Maintaining your child’s bike: the essentials
By Jean Ann Berkenpas Spring has sprung, the weather has warmed up, and children and adults alike are eager to get out on their bikes. It is easy to forget what condition the bikes were put […]
Adventure/Outdoor Rec
Bear, bikes and a ‘Whoop!’
by Andru McCracken If you ride bikes at the Valemount Bike Park and love that rush of adrenaline, you may get an extra boost without needing to hit a big gap or extreme feature. All […]
Barrel racing with twin toddlers
By Jean Ann Berkenpas Barrel racing has been a part of Melanie Brown’s childhood and now she is redefining it as a family experience with her twin toddlers in tow. Brown began barrel racing when […]
The changing face of Canoe River hot springs, through five generations
by Jean Ann Berkenpas In the early 1900s, pioneers of the Valemount area Fulton McKirdy and his son Angus, stopped at the Canoe River hot springs to wash up on the way home from their […]
Thumbs down in stumptown
by Andru McCracken The manager of VARDA, a key player in the Valemount Bike Park, is fuming mad with trail poachers. Bike riders have been riding trails that are still soft and moist and recently […]
A community mourns: local man tragically killed in snowmobile competition
by Andru McCracken A local man died during a snowmobile hill climb competition at Sun Peaks Resort last Saturday. Initial news reports only identified him as a 28-year-old Alberta man, but the news of Everett […]
Spring thaw for Valemount Glacier Destinations?
by Laura Keil The ground is thawing but there’s still no word on whether Valemount Glacier Destinations will begin construction this spring. The Toronto-based private equity firm MM Realty has been in the process of […]
Junior Rangers on the move
by Jean Ann Berkenpas Over spring break, 14 Junior Canadian Rangers (JCR) from Valemount helicoptered to a remote area of the Mount Robson Provincial Park for two days and nights of alpine winter camping and […]
20 grand for a blue square
by Andru McCracken When you get to the very top of the Valemount Bike Park you have only one route down. The trail is a black diamond, aptly named High Roller, where expert level features […]
All safe in heli-skiing crash
by Andru McCracken The Transportation Safety board is investigating a helicopter crash north of Blue River in the Cariboo Mountains that happened on March 14 just after 1 pm. According to Deanna Kristensen, Marketing Coordinator […]
Trex connects girls to outdoors
by Jean Ann Berkenpas This winter, a small group of Girl Guides has been venturing into the local backcountry through some overnight snowshoeing trips. The group is unique in that their programing is centred on […]