Snowboard Canada, Winter 2008
The dry and desert-like plains of Kamloops, B.C. are a stark contrast to the Rocky Mountains to the east and the Coast Mountains to the west. Unlike the dazzling peaks of its siblings, the mountains of the Southern Interior are a little older and a little wiser.
Luckily, this in no way reflects the populace. Since the Europeans portaged their way over the Rockies and into modern-day BC, Kamloops has been a bona-fide Wild West kinda town. The first Europeans settlers were a typically gnarly bunch of rough and tumble fur traders and they brought the do-or-die attitude of the fur trade with them.
Like its rugged past, the snowboard scene here is based on taking advantage of the area’s stacked natural resources – famously dry and light Interior powder, untracked lines that last all day and a bevy of urban rails for the local outlaws to capitalize on.
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