15 years of life (and mountains) in the Sea to Sky—and a magazine that caught some of it 20
Tik Tok, Ya Don’t Stop words :: Kieran Brownie
2008 ML publisher Todd Lawson and Christina Tottle ride dirtbikes across Africa (south to north) distributing mosquito nets to help fight the malaria epidemic SEA TO SKY Search & Rescue calls: 34 WHISTLER PEAK2PEAK opens, Shane McConkey promptly base jumps off it
Costs to battle BC wildfires triple over the previous year; a sign of things to come
2006-2010 As the first issue of Mountain Life rolled off the press, the smokestacks of Squamish’s Woodfibre pulp mill hacked their last toxic coughs—a welcome breath of fresh air for some, but the end of a way of life for others. Meanwhile, the recent 2010 Winter Olympic announcement triggered a gold-rush style migration to the Sea to Sky Corridor. The “Killer Highway” 99 was finally upgraded and the incredible Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre was raised. Housing prices did a double cork, while ski bums raged against the contentious PEAK2PEAK gondola in Whistler. There was no shortage of stories to tell…
PEMBERTON The biggest landslide in recorded Canadian history lets go on Mount Meager, dumping 45,000,000 cubic metres of debris into Meager Creek
