry and our customers with extraordinary local and international our 17 draft beers. Our hearty pub fare is all you’ll need, Spring rolls stuffed with pork, shrimp or veggie salad cheeses, locally produced artisan’s foods, custom from our famous Fish ’n chips to our traditional Irish and rolled in rice paper with a delicious house lime framing, and the talents of a group of artists. Drop by stew to the Windy’s mixed grill or signature steak. sauce. Other dishes include Tom yum soup, Chicken to savour the tastes, feel the energy, and experience windyoneills.com curry, Thai fried rice and Tamarind shrimp. Signature the art. Find an unparalleled selection of cheese, tea 705.446.9989 dishes are offered along with vegetarian options. and coffee, pasta, sauces and condiments, bread and greenmangotree.com pastries, ready-to-go meals, and wine, beer and cider. 705.719.7888 519.599.6699 thecheesegallery.ca

Copper Blues Duncans Café Tesoro The first restaurant to open in the Village at Blue, If you don’t like a fresh and diverse menu paired with Tesoro, at 18 School House Lane, Collingwood, Copper Blues is a true Village pioneer. Featuring a suggested wines from all regions and if you really specializes in traditional Italian foods, gourmet pizza casual yet sophisticated menu for lunch and dinner daily, don’t like original-art-covered interiors, wait staff and homemade pastas including gluten-free selections. diners can enjoy AAA steaks and seafood, wild game with personality and the best dining experience in Licensed patio with bar. Adjoining Avalanche Ice and much more. Collingwood .... then you’d better not come to Duncans Cream & Juice bar specializes in homemade ice cream copperblues.com Café, where every dish is prepared and served with love! and fresh fruit smoothies. Tesoro Mercato features 705.446.2643 Reserve your favourite table again! homemade Italian entrees fresh, frozen and ready to go. duncanscafe.com Live music Thursdays in July and August. Call to cater 705.444.5749 your next event. [email protected] 705.444.9230

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Craigleith General Store and Restaurant Collingwood Tandoori House Ravenna Country Market Longstanding eatery with friendly service and Across from Staples on the highway in Collingwood, This historic site, functional for 126 years in the hamlet comfortable surroundings including a wood-burning the Tandoori House offers a full menu of genuine Indian of Ravenna on Grey Road 2, has been reinvented. Fully stove. Open seven days a week and Thursday, Friday cuisine including seven kinds of nan, tandoori mix grill, renovated with an expanded kitchen, the new store and Saturday for dinner. Menu specialties by chefs Eric and all the classics in seafood, chicken, lamb, beef and offers soups, sandwiches and baked goods made Madden and Crista Dennis include homemade soups, vegetarian dishes. $8.95 lunch special combo served on-site, as well as gourmet frozen entrees and more prime rib, whitefish, ribeye steak, secret recipe burgers Monday–Friday 11:30 am to 2:00 pm. Take out is also from Sara’s Incredible Edibles and the Blue Mountain and more. Minutes from Blue and all ski clubs. available and catering to large groups or small parties. Bakery. Also offers local produce, video rentals and Highway 26 in Craigleith Open seven days a week. maps of the Kolapore Uplands trails. 705.445.2239 collingwoodtandoorihouse.com ravennacountrymarket.ca 705.444.8020 519.599.2796

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Pottery fall harvest - half page.indd 1 9/1/2010 10:04:56 AM Eastern resorts can maintain active glading programs. Here’s how escarpment-region skiing could benefit from more tree spacing. trees please By glen harris

We’ve all experienced it. Those of us who ski here regularly catch it. When it’s on, happiness ensues, shit-eating grins ride the lifts, hoots echo amid the quiet snowfall and then it’s over. Until the next northerly system blows in from across the Bay.

Powder.

64 mountainlifemag.ca Greg Sturch, officially out of bounds, but officially stoked. Colin Field photo

m o u n t a i n l i f e m a g . c a 65 C.G. Fuego finds the rare Ontario glade. Glen Harris photo

“Skiing amongst large trees is natural and feels right.”

It’s elusive for us around here. There are repeatedly receives awards for the best spells of dry powder everywhere along glade skiing in the country. the Escarpment but when it’s on, it goes So why is Sutton, in a region with fast. The runs get schralped, groomers a logging history similar to our own, compact it into our base… and the so dialed when it comes to glading? glades? Well, the glades get skied out The secret lies with Réal Boulanger, the instantly. visionary and founder of the eastern gem At Blue and along the hundreds of of a resort that was born 50 years ago acres of escarpment skiing, there aren’t this winter. many options for the tree skier. The “Réal Boulanger realized skiing is not trees are tight – unnaturally tight. just going up the mountain, then down The hills around here were heavily the mountain,” says Sutton’s Director of logged throughout the 19th and early Marketing Nadya Baron. “He understood 20th centuries. Famed engineer, inventor that people loved skiing, but also enjoyed and Craigleith resident Sir Sanford the natural surroundings. To him, a trail Fleming used some of the wood to build could not go straight. Skiing amongst the Canadian Pacific Railway. Happy large trees is natural and feels right.” Valley was a logging road. Another “The Boulanger family decided tree by ran up the Craigleith Ski Club towards tree, which tree is going and which tree is Banks. The bulk of the wood ended not. The result is you have less wind, you up in Collingwood harbour, where keep your snow longer, and you always steamships took it away. feel as if you are on your own. There was no replant per se. These “People are afraid to come to Sutton clearcuts were left to their own devices because they picture tight trees and bush and, as seedlings blew across from with little branches smacking you in the fields and forests, there developed a face. But what we have is not skiing in juvenile forest where saplings competed the woods but skiing in the glades, and vigorously for sun. our concept of glades goes from beginner The result is a dense forest of small, to expert.” tightly woven trees. Not only unhealthy Although there hasn’t been a lot of for the forest, but also, selfishly, glade terrain put in, Blue is leading the impossible to ski. A general spacing way in tree skiing regionally. Blue’s newly would not only bring back a natural appointed President Dan Skelton is the canopy for the trees, giving them room original advocate of gladed skiing, taking to breathe and get larger, but more research trips to Sutton. importantly, would open up gladed, The Skelton clan has been skiing at skiable terrain. Blue longer than the resort-founding So far, for those who ski trees Weider clan. And Dan Skelton knows around here, it’s still just a pipe dream. the trails better than anyone: his 25 year Meanwhile, Mount Sutton, a resort in career on the resort has focused mostly Quebec’s Eastern Townships, boasts on operations. over 40 percent glade skiing, and “We used to ski a lot as kids through

66 mountainlifemag.ca The author doing one of his favourtie things. Colin Field photo the trees,” he says, “so I’ve always been “For full runs you need to start at an avid tree skier. When I go to other a lift and end at a lift, and you need a resorts my first instinct is to see where straight fall line in between. A lot of the the glades are. We went through a period wooded areas either have fall lines down where we liked to add something new to a river or watercourse or flow away every year for season’s passholders and from a lift.” regulars. We were chasing a lot of kids Blue does have some amazing out of trees and out of little chutes, so beginner glades in along the traverse I did a little research trip out to Mount from the Silver Bullet chair towards Sutton. I talked to their operators about Happy Valley. Anyone interested in trying the injury rates in the glades, how they cut tree skiing locally can thank Skelton for and maintain them, and measured some the opportunity. But this year, with the of the spacing between trees. It looked addition of the Ridge Runner mountain like a pretty interesting model so we coaster, Blue Mountain is losing more started cutting in between Smart Alec and gladed runs than it’s gaining: the lower Mogul Alley. And we just kind of added a glades, rarely one of the better runs few hidden spots here and there.” at Blue, but one of the few treed runs, “This was seven or eight years ago. will be shut down. Hopefully, with avid The glades go wherever there is a nice tree-skier Skelton at the helm, more tree south-facing fall line. So there are not a skiing will open up soon. lot of places that make for great glade “We have a few spots we’d like to skiing but the ones that do work tend to develop. We have to be careful with be quite popular. integrating them with our night skiing and we have a fairly complicated Rob Davies eats some bark and proves that grooming pattern at night that involves yes, in fact, Ontario’s trees are too tight. closing trails. Glades kind of complicate Colin Field photo things, so we have to be strategic about where they go but we do have spots in mind.” “The low side of Bear Trail and the old South lift line are in our sights. And if we ever develop the Orchard there will be some glading opportunities there.” But when? Jay Peak in Vermont has offered ski passes in exchange for volunteer glading work. Let me be the first to volunteer under Skelton’s direction. We’d open up some great fall line skiing in patches all around Blue (like the backside of Hogg’s Back into Happy Valley). With the Bay not freezing over completely, northerly weather picks up more condensation now as it sweeps across the Bay and dumps it on the resorts. Which means the snow to make gladed runs viable is here. And so is the terrain. Hundreds of acres of woods are dense with brush and tightly woven trees. Is there more fall line throughout Blue and the private clubs that could use a good glading? Next time you ride up the lifts at Blue or drive along the stretch of road between Craigleith and Thornbury have a look at the hillside and picture it all gladed: imagine bringing back a healthy forest hundreds of acres in size. More selfishly, imagine the skiing. ml On the plus side, if you can ski Ontario’s trees, you can ski just about anywhere. TK gets his pilot’s license. Colin Field photo

m o u n t a i n l i f e m a g . c a 69 “Why don’t we just prop our skis here and have a seat? Everyone’s doing it!” Henry Georgi photo

70 mountainlifemag.ca Hot dogging is totally radical. Henry Georgi photo

Shades of Blue The writers of Hot Tub Time Machine most likely started with one premise: show lots of hilarious ‘80s ski fashion. And it’s a pretty good premise. With the possible exception of the ‘70s, there’s no era of fashion that’s easier to laugh about; in hindsight, pink Ditrani one-piece fart sacks, outrageous Carrera sunglasses and uber-long straight skis are pretty damn ridiculous. And if you’re trying to make people laugh there’s no better place to start. >>

by Colin Field

Toque? I don’t need no stinkin’ toque. Rob Buchanan photo Rob Buchanan photo

Henry Georgi Photo

This scene doesn’t look much different than today... except the pants are even tighter now. Henry Georgi photo

So when Blue Mountain offered us unlimited access to their photo vaults we had a pretty good idea what we were looking for. Box upon box of dust covered slide sheets awaited us at Blue’s offices and after hours of searching we found exactly what we wanted: a whackload of legendary ski photographer Henry Georgi’s early work. Georgi has gone on to become one of the best ski shooters in the world and has lived in Fernie, BC for over 15 years now. But his early days were in Ontario. And many of his early shots belong to Blue Mountain. Throw in some selections from Rob Buchanan, who now shoots for Parks Canada in Canmore, and we had the proverbial money shots from the Dayglo Decade. If Hollywood can base an entire feature-length film around silly fashion and a time machine made of a hot tub, then surely ML can base an entire feature on these photos. So that’s what we’re doing. Enjoy this nostalgic trip down Happy Valley. ml

Henry Georgi photo 72 mountainlifemag.ca This must have been a good snow year: it’s rarely so deep in Movember. Henry Georgi photo

m o u n t a i n l i f e m a g . c a 73 Some things are timeless. Because this is still awesome. Henry Georgi photo

74 mountainlifemag.ca Henry Georgi photo

Henry Georgi photo

More timelessness; this joke still sucks. Henry Georgi photo

The reason the poma is gone? This is it. Henry Georgi photo

m o u n t a i n l i f e m a g . c a 75 Gallery Glen harris PHOTO Damian Krukowski on Lost At Sea, 5.10c Marc Landry Photo HELI UP. HELL YEAH DOWN. THIS ISN’T SKIING, THIS IS HELI-SKIING. AND WE INVENTED IT. WWW.CMHSKI.COM

SKIER: CMH GUIDE DAVE GAULEY AREA: CMH CARIBOOS RUN: JAN’S PERCH COORDINATES: 52 DEGREES 38’57.80” N, 119 DEGREES 27’57.32” W gearguide

MEC Gemini ES tent ($299) A key feature of MEC’s Gemini 2-person tent is the waterproof window at both ends of the fly to let light in and allow for weather checks. Other key features include central-hub pole system for fast assembly, twin full vestibules, and a waterproof floor. We tested Teva Forge Pro ($150) the super-light fly of silicone- “If you look good enough, treated nylon in several storms; you can make Mother Nature even after packing up wet and attracted to you, and she’ll pitching again in the rain, the actually protect you. That’s tent interior stayed drip-free. why I wear the Forge Pro.” This Extended-Season (ES) Westcomb Pinnacle Hoodie ($160) Thus The Naturist – Teva’s version replaces the mesh Westcomb was formed in 2004 in a Burnaby, BC basement to parody pitchman – sums up canopy with a full fabric one for make clothing and outerwear based on no-gimmick functionality the flagship shoe of the new extra protection. The interior is without compromising fit and style.T he Pinnacle sweater is a good Mountain Cross Trainer (MXT) spacious for one, and cozy for example of this philosophy. Westcomb’s Gabriel Cote told us, “We platform, a collection that claims two who don’t mind the odd wanted something that looks good enough for a meeting, but is to “redefine outdoor multi-sport overlapping limb. functional enough to be able to hop in the car and go catch some footwear.” The Forge Pro has mec.ca evening turns at the local hill. The blend of poly against your skin no shortage of tech features and the performance and look of fine Italian wool on the outside (waterproof-breathable upper, makes that reality.” external heel counter for westcomb.com stability, we could go on) but its clean design means you can also wear it to your favourite pretentious bistro at the end of the day’s scramble. teva.com

Gear Guide by Colin Field and ned morgan

Mountain Life Flex Fit Hat ($NA) Made by the guys that run our sister publication in Whistler, these Mountain Life hats are hot commodities. So hot in fact that we’re not sure where you can get one. A good start would be heading to Whistler. Or you could try heckling publisher Glen Harris to finally make some ML swag. Come on, Glen! Contact him at 705.441.6334. He assures us that if he gets enough requests they will be available. mountainlifemag.ca

80 mountainlifemag.ca Are you Banff’s Next Top Model?

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Brunton L3 Headlamp ($150) The L3 looks so “tech” that when we broke it out during an overnight paddle, friends wondered if it was also able to download and project the contents of your brain. While not as compact as cheaper models, its 3-watt LED penetrates over 200 feet for up to 200 hours (using four AA batteries). You can carry even more battery life with an external C battery pack. The L3 gives more power than strictly necessary for your average camping trip; this badboy can tackle caving and night riding. brunton.com

La Sportiva Raptor ($125) New this year from the Italian shoemaker, a trail runner with a super-sticky proprietary outsole for grip and protection. The Raptor differs from other trail- runners – instead of wide lugs, it boasts a sleek design inspired by climbing footwear. It’s touted as a competition-quality technical mountain runner and it can certainly tear up the unstable terrain of the Bruce Trail. The wraparound toe bumper adds protection and the “Trail Bite” heel adds braking power. The Raptor is ultra-lightweight and breathable, too. lasportiva.com

Electric Hoodlums ($95) These shades recall the vintage shape of the ‘80s without the bright colours. One hundred percent UV protection keeps your cornea protected while the price keeps your wallet fat. The Grilamid (does anyone know Gear Guide what that means?) frames are durable and light, and with a tiny hint of red, gold and green on the arms, you can let the right people know that when 4:20 comes around you’ll be busy. Spot Satellite GPS electricvisual.com Messenger ($169.99) Compact enough to fit in a coat pocket or attach to the outside of a backpack, the SPOT serves as a line of communication when you’re out in the wild. For a small fee you activate a yearly service then set up a shared page (viewable by anyone you choose) that logs your GPS waypoints synched with Google maps. If necessary you can also send an SOS message that goes direct to the GEOS International Emergency Response Center. When we tested this personal satellite messenger on a wilderness trip and sent one waypoint per day, some of our messages were not received; we recommend using the Track Progress function and leaving the SPOT on all day so it sends constant GPS coordinates to your shared page. Make sure you pack extra batteries. findmespot.ca

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1) MEC Merino Lightweight Hoodie MEC made this hipster-ready hoodie in nature’s own technical Picks fabric: merino wool. It’s warm even when it’s wet. Plus it’s soft, from the itch-free, stretchy, anti-microbial, and buffers well against sudden Locals temperate changes. Works year-around as a versatile base layer. Tim, Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca 1.888.847.0770) (1) 2) Alpina goggles with Quattroflex Lens The semi-polarized Quattroflex lens fits in any Alpina goggle body and gives you maximum definition in flat light, eliminating (2) glare while enhancing contrast. Anti-fog coated with 100% UV protection. Available at Envy Eyewear with a removable prescription insert. Betty, Envy Eyewear, Village at Blue (envyeyewear.com 705.445.3168, direct Toronto line 416.238.2743)

3) Lange RS 130 ski boot Lange’s Control Fit Technology addresses traditional hard to fit issues and offers racers and technical skiers the highest performance boots without compromising comfort. The RS 130 is (3) mono-injected making it easy to customize if needed. Fits more feet then any other high performance boot on the market. Shane, Squire John’s, Craigleith (squirejohns.com 705.445.1130)

4) Blundstone Winter The Winter is Blundstone’s first seasonally focused boot, with the added warmth of Thinsulate and genuine wicking sheepskin insoles to get you through the coldest spells. Lace-free ease, slip-resistant soles and weather-repelling leather make this a must for every Canadian. (4) blundstone.ca

5) Nordica Fire Arrow 80 XBI CT and Arrow 74 XBI CT Versatile and aggressive skis that deliver as much enjoyment on groomed runs as in powder. With these two new Fire Arrow models, performance and pleasure hit new heights. Combining a frontracer sidecut (Spitfire line) and a profile not unlike an all‐terrain ski, these new skis offer pure joy on and off piste. Isabelle, Nordica Canada (nordicacanada.com) (5) (6) (7) (8) 6) Fischer Progressor All ski hills in Ontario are steep near the top and level out half way down, forcing skiers to do short controlled slalom turns at the top and gradually move into larger GS turns. The Progressor 10 has a slalom tip for shorter controlled turns on the steeps and a GS tail for stable high speed turns near the bottom. Jason, Fischer Canada (fischersports.com)

7) Volkl Kendo At 88 mm underfoot, the Kendo (Ken = sword, do = path or the way) is narrower than the Mantra. This will make the Kendo that much more enjoyable in the East, where we get more ice and firmer conditions. Due to its solid construction, the versatile Kendo carves like a race ski and can float in the soft stuff, too. Michael, Marker Volkl Canada (markervolkl.com 888.273.4791)

8) Salomon Enduro Black A true high-performance all-mountain ski, the Enduro combines unrivaled stability and control. Powerline dampening system is designed for all-mountain skiing. Offers guaranteed performance on hard and soft conditions, and consistency on groomers. Drew, Salomon Canada (salomon.com 1.800.361.3398)

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10) Neve Sweaters and Accessories Born in the mountain, but never without a touch of urban attitude, Neve greets the new season with a palette of rich colors, playful prints and endless details. Within the men’s and women’s collections you’ll find a bold fusion of European and North American sensibilities (12) brought together in innovative designs using a variety of materials, including Merino wool and silk. Nicole, Red Devil Sports, Village at Blue (11) (705.443.5803)

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17) Tights and leggings at Echo Trends Tights and leggings are perfect for the Fall/Winter season. Satisfy your shopping urges with the fashions, handbags, jewelry and accessories found at Echo Trends. Featuring many local artisans. Dana, Echo Trends, Village at Blue (705.446.1496)

(17) 18) Carrol Boyes flatwear and forged cutlery From the internationally noted designer of functional art. Pickle fork, condiment spoon, cheese knifes, pâté knife, cheese planer and more available. Hornbeam cheeseboards available exclusively at Dags & Willow. Kelly and Steven, Dags & Willow, Collingwood (dagsandwillow.ca 705.444.9100)

19) Earth Therapeutics Anti-Stress Massage Lotion Relaxes the body and calms the mind with an all-natural aroma- therapeutic blend that smells as beautiful as this soothing lotion feels. Not tested on animals. Laura, Mantra Yoga Studio, Thornbury (mantrayogastudio.ca 705.351.8700)

20) Handmade puppets (18) Handmade-in-Canada puppets from the Cate & Levi Collection made from reclaimed wool. Each item is as unique as the child who adopts it. Available at Evolve, Eco Toys & Clothing for Little People. Samantha, Evolve Toy Store, 25 Sykes St., Unit 2 Meaford (519.538.5600)

(19) 21) Studies of Georgian Bay Sold exclusively at Azzurra Trattoria in downtown Collingwood, a series of ten 12x12 oil-on-canvas original paintings of Georgian Bay by Paul Mantrop, created to celebrate Azzurra’s 10th anniversary. Available at less-than-gallery prices for a limited time. Azzurra, Collingwood (azzurra.ca 705.445.7771)

22) Local painting (20) In the heart of Artsburg, a gallery featuring works by Bertie, Donna Andreychuk, Larry Middlestadt and many more. Pottery and jewelry also available. Matilda Swanson Gallery, Clarksburg (matildaswansongallery.com 705.351.9451)

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1950s: Jozo Weider works the wheels of... clay. PHOTO COURTESY OF GEORGE WEIDER

by bill shelley How Pottery Saved the Mountain PHOTOS BY ALAN CROFTS Nearly 60 years ago, Blue Mountain’s future turned on the potter’s wheel

Many a yard-sale table has groaned under the weight of green-hued Blue Mountain Pottery. Perhaps due to over-familiarity, BMP’s reputation suffered locally for many years. Yet since the factory closed in 2005 – a victim of cheap imports and a higher Canadian dollar – BMP has experienced a rebirth. It’s collected around the world, the most prized set able to fetch thousands at auction. It’s on display at the Royal Ontario and Gardiner Museums, and featured on a Canadian postage stamp. With raw-material clay dug from Blue Mountain slopes and later from the Shelburne region, BMP was a “100-Mile” industry long before the concept became vogue. The pottery and Ontario’s largest ski resort were closely connected. In fact, BMP rescued Blue Mountain Resort from financial trouble in the 1950s. Blue Mountain Vice-Chairman George Weider says the resort his father Jozo Weider founded in 1941 began to flounder a decade later. “We did not have snowmaking in the 1950s and the business struggled. The pottery played a key role in our financial survival.” An accidental discovery led to the creation of the first pottery in 1953. “We were expanding the mountain aggressively all the time,” says Weider. “Usually there was a trail being bulldozed.” Workers constantly turned up clay and a refugee from Communist Czechoslovakia named Dennis Tupy, working as a dishwasher at the resort, commented that it looked like the stuff he used to make pottery back in the old country. Jozo Weider stood within earshot. “A lot of people would have just let that go by,” says George Weider, “but Jozo was always an opportunist, an entrepreneur, tremendously creative… so he jumped on the idea.” Fortuitously, Tupy was a talented mould maker who held a diploma from a renowned Czech ceramics institute; Weider and Tupy wasted no time building kilns and beginning production, mainly bowls, vases, jugs and ornamentals including stylized swans, horses and deer. The early work used a “flow glaze” technique, the green shade reportedly an attempt to mimic the colour of Blue Mountain in the summer months.

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This glaze became the signature, though early glazes also included plum, blue and rainbow. George Weider worked in the pottery as a teenager in the 1950s. “When we put pottery under high heat and used drip glazes, they produced a variegated pattern. No batch was entirely the same because they reacted differently. The items had an individuality about them. That was part of the charm. You were really buying a piece of Blue Mountain.” The production outgrew its original facility in the basement of the Ski Barn (a multi-use building that served as an apple storage, lodge and ski shop) and relocated to a building in Craigleith on Highway 26, then later to a factory in Collingwood. In 1965, Jozo sold the company to finance expansion of the resort. George Weider underlines the wisdom behind this move. “The resort business was the one to keep. The resort produced an experience rather than a product. And it’s not so easy to break into the resort business whereas in China or anywhere you can produce cheap ceramics.” Weider also cites the difficulty of obtaining local clay today due to Niagara Escarpment Commission regulations, and lead pollution, as further reasons why it’s just as well his father sold the business. BMP continued production under various owners for 40 more years. In addition to the 1950s staples moulded by Dennis Tupy, the company segued into dinnerware and lamps and expanded its menagerie of Canadian animal figurines while applying mocha, slate, gold, red and other glazes. The late ‘60s saw studio lines such as the large vases hand-thrown on a wheel by award-winning Italian designer Dominic Stanzione and a matte-glazed Noah’s Ark Collection including an orangutan, rhinoceros, fish, tiger, owl and Noah himself, all in an eccentric, fine-lined style recalling Mayan sculpture. A complete Collection (13 figures on wooden stands plus the wooden ark) is probably worth several thousand at auction. Blue Mountain Pottery is collected around the world, and ceramics- obsessed UK is a hotspot. Lincolnshire-based collector Alan Crofts runs the BMP in the UK website. He obtained his large collection from eBay and also finds items at antique fairs. Crofts launched his web site, he says, “with a view to helping other collectors to identify and differentiate between true pieces of BMP and other Canadian potteries. “I’ve watched the value of BMP climb steadily over the last few years,” Crofts adds. Next time you see that yard sale table crowded with BMP, it wouldn’t hurt to examine it carefully. Some of those little pieces of Blue Mountain might fetch enough at auction to buy yourself a season pass. ml DIY Think you’ve got some priceless BMP pottery? Check out mountainlifemag.ca to see how you can trade in your kitschy ornamentals for cold hard cash.

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