In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies
There is a wonderful fascination about mountains. Their massive grandeur, majesty of lofty height, splendour of striking outline crag and pinnacle and precipice seem to appeal both to the intellect and to the inmost soul of man, and to compel a mingled reverence and love ... James Outram First published in 1923, In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies …
Powder Pioneers
Discover the rich history of skiing in the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains with award-winning author and historian Chic Scott. He covers all aspects of the sport, ranging from the ski jumpers of Revelstoke in the 1920s, through the birth of ski lodges and ski resorts to the heli skiers, loppet racers and snowboarders of today. The perfect b …
Pushing The Limits
Recipient of the Banff Mountain Book Festival's Canadian Rockies Award
A book to be read and digested, then sampled, then read and dipped into often a fine achievement for this dedicated author Bruce Fairley, Canadian Alpine Journal
HOLY SHIT WAAAAAAAAAT A FABBBBBULOUS TOME. Tami Knight, Illustrator/Mountaineer
This important new book tells the sto …
Ski Trails in the Canadian Rockies
Ski Trails in the Canadian Rockies describes over 150 trails, tours and traverses for the nordic skier in the five Rocky Mountain National Parks, Kananaskis Country and in neighbouring Mount Assiniboine & Mount Robson Provincial Parks.
Summits & Icefields
When the first snows fly in November, sit down in front of the fire and dream of endless powder slopes, dazzling icefields and wilderness cabins under the northern lights.
What more do we need to say about this book, which not only features popular ski ascents, glacier tours and commercial lodges, but also, for the first time, describes the grand …
Summits & Icefields 1
RMB is pleased to present the third edition of Summits and Icefields 1: Alpine Ski Tours in the Canadian Rockies, one of our bestselling guidebooks. Researched and written by legendary alpinist Chic Scott, with the assistance of mountain guide Mark Klassen, this guidebook will continue to be the bible of ski mountaineers in the Rockies. There will …
Summits & Icefields 2
This new edition of Summits & Icefields 2: Alpine Ski Tours in the Columbia Mountains continues RMB's tradition of offering snow enthusiasts updated editions of our bestselling guidebooks. Researched and written by legendary alpinist Chic Scott, with the assistance of certified mountain guide Mark Klassen, this guidebook—along with its companion …
The Canadian Rockies
Arthur Philemon Coleman was a passionate Canadian and one of the first to truly discover the beauty and majesty of this country''s mountain ranges as an explorer, geologist and mountaineer. In 1884, before the railway traversed the Rocky and Columbia mountains, Coleman headed west on the first of what would be eight mountaineering expeditions, maki …
The Yam
Recipient of the Banff Mountain Book Festival's Canadian Rockies Award
The great wall of stone rising so prominently above the Trans-Canada Highway between Calgary and Banff, is the birthplace of modern rockclimbing in the Canadian Rockies. It was 50 years ago in 1952 that Hans Gmoser and Leo Grillmair first took up the challenge.
Since then Yam h …