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With 16 glorious issues under our belts, feel free to peruse the epic catacomb of mountain literature, illustration, design and photography of Kootenay Mountain Culture Magazine in the warmth and comfort of wherever you keep your computer (hopefully it’s warm and comfortable). All of our issues will soon be available on line for your viewing pleasure. If you’d like to buy some beauty back issues, contact us and for a nominal fee we’ll send you the whole shabang.
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Winter 09/10 – The Competition Issue
It’s one of our best issues to date. The Competition Issue, a look into all things embattled in the mountains and beyond. Read a collection of articles and photography by the likes of Steve Ogle, Jordan Manley, Kari Medig, Lisa Richardson, Thomas Chalmers, Andrew Findlay and Mitchell Scott. Go to Slovenia, look inside the potential [...] Read the whole post.
Summer 09 – The Burl Issue
Dive into a summer of gnarl with KMC’s 2009 Summer magazine, the Burl Issue. From wicked plants to crazy freeriders, hell-bent skateboarding to old-world hangings. With beautiful design, inspiring photography and great writing, Issue 15 takes readers on a trip deep into what makes living and those who live in the mountains so dang tough. [...] Read the whole post.
Winter 08/09 – The Roots Issue
Dive into an entire issue dedicated to the Roots of Mountain Culture. Travel to Norway, back to the ancient myths of the Coyote, dive deep into the austerity of big hair and the power of dirtbag publishing. We round out the feature well with stories on skiing’s carbon footprint, Everest adventures and backwoods bookstores. Click [...] Read the whole post.
Summer 2008 – The Design Issue
It was one of our most coveted issues. A whole feature well dedicated to the idea of desing: in clothes, in gear, in nature, buildings, books, and, well, we would be remiss if we didn’t have a story on design gone wrong. Click on the images below to download pdf’s of our feature well stories. Read the whole post.
Winter 07/08 – The Alpine Issue
Our inhospitable paradise. Where we all want to go, but can never stay. The alpine. Where the land moves right before our very eyes. We hear the rocks fall, the ice crack, waterfalls and avalanches thunder down gravity’s slide. We are at the headwaters of mighty rivers. We can touch eons of frozen history. Flowers [...] Read the whole post.
Summer 2007 – The Mountain Lifestyle Issue
In this issue we attempt to explore the question of what Mountain Lifestyle is by examining six idiosyncrasies that outline modern mountain societies: the activist, the athlete, the artist, the consumer, the entrepreneur, and the radical. Departments include engaging stories featuring Yvon Chouinard, mountain biking in Peru, CSI Grizzly and the model riding community of [...] Read the whole post.
Winter 06/07 – The World of Mountain Culture
While each continent has its highest peak, it also holds the people who live under those peaks. Those who look up to see rocky outcrops and jagged glaciers every day.What are these people like? How have mountains influenced their way of life? In order to get a glimpse of these cultures and their unique relationships with mountain environments, we’ve [...] Read the whole post.
Summer 06 – The Four Points of Adventure
For centuries human beings have broken complex realities and concepts into groupings of four called quaternities. Quaternities enable us to understand ideas like direction: north, south, east, west; elements: earth, fire, wind, water; or colours: red, blue, green, yellow. The quaternity is a simple, inherently balanced, easily understood, universally occurring model for how things work. [...] Read the whole post.
Winter 05/06 – The Funk Issue
Webster’s Dictionary defines “funky” as… Wait a second.Webster’s don’t know shit about no funk. As a matter of fact, if we leave it to the Websters of the world, we’ll just keep on getting stuff that is allegedly funky but ain’t. You know what’s not:Winkerbean. Chicken. Monkey. Cold Medina. Marky Mark’s Bunch, which is nothing but Grand Railroad with a [...] Read the whole post.
