Ryan Stuart, explore's gear editor
Ryan Stuart's tell all blog spot on his gear addiction and life and times as explore magazine's gear editor
March 2009 archive
A series that doesn't suck: Brooks Cascadia 4 review
Usually it's a good idea to avoid the fourth version (think: Home Alone 4, Nightmare on Elm Street 4, the fourth Indiana Jones), but that's not the case with the Cascadia ($140; brooksrunning.ca). The fourth iteration of these popular trail runners are a killer shoe that any runner without motion ...
Record accidental ski jump
The French are crazy. We've heard it all before, but after you watch this YouTube video you'll be saying it too. Basically a pro skier rips some sweet turns and then takes a wrong turn with authority. Check out the size of his bomb hole.
Take only photographs, don't leave chalk marks
In the March issue of explore I wrote an article about Calgary's lesser known adventures: road rides in Kananaskis, an early season scramble, a scenic hike and bouldering a glacial erratic. It was a chance to think back on some great experiences; I grew up and went to university in ...
Revel - stoked
This is Revelstoke: We arrived in town and needed to find a split-board for some backcountry touring we were planning. Our first ride up the gondola at Revelstoke Mountain Resort](http://www.revelstokemountainresort.com/) and we'd met a local who offered us her board for the day. We'd been talking to her for 30 ...
When it's a little faceshotty...
What a whirlwind. I’m back from a week of backcountry skiing at Icefall Lodge in the Rockies near Golden, BC. I was home for less than a week and now I’m on the road again. I’ve got a couple of fun trips planned, but first let me tell you about ...
Winter testing at Icefall
This week I'm at Icefall Lodge, one of the 28 Backcountry Lodges of BC. It's one of the newest backcountry lodge, sitting on the east side of the Continental Divide north of Golden and east of Saskatchewan River Crossing in Banff National Park. It's close to five 11,000 foot peaks ...