Pure Outside

Welcome to PureOutside! This post used to be on Island Adventurer. To better organize the outdoor information it will now be hosted here. When people think of winter skiing and snowshoeing on Vancouver Island, Mount Washington Alpine Resort frequently comes to mind.  While the resort is very popular and has plenty to offer the winter [...]

Welcome to PureOutside! This post used to be on Island Adventurer. To better organize the outdoor information it will now be hosted here.   The ski gear is hanging to dry waiting to be put away. It was all put through it’s paces this past weekend on the fantastic snow of Mount Cain. I wasn’t [...]

Chaoz Productions has release a new film in 2010 called All In. Apparently there’s nothing else to do to keep up with the current pace of skiing aside from going all in! The film produced by Eivind Aurstad was film in locations from Folgefonna in Norway to Gothenburg in Sweden. All In! features riders Fridtjof [...]

I’m always on the lookout for new ski films, new to me films that are older are great as well. While older films might seem a bit slower compared to their newer, adrenaline packed cousins that are still some old-but-goodies out there. It would be nice if someone made a list of every ski film [...]

Some friends and I headed out to the backcountry to hit up a few turns this past weekend. It was going to be an epic day with lots of snow, blue ski and good friends but my truck just didn’t want any of it. After getting towed back to my place we piled into a [...]

No matter how much we want to be touring every day, there are times when conditions push us towards just skiing a day on the resort. Resort skiing doesn’t demand as much gear as touring, but it still sucks to forget something so here’s a check list for it. Ski Gear Skis (with bindings) Boots [...]

Have you ever heard a story that gives you chills? Takes your breath away? Gets you amped up to ride the biggest mountains you can find? “The Edge of Never follows the story of a young man, Kye Petersen, who travels to Chamonix, France, to ski the route that killed his famous, big-mountain skiing father, [...]

It was a good time. Everyone I talked to loved everything about the movies that were played. The music was good, the filming was awesome and the stories exciting. Here’s a brief rundown and some links of the movies that played. I’m in the process of finding out what songs were in some of the [...]