Pure Outside

Some days you go skiing and the snow is terrible. It’s far from the light fluffy amazingness that you can find on the best days. Some days you go hiking and it’s pissing down rain. It’s far from the bright warm sunshine that follows you around on the good days. Some days you go sailing [...]

For how much time and effort it takes to make a complete ski film, there are a surprising number of free films just waiting to be viewed online. Check them all out here. 2012 Awone Again – Awone Films Trailer | Producer | Film Page | Soundtrack | Full Movie Dang! – 4FRNT Trailer | Producer | Film Page | Soundtrack | Full Movie DYNAMITE – FreeSki-Crew.com Trailer | Producer | Film Page | Soundtrack | Full Movie En [...]

A few awesome new ski movies from 2012. If there are links missing below and know it, let us know in the comments or send an email with the contact form. Every year, we do a roundup post of all the ski movies from the previous year. It’s a great time to catch up on what [...]

This is part of the Quick Trip Report Series were we send out a dispatch as soon as possible after the trip is done. (This one is totally late but it’s the first one!) * Jess and I headed up Mount Becher January 13, 2013 for a quick ski tour. We weren’t sure we were [...]

Skiing is a sport activity which is quite competitive in which individual attaches ski board to footwear and used them to travel on top of snowfall. Aside from entertainment and competitions, skiing has been used for army requirements and even traveling in areas that experience large snowfall. Many types of aggressive skiing activities are identified [...]

Today my friend Jessica Glendinning lends her writing and outdoor skills to the blog. I first met Jessica at a conference in Portland called the World Domination Summit. Cool name right? Lots of cool people too. We got talking about the outdoors and I found out she co-owns an outdoor cooperative in Virigina. I had [...]

A new year means more new outdoor events! The events are even bigger and better this year than years past so don’t miss out. Make sure you book early on your events so you don’t miss out. If you know of any that aren’t on this list, email us at pureoutside [at] gmail.com or head [...]

After heading up 5040 Peak the weekend before, our eyes were now set on Adder Mountain which was just down the valley from 5040. The weather looked great for Sunday so we hoped to get some views of the surrounding peaks which we never got to see the weekend before.

Chris and I were aching to do a ski tour and get into the alpine so we settled on 5040 Peak in the HWY 4 area for the weekend’s adventure. We drove up from Victoria on Saturday night, hoping to drive up the Marion Creek Main until we hit snow line and set up camp for the night……

Note from Ross: Here we are in the middle of the summer and I’m posting trip reports about ski touring. We can all use a little change once in a while and it’s nice to remember what winter is going to be like when it comes around again. Here’s Roxy with a trip report from [...]