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September 2016 edition

Track Street Growers’ Garlic Festival Tuning in with the Stoke FM family Visual Arts: Local creative Glass Duck Shaping up with the new CrossFit Revelstoke facility Distillery in the works for Revelstoke’s heritage Mountain View School Exploring Revelstoke’s September secrets

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September 2016

Contents 4 News Briefs 6 Summer tourism booms in 2016 7 Music: New albums by Katie Marti & Bruce Thomas 8 September events calendar 10 Exploring Revelstoke’s September secrets 11 Outdoor Life: Cascadian paddlers converge for

Jordan River race 12 News: Proposed Valemount resort takes

signifi cant step forward 13 Outdoor Life: Watching the Perseids meteor

shower in the Keystone Basin 16 Home Style: A unique heritage district renovation 18 Artist profile: Mo Art with Meagan Oxford

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Cover: Track Street Growers Sarah Harper and Stu Smith are hosting their third annual garlic festival this September 28. Check out our story on page 22 for more. Photo: Jodi Kay/Revelstoke Mountaineer Magazine

Artist profile: Revelstoke’s Glass Duck Essay: Anonymous comment Distillery in the works for Revelstoke’s heritage Mountain View School Ode to the clove: Track Street Growers’ host 3rd annual Garlic Festival Recipe: Garlic & spice crusted carrots with sesame yogurt Local finds: Revelstoke back to school styles Revelstoke lifestyle brands Street Style: Looks from the streets Health: New CrossFit Revelstoke facility opens

Correction: In our August issue, we got the dates of the Revelstoke Hospital Auxiliary Thrift Store sales wrong. The first Thursday of each month is a half price sale, while each day various promotions take place to keep inventory moving

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Contributors

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Jessica Campbell: Broadcast junkie by trade, yoga teacher at heart, Jessica Campbell is quite the paradox. While the storyteller from Ontario says she loves to talk, her favourite topic of discussion, ironically, is silence. Nicknamed “Yessica,” this bubbley spirit started travelling the world at 16 and recently settled in Revelstoke because it’s where she says she can find the most stillness by being active in the mountains.

Bruce Thomas is a Revelstoke-based multimedia artist known for his boundless, eclectic creativity. His visual works include acrylics on canvas, digital renderings, videos and much more. Bruce Thomas performs as Lofi Timemachine at local venues including the Big Eddy Pub, The Cabin, Main Street Cafe and the Taco Club.

Katie Marti is a rambling storyteller, campfire musician and swear word aficionado. She writes fiction and non-fiction and always does the Saturday morning crossword puzzle in pen. She lives in Revelstoke with a variety of friends and family, some of whom are dogs.

Jodi Kay is originally from Quebec, but considers herself lucky to have called Banff, France and now Revelstoke – home. She is a recipe developer, food blogger and farmer's market shopaholic. She loves hiking the trails, doing yoga and any adventure involving trail mix. You can find her work and recipes at www.happyheartedkitchen.com Sarah Mickel is a Revelstoke photographer who specializes in portrait, fashion and commercial photography. She has lived in Revelstoke for 12 years with her husband and two children. Find her work in our style session shoot at the beach and at sarahmickelphotography.com Sarah j Spurr: Sarah is a mixed media visual artist originally from the 705 / Kawartha Lakes Ontario, and has been a Revelstoke resident for the past three years. Heavily inspired by the natural environment and her relationship with it. Stoked on all the things she's discovering in British Columbia and the way these fresh influences have found ways into her home, heart and art-making.

Emily Kemp is a Revelstoke-based journalist and writer. Originally from Queensland, Australia, Emily moved to Revelstoke to take in the experience of our vibrant mountain community. You’ll find her snowboarding in the winter and tackling multi-day hikes in the summer.

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NEWS BRIEFS

Get the latest stories here, as reported on the revelstokemountaineer.com — your daily source of Revelstoke news and information. By Emily Kemp

New government, new Mount Revelstoke park hours?

In 2012, three weeks were shaved off the open season of Mount Revelstoke national park.

This was due to the Conservative government’s cutbacks of nearly $30 million to Parks Canada. $5 million of this was from reducing the operating season at parks and sites to peak visitation periods. But with a new Liberal government in, is there any plan to get these hours back?

Revelstoke depends on its tourism economy and more facilities for travellers means more opportunity for visitors to stop. While media advisors at Mount Revelstoke say the park is open year-round, there are currently no plans to leave the gates open any longer than from May 20 to October 11.

“This slight change to the operating season in Mount Revelstoke national park reflects visitation to the park, which typically drops off significantly after Thanksgiving weekend,” Shelly Bird said.

Visitation at Mount Revelstoke has gradually increased over the past few years. May statistics have nearly doubled since 2012 where there were 899 visitors. The largest increase is in June, which has seen a 60 per cent increase since 2012, while visitation in July has increased by 17 per cent.

NDP federal member of parliament for the Kootenay–Columbia, Wayne Stetski, and NDP’s parks critic said he would support a move to extend hours.

“I would like to see the seasons go back to where they were before,” he said.

“You do that by encouraging government to do that. Encouraging them to adequately fund national parks, which the Conservatives did not do quite frankly.”

Revelstoke receives national attention for bear cull The City of Revelstoke received international media attention recently for the number of black bears destroyed in the space of a few days.

While the city is normally known for being an outdoor paradise, the bear statues that stand guard at our entrances have been mocked for Revelstoke’s lax attitude on securing garbage and removing fruit from trees.

Nine bears were destroyed in two days in mid-August, making it on track to be one of the worst years for black bear deaths Revelstoke in a decade.

At least two businesses received violation tickets for attracting dangerous wildlife and calls for more bear-proof bins to be installed in the city and for a conservation office to be based in Revelstoke were raised.

“The city is very aware of how much we need a conservation officer,” Revelstoke City’s director of corporate administration Dawn Low said. “We will be lobbying the government to get that back because we are an isolated community.”

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Stoke the last of Revelstoke’s summer with new music festival Ember Music, family and friends and a sunset backdrop at Revelstoke Mountain Resort’s Revelation Meadows

Another summer done and dusted. Each year is different but taking the time to appreciate and reflect is beneficial.

That’s the concept behind Revelstoke Mountain Resort’s (RMR) new Ember Music Festival — a celebration of the transition from summer to fall, a chance to take stock of time passed and an opportunity for local residents to get together and enjoy some upbeat music.

The festival on Saturday, September 17 will be high up on Mount Mackenzie at RMR’s Revelation Lodge and meadows. Festival organizer Ben Taylor says the meadows are the ideal spot to watch the sun’s cascading colours descend over town as its location is one of the last spots in town to watch the day turn to evening.

RMR will no doubt be praying to the weather gods in hopes this festival is remembered for all the right reasons. Last year, the larger Axis Mundi Harvest festival was rained out, although this festival will be moved inside if the weather on the day isn’t optimal.

It wouldn’t be a festival without food and drinks and RMR will sell drink tickets for alcohol inside and outside (cards accepted) and there will be food trucks — The Taco Club, Salmon Arm’s wood fired pizza and flatbread Panzudo have confirmed.

The resort also hopes to have a mini-market with a number of art vendors.

The resort is aiming for a family friendly vibe and the bands chosen are energetic with a cross between folky and rock genres. The line-up has Vancouver-based Bend Sinister as headliner and the other bands are The Royal Foundry, Scenic Route to Alaska and Revelstoke favourite Devon Coyote. Guests are welcome to bring their own chairs and blankets.

Event Details: Early bird tickets are $24 adults and $19 for kids and seniors.

They go up on September 11 to $29 for adults and $21 for kids and senior.

The event runs from 2–8 p.m. with guests transported via the Revelation Gondola.

Guests are encouraged to take the Everything Revelstoke shuttle service to and from the resort.

Cheap rent for Revelstoke Boxing Gym’s new home All they needed was some shed space, somewhere to spread out and teach local kids how to box.

After what seemed like a hopeless search to find a new facility for the Revelstoke Boxing Club, they’ve found a new home in Revelstoke’s industrial park.

The City of Revelstoke will lease the old snowmobile clubhouse to them, at 1495A Powerhouse Road, for $1 a year starting this month.

The club was forced to vacate their previous premises at the old Mount Begbie Elementary school gym due to plans for it to be demolished and redeveloped into residential land. They lobbied hard for the city to absorb the gym but city staff found it would be too costly to maintain.

While the Mount Begbie gym was the holy grail of spaces for this local club, coach AJ LeRose said they will do everything they can to continue their operations despite their new, smaller space.

The club has about 60 members and has been operating for 15 years.

“I’m happy we have found a place that we can afford and train out of adequately,” LeRose said.

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Revelstoke Mountain Resort’s The Pipe mountain coaster. Photos: Ian Houghton

RMR mountain coaster leads Revelstoke summer tourism boom

Summer this year might steal the crown for Revelstoke’s busiest season, while town enjoys the fruits of new local attractions and a low Canadian dollar.

By Emily Kemp It’s been one of the busiest summers Revelstoke has seen in recent years with Revelstoke Mountain Resort’s The Pipe mountain coaster drawing in crowds of travellers.

The knock-on effect for business in town has been good news, although a crunch in affordable housing and finding staff have proved to be difficult side issues.

While Revelstoke’s peak season is typically our winter, 2016’s summer numbers are putting up some stiff competition.

Tourism Revelstoke’s marketing coordinator Meghan Tabor said this year’s busiest months of summer, July and August, were comparable to those of our typical peak tourist time in winter, which is late January to early March.

In June, the Revelstoke Visitor Centre recorded 7025 visitors, a 21 per cent increase on last year. For July it was an 18 per cent increase on 2015 with 12,936 visitors.

August is expected to be about a 20 per cent increase.

Tabor said the mountain coaster is a big reason for the influx of visitors, along with a low Canadian dollar.

“We’ve been trying to find something for years to encourage people to stop in Revelstoke and check it

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out,” she said. “We’re seeing a lot of people doing that this year.”

“We’re seeing a lot more American tourists than in the past. And word is getting out about our mountain biking, our hiking and national parks are always a huge draw for people.

“We get tons of people asking about Mount Revelstoke and the Meadows in the Sky highway — being able to summit by car is a big draw factor.”

The Pipe mountain coaster has been, simply put, a raging success.

“It has blown our minds,” RMR marketing manager Nico Leenders said. “It has dramatically exceeded our wildest expectations.”

Those expectations were a conservative 25,000 rides this summer. But once the last cart has rolled down the single track on Mount Mackenzie this year, RMR expects that number to exceed 100,000.

After teething problems for the attraction’s first year in operation saw waiting times stretch over hours, RMR implemented a digital queued ticket system. This allows visitors to see via their devices what time their ride will be. Now while guests wait, they explore the rest of Revelstoke, from our lakes and local walks, to spending dollars in our heritage downtown.

“We very actively encourage people to leave the resort and go do something else,” Leenders said.

Local business owners have seen an increase in customers and Jack Boruch, who has had his souvenir and printing store Selkirk Graphics since 1988, said it has been one of his busiest years. He’s seen a steady flow of customers this year since July.

“There are just no gaps,” he said. “Last year was a pretty good year too. Percentage-wise this is about 20 per cent more. And on from the year before that, this year is a 50 per cent increase.”

Boruch said it is because of the mountain coaster and its build-up since April.

“Everybody that comes in is here to ride the coaster, other than the Europeans that we would normally see at this time of year,” he said.

At Mount Revelstoke national park, nearly 800 more visitors came in July compared to last year. Next year the park will likely see even more visitors with free entry to Canada’s national parks to celebrate the national 150th birthday.

“Many people who come to explore the park also visit downtown Revelstoke to make use of the amenities and services offered in the community or to take in other local attractions,” Parks Canada communications officer Shelly Bird said.

Katie Marti’s new EP We’re All Home is a Maritime wind across B.C. mountains

By Bruce Thomas With a sound resembling early Sarah Harmer and Lisa Loeb, Katie Marti’s new EP We’re All Home is a breath of Maritime wind within a beautiful B.C. mountain backdrop. The album was funded in part through a demo grant from FACTOR (the Foundation Assisting Canadian Talent On Recordings). The funding allowed her to expand her sound with a country inflected backing band from her home province of New Brunswick. Katie imbues lyricism with the various intimate aspects of relationships and the influence on heart matters (Stay Awhile). Her sense of harmony and melody has a simplicity and candor that reveals an honesty that only comes from a music trying to reach the soul of the listener. Nickels and Dimes beautifully laments the complexity of making commitments, and the emotional toll when expectations don’t quite pan out. It’s as If the world is like the Illecillewaet bridge she stands on in her latest video for Nickels and Dimes. Katie seems to be chasing a muse that balances atop relationship status.

Since relocating to Revelstoke, Katie plays lots around town — a permanent fixture at the Revelstoke Coffee Houses in the winter, the Big Eddy’s Sunday Sessions and she closed out the Summer Street Festival, playing August 28 at the gazebo.

Katie Marti. Photo: Zoya Lynch

Good music for good times

New album Bruce’s Lofi Timemachine reflects boundless creativity from Revelstoke multimedia artist Bruce Thomas

By Katie Marti Bruce Thomas is a man about town here in Revelstoke.

He’s serenaded us from such local stages as The Taco Club, The Big Eddy Pub, The Cabin and from the gazebo on Mackenzie as part of the Summer Street Festival.

His live shows typically offer classic cover tunes across a wide range of musical genres, but he’s a creator at heart.

Mixing visual arts with sound, his portfolio is incredibly diverse, reflecting two decades of wandering with eyes and ears wide open. From stories written for his daughter to trippy, psychedelic multimedia projects, he’s quite literally all over the map.

His latest project, Bruce’s Lofi Timemachine, is a collection of original and cover tunes with a definite rock vibe. The first track on the album, Don’t Wait, has elements of Nirvana or even Pearl Jam and speaks to the human condition with critical ironies like “I hate the way I have nothing to complain about.” The song’s video invites us on a trip through time and space, superimposing celestial images with the human form in constant movement. Smack in the middle of the album is a cover of folk legend Townes Van Zandt’s Loretta. It’s basic and simple, just Bruce and his guitar, and almost sounds as if he recorded it on a Saturday afternoon at the Last Drop. In other words, it’s perfect. This collection of songs and Bruce’s latest creation provides the ideal soundtrack for a drive up to the lake or a beer in the backyard. It’s good music for good times.

Bruce Thomas. Photo: Aaron Orlando

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September 2016 Events Calendar Thursday September 1

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Swim, Movie & Pizza Party for Kids! @ Revelstoke Aquatic Centre 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. $20 per kid Drop the kids off and have a night to yourself. For kids aged 7–12.

87th Annual Labour Day Golf Tournament @ Revelstoke Golf Club All day Annual golf tournament – open to the public

Pedal & Pint @ Revelstoke Community Centre 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. (Weekly) Meet fellow mountain bikers for a social ride and a few pints at the River City Pub.

Canadian National Enduro Championships All day The Revelstoke event is back after popular demand. The Championship Series is the best out of three races, racers are allowed to drop one race and must compete in at least two events in order to be crowned the Canadian Champion.

Revy Riders Dirtbike Club event @ Boulder Mountain All day Two-day event for the World Trials Canada, Canadian National Championship (West) using the Revy Riders moto trail network.

Sunday September 4 Revy Riders Dirtbike Club event @ Boulder Mountain All day The second and final day for the World Trials Canada, Canadian National Championship (West).

Friday September 2 Bob Rogers @ 112 Restaurant From 6 p.m.

Saturday September 3 Summer Farmer’s Market @ Grizzly Plaza 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. (Weekly) Find fresh local produce and crafts at this popular and vibrant outdoor market.

Wednesday September 7 Flowt Ladies’ Ride @ Flowt Bikes and Skis 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. (Weekly) Boost your energy with this cross-country group ride.

Open Mic Night @ The Last Drop Pub From 10 p.m. (Weekly) All jammers and singers welcome.

Thursday September 8 BikeFest @ Various locations A gathering of bike enthusiasts for this four-day event of fun and camaraderie! Group rides, scavenger hunt, kids’ events and live music.

Pedal & Pint @ Revelstoke Community Centre 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Weekly.

Meet fellow mountain bikers for a social ride and a few pints at the River City Pub. Friday September 9

Kytami

Photo: Cassie O’Neil

Kytami @ River City Pub From 10 p.m.

Through an alchemy of classical fiddle styles fused with the heavy bass elements of DnB, Dubstep and Hip Hop, violinist Kytami doesn’t just play shows, she detonates dance floors.

From Germany to Hong Kong and Joshua Tree Festival to Shambhala, Kytami is internationally renowned for one thing: she rocks the fiddle like a woman possessed, and the audience dances to match.

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September art exhibition – opening night @ Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre From 6 p.m. Donation Check out the newest exhibition with the two new shows. For Pattern Play, artists explored repeated motifs and designs in any medium and subject matter. In the Passion and Perspective show, artists explored subject matter that they feel passionate about, creating work in any medium. This exhibition will run until September 30.

BikeFest @ Various locations

Art Show Saturday September 10 Summer Farmer’s Market and Street Market @ Downtown 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Along with the popular and vibrant farm and crafts market in Grizzly Plaza, a number of Revelstoke’s downtown streets will be closed to traffic to allow retailers to show their wares outdoors.

BikeFest @ Various locations Little Bear Soccer Tournament @ Various Revelstoke fields All day 19th annual tournament.

Sunday September 11 BikeFest @ Various locations Revelstoke Cycling Association downhill race @ Boulder Mountain 10:30 a.m. – registration, noon - race start. Entry fee The fourth downhill race in the series, participants will ride Rednecks Revenge.

Wednesday September 14 Flowt Ladies’ Ride @ Flowt Bikes and Skis 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. (Weekly) Boost your energy with this cross-country group ride.

Fermenting the Harvest @ Revelstoke Community Centre’s kitchen 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. $10 for Local Food Initiative members, $15 other At this workshop, presented by Elodie Brideau, learn the basics of lacto-fermentation, why probiotics are beneficial, and how to make sauerkraut, kimchi, and kosher pickles. Bring a wide mouth mason jar and take home your own sauerkraut.

Friday September 23 Minimalism documentary @ Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Donation towards a Les Westselaar Memorial Bench A screening of a documentary about living with less will be featured in honour of Les Wetselaar, who passed away tragically in Revelstoke this year at the age of 69. A well-known and special local character around town, over the years Les came into contact with many residents either directly or in passing.

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Donna Macdonald Surviving City Hall @ Revelstoke Library 7 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Donna Macdonald was a city councilor for 19 years in Nelson BC. In her book Surviving City Hall, she tells some hilarious and sometimes shocking stories of what goes on behind the scenes of local government. At her presentation she will also share her views on the bigger questions of leadership, women in politics, and good citizenship.

Open Mic Night @ The Last Drop Pub From 10 p.m. (Weekly) All jammers and singers welcome.

Thursday September 15 Pedal & Pint @ Revelstoke Community Centre 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Social ride then drinks at the River City Pub. Saturday September 17 Summer Farmer’s Market @ Grizzly Plaza 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. (Weekly) Find fresh local produce and crafts at this popular and vibrant outdoor market.

Ember Music Festival @ Revelstoke Mountain Resort 2 p.m. – 8 p.m. Early bird $24 adults, $19 kids.

Stoke the embers of summer at this new music festival.

Taking place at Revelation Lodge, experience live music in the natural amphitheatre of the mid-mountain meadow. The band lineup includes Bend Sinister, The Royal Foundry, Scenic Route to Alaska, and Devon Coyote.

An Evening with the Stars @ Nels Nelsen Chalet Mount Revelstoke 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Free with parks pass Take a tour of the universe with the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada! And then join us for some outdoor stargazing at the Nels Nelsen Chalet.

Majesty @ The River City Pub From 10 p.m. $10 Revelstoke’s awesome funk band Majesty will be the after-party for those looking to keep the night young after Revelstoke Mountain Resort’s Ember Music Festival. Ember festivalgoers with bracelets will get in free.

The Comic Strippers @ Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre From 7:30 p.m. Tickets - $35 WARNING! No extreme nudity, just extreme hilarity. A fictitious male stripper troupe (played by a cast of some of Canada’s best improvisational comedians) performs a sexylarious improv comedy show.

Sunday September 18 Terry Fox Run @ Revelstoke Railway Museum 8:30 a.m. – 12 noon Revelstoke has been hosting a Terry Fox Run since 1988, contributing funds to cancer research. There will be two route options; a 10km loop through the greenbelt and a 7km loop through Mount Revelstoke’s Soren Sorenson trail.

Bikes, wheelchairs/strollers, rollerblades and dogs on-leash are welcome.

Revelstoke’s 3rd Annual Garlic Festival @ 226 Track St East 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. $2, kids free After two years of garlic-crushing good times, Track Street Growers has teamed up with their friends at the Local Food Initiative to create a fundraising event that will showcase our thriving local food system. This year, you will see our favorite ingredients of the Garlic Festival: Track Street’s impressive garlic harvest, live music, local craft sale, kid activities, scavenger hunt, food, and even a wild game of Chicken Bingo. Due to limited parking, bikes are recommended and no animals.

Wednesday September 21 Flowt Ladies’ Ride @ Flowt Bikes and Skis 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. (Weekly) Boost your energy with this cross-country group ride.

Open Mic Night @ The Last Drop Pub From 10 p.m. (Weekly) All jammers and singers welcome.

Thursday September 22 Pedal & Pint @ Revelstoke Community Centre 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. (Weekly) Meet fellow mountain bikers for a social ride and a few pints at the River City Pub.

Saturday September 24 Summer Farmer’s Market @ Grizzly Plaza 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. (Weekly) Find fresh local produce and crafts at this popular and vibrant outdoor market.

Full Moon snowboard film premiere @ River City Pub Movie at 10 p.m. $5 Society Snow & Skate is teaming up with Full Moon Films to bring this group of women’s latest and raddest snowboard film to Revelstoke. Half of the funds will go towards the Kovach Park skatepark redevelopment project.

Tuesday September 27 Me Inc Workshop @ Revelstoke Community Futures 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Free Have you ever consider being an entrepreneur but have hesitated about taking the next steps? This session will provide you with all of the critical considerations before making the leap.

Wednesday September 28 Flowt Ladies’ Ride @ Flowt Bikes and Skis 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. (Weekly) Boost your energy with this cross-country group ride.

Open Mic Night @ The Last Drop Pub From 10 p.m. (Weekly) All jammers and singers welcome.

Thursday September 29 Pedal & Pint @ Revelstoke Community Centre 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. (Weekly) Meet fellow mountain bikers for a social ride and a few pints at the River City Pub. Friday September 30 Revelstoke Cycling Association XC Race Series @ Mount Macpherson From 7 p.m. Registration fee The Revelstoke Cycling Association’s latest cross-country mountain bike race takes on Stimulus and Black Forest trails Jazz Night @ Selkirk Room, The Regent Hotel Doors open 7 p.m. Donation The Revelstoke Jazz Club presents its ongoing music series.

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A mushroom that is easy to identify, plentiful and good eating is the chanterelle. Photo: Pamela de Bruin

Get out and about in the fall: Locals’ secrets

By Emily Kemp

The days are getting shorter, weather is cooling down and with the kids back at school September is a great month to enjoy the outdoors with these local ideas.

Local fish expert Chic Sharp says to expect to see the salmon start coming, and increasing in numbers, from around mid-September through to next month.

Mushroom picking

“You see a lot of fish and they’re all different colours, some are still silver and some are started to change that bring that orangish colour. All moving around in big schools and spawning.”

For some, mushroom hunting is an excuse to roam the forests. Local expert Pamela de Bruin recommends finding someone experienced to go picking with for your first time. You’ll need to pack a mushroom knife (to cut and clean away debris) and sturdy hiking gear.

While de Bruin says many mushroom hunters hate to reveal their spots, local areas to find success are around Mt. Macpherson, down Highway 23 south and east by Albert Canyon.

“Mushrooms are everywhere where there is forest,” she says. “It’s a matter of going out and looking.”

Check out Sicamous’s 2016 Fungi Festival on September 23–25. They organize full and half-day foraging tours for a fee, fungifestival.com.

Salmon fish run

Volunteer for the Gleaning Project, a collaboration between Bear Aware and the Local Food Initiative where volunteers stock up on plums, apples and pears for canning, for themselves and for Community Connection’s food bank. Volunteers can sign up on revelstokebearaware.org.

It’s a big wildlife event. Salmon travels hundreds of kilometres from the ocean to these rivers and once they spawn, their carcasses attract bald eagles and even bears.

“It’s exciting and a big part of the food chain,” Sharp says.

Less traffic, more time With kids back to school, numbers of the travelling public decrease. Enjoy shorter lines and smaller crowds at the numerous attractions around Revelstoke, including the Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke Museum and Archives, Revelstoke Dam, Three Valley Gap Ghost Town, Enchanted Forest and Sky Trek and Revelstoke Mountain Resort’s Pipe Mountain Coaster.

Watch the rivers turn red west of Revelstoke as sockeye Hot springs salmon take on their quadrennial spawning. Each year, fish around 4–6 pounds travel the Eagle River, which runs outside of Revelstoke to Sicamous, mating Take a ferry trip over the Upper Arrow Lake for a dip in the restorative hot springs available. Try out the spectacand laying eggs. ular Halycon Hot Springs or for the more adventurous, enjoy the natural hot springs St Leon’s and Halfway, While once rivers used to teem with millions of fish, both up long dirt roads. that number has decreased in recent years due to a number of factors, possibly including changes in weather, fishing activity and pollution.

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Harvest season

Natalie Stafl, volunteer with The Gleaning Project.

Photo: Revelstoke Bear Aware

Cascadia kayak clans gather for Jordan River Race The loosely-annual Jordan River Race is a semi-organized kayaking event that attracts competitors to Revelstoke from across the Pacific Northwest for a weekend of camping and racing.

Kayakers race in pairs, starting at the upper falls, then paddle towards the finish line near the Jordan River FSR bridge. This year the crowd of about 100 gathered on July 30 at the upper falls to watch racers from B.C., Alberta, Washington, Oregon, and more take the big drop. Kayak race or not, the Jordan River trail to the falls is a lesser-travelled, relatively mellow local hike.

To get to the falls, it takes about 20 minutes from the trailhead located at the bridge over the river on the Jordan River Forest Service Road. Along the way, peer down into sheer river canyons and travel through the wet cedar forests lined with deep moss and wild blueberry bushes.

Photo: Aaron Orlando/Revelstoke Mountaineer Magazine

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Will new Valemount Glacier Destination threaten Revelstoke’s key Alberta market?

New resort earns master development plan approval from province of B.C., and hopes to begin construction soon

By Aaron Orlando It’s about two hours closer by car to Edmonton and the oil patch, it’s got great snowmobiling, and it could potentially have a new ski resort with glacier access very soon.

The B.C. government announced in late August that a proposed new ski resort to be located next to Valemount has attained approval of its master development plan.

The master development plan is one of several steps needed before resort construction can start, but it is a key step. The next approval needed would be the creation of a master development agreement between the province, rezoning, and other planning amendments.

The plan, which has been in the works for several years, calls for a 2,000-bed base area development. The developers are hoping to begin construction in 2017, with hopes of bringing the first lifts online for the 2017–2018 season. Time will tell if that timeline is realistic.

If it moves ahead, the resort would provide access to glacier skiing, and would beat out Revelstoke Mountain Resort for the longest lift-accessed vertical in North America, topping out at 2,050 metres, beating Revelstoke’s 1,713. It would also end RMR’s new-kid-on-the-block status.

A rendering of the proposed Glacier Destination Resort village. Image: Glacier Destination Resort

According to proponents of the resort, it was created through a grassroots effort to diversify the small Robson Valley town’s economy, adding to forestry and the existing tourism trade. Youthful resident Joseph Nusse is credited with getting the ball rolling, drumming up early support starting around 2010. Since then, many grassroots supporters have come on board.

A late August media release included supportive quotes from cabinet ministers, local politicians, and Simpcw First Nation Chief Nathan Matthew.

Developer Tommaso Oberti is billing the resort as a “true multi-peak experience” surrounded by stunning glaciers. “Valemount Glacier Destinations will feature some of the most impressive viewpoints for sightseeing in North America. It also opens lift access to one of the best snow zones and reliable climates for snowsports on the continent,” he said.

“The Simpcw First Nation is pleased that the master plan for the Valemount Glacier Destination Resort has been approved by the Province of B.C.” Matthew stated. “We look forward to participation in the continued planning and development of this important economic development project in the northern part of our territory.”

The developers of the Robson Valley resort are counting on year-round traffic, and their proximity to Jasper National Park and Mt. Robson Provincial Park, which are both big tourism draws.

If it proceeds, Valemount will have to deal with the same transportation issues that Revelstoke faces; it’s a long drive to there from anywhere. It’s a remote location, and is further away from Calgary, Vancouver, the Okanagan, and Kamloops than Revelstoke. However, it is almost two hours closer to the key Edmonton and oil patch market, and they’ve also got great sledding. It’s also closer to the huge tourism draws of Jasper National Park and Mt. Robson Provincial Park

Oberti is the son of Vancouver architect Oberto Oberti, who is known regionally for championing the controversial Jumbo Glacier Resort. This time, the resort appears to have dodged a similar controversy and garnered much more support from residents, including First Nations.

Will the resort go ahead? Time will tell. In addition to the remaining bureaucratic steps, attracting investors to the risky ski resort business is a key challenge.

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Earth Grazer

I returned to the Keystone trail for the Perseids Meteor Shower

By Sarah j Spurr It came in horizontal like some sleek steam engine of light, noticeably packing more fire into its steadfast tail. 4, 5, 7 seconds?, long enough for us all to drop jaws and vouch for this account as it broke off into a second hot burst of its own double shooting meteor. Perseid “Earth Grazers” are rare and long lasting; they are visible only in early to mid evening when the radiant point of the shower is close to the horizon.

From Earth’s perspective, the Perseids appear to come approximately from the direction of the Northern Hemisphere originating from the constellation Perseus resting in the North above the eye catching cluster of Pleiades. This year the meteor shower came scraping by with nearly double the fiery entrances into our atmosphere, creating up to 200 wishing stars per hour for earthly star gazers.

We’d heard word about this irresistible spectacle and the stars aligned for us to make for a late afternoon break-away to race sunset to the cabin of the Keystone Standard Basin Trail. We crossed paths with the last of the day’s riders approaching their final descent at the crest of our first upward stretch. We broke into a wheel propelled date night with the high elevation landscape and a night fit for watching the sky.

In sleep sacks we lay by the fire, eyes adjusting to the vanishing glow beyond the ridge line. A bright waxing gibbous moon chases the sun down like a porch light from the east. First we account for the Big Dipper and slowly sink our sights into the mass of pint points which make up the spilled haze of the Milky Way. From this point of view the night’s sky is framed in a ring of balsams. Slipping into dreams with eyes wide for fleeting tails of light humbly tucks itself into the Keystone memory bank.

Riding out I catch the resonating verse from Bobcaygeon about seeing “the constellations reveal themselves one star at a time.” The literal rendition finding its way into our collective summer is about all the nostalgia I can handle and I can’t wait to get home to write this all down.

Waves of déjà views flooded in as I approached features I had encountered for the first time only 365 days earlier. The familiar nag of a pack weighted in sleeping gear, camera, nuts, soup and s’mores. Your eyes become horses in the alpine and as my front tire grazed the edges of narrow obstacle-ridden singletrack I’d need to rein them back in front with concentration to the trail.

We cross the creek bed in the first amphitheatre shaped meadow and pass the marmots camouflaged in lichen spotted skree. The alpine is littered in wildflowers and we watch as a blue grey mist swallows up the Columbia River valley. Dramatic clouds disperse across the snowcapped peaks at the panoramic viewpoint. From here begins the best part; rising and falling, with both momentum and awareness of proximity to our prize. Exploding through the final and tackiest bit of trail I look out left to set eyes on the green marsh I remember to be a land mark. As if by some cliché chance a soaring half arch of rainbow beams from the earth into a cloud which releases a passing sun shower at our arrival. Local bears are now aware of our presence with the echoes of ecstatic woop woops. The wooden cabin looks like yesterday. Western tree line overlooking a pocket mirror lake.

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The Stoke FM crew.

Jessica Campbell

The Stoke FM frequency: what 92.5 really means My look inside the ever-evolving Stoke FM radio station

By Jessica Campbell Located in the mountainous interior of British Columbia, Stoke FM is a not for profit community radio station with the lowest wattage and smallest range that we know of.

And yet, I started to tune in to its frequency in Ghana, West Africa.

On my very first day in the country, working for JHR (Journalists for Human Rights) at the time, I came across a man turning human feces into biodiesel.

Nowhere else in the world was this being done. But there’s a reason why Ghana was the place he was experimenting.

These are pictures of where the county’s authorities were dumping 1.5 million litres of human liquid waste into the ocean every single day.

In discovering this fact — opening my nose to it all — I pitched the story to The Toronto Star overnight. By morning, I had a freelance negotiation waiting for me in my inbox. I soon filed the story.

One month turned to six, however, before The Star finally published the story.

“Things have been quite hectic over here,” they said to me over email, explaining the reason for the delay.

It was 2012, and the late Toronto mayor Rob Ford had been allegedly caught smoking crack. Acknowledging the importance of this information, I simultaneously spotted a gap in traditional news coverage. So, sitting at my laptop on the beach in Ghana staring at the impeccable surf I was unable to touch without the chance of getting cholera or some other life threatening disease, I listened to the whispering voice of my screaming heart to take an oath: pursue conscious storytelling.

But that’s when the funny looks started to happen.

“What is consciousness, and who are you to say?” I’d get asked time and time again, from the varied skeptics and their wrinkled up foreheads.

A whopping 22 years old at the time, I sided with the silent route. Putting my sniffer to the ground, attuning my ears best I could, I ended up in Revelstoke later that year, a place I had only been once.

It was here I finally sensed I was home. I moved out of my divided family house at 17 years old to later run around the world like a crazy person asking, “How do you speak the language of love when your parents aren’t speaking?”

And I just so happened to be sitting in Scott Duke’s basement.

I hadn’t met the man when a friend had casually asked 14

me to help host his music radio program one Friday evening. Never in my life did time stand so still. I knew I was right where I wanted to be.

adulthood by moving into its own office space in May, 2016. Now, said to be in its “college days,” Stoke FM is starting to reveal its full potential.

All it wants to do is serve the community.

Regardless, I had some growing up to do, big things to check off the list — learning to surf in Costa Rica and getting my yoga certification in India was amongst the many meanderings. One step at a time, I cruised through Revelstoke this past winter on my way to (shamefully) take a radio job with a commercialized station in northern B.C. If it weren’t for Ryan Cronsberry at Valley Retreat backing into my 1992 Toyota pickup to later tell me, “Revelstoke could use you,” I perhaps would have never stayed. Finding irony in the fact that what had landed me the mainstream gig in the first place was a clip interviewing a snowboarder on What is Stoke? I took this stranger’s words to heart, reaching out to Stoke FM nearly one month later.

In between it all, someone tells me: “Consciousness is the knowing which direction is up.”

Now, as a morning show personality at the station (no longer situated in Mr. Duke’s basement, but independently down the hall from where the originator himself goes to work every day), I watch myself awaken to reflect the brilliant minds and attitudes of the people of Revelstoke (and beyond).

Keeping an infinite list to a minimum, this is Matt Yaki and David Pearson for their passion to share bikes.

Goldie who says her key ingredient is love in every meal.

Bob Gardali when he speaks of gardening. Neil Jones at the gym for connecting our minds to our bodies. Krista Manuel for being brave enough to talk about death. It’s the artists from all over the world stopping in to play their tunes over our tiny little station’s airwaves. It’s even (or especially!) the world’s fattest contortionist or man who could put a 20-inch sword down his throat that Kyle Simkins, Peter Worden and I interviewed on the Morning Show back in June.

Eve Northmore & Scott Duke. Photo: Danny LeBlanc

Mum and Pop When Scott Duke first thought to start a not for profit radio station in the interior of B.C., not only was he operating a hot dog vendor as Duke’s Dogs, he simultaneously thought the endeavor was going to make him rich.

“Oops,” he lets out a laugh, “Ignorance is always a tool in the chest of an entrepreneur.”

But a trip down Stoke FM memory lane is along an enlightened path. Enriching, even!

“He’s kind of the Peter Pan of Revelstoke,” says Alexander Jenssen, the on-air personality of the station’s Fast Times, explaining how Scott and Eve Northmore’s home became a bit of a Neverland once Stoke FM was born.

“Most times we think he used to forget there was a (We even threw darts in one of their stomachs … can you show,” adds Lerritt Robinson, Monday Mayhem host, one of Stoke FM’s longest standing programs, “We’d guess which one it was?) show up and he’d have a dinner party going, or he was While “capturing consciousness” can happen anywhere snuggling on the coach with Eve.” and everywhere so long as your presence is there, I sure as heck know it’s right here in Revelstoke, and has a boil- Having no kids of their own, the two moved to Revelstoke after operating one of the largest wake boarding ing point of 92.5 degrees. Stoke FM started in one man’s camps in Ontario. basement. But so did the development of the airplane.

Chose up, chose up, chose up, Revelstoke. On-air, we “I remember Eve walking around the property with shall fly together! two massive garbage bags over her shoulders,” says The Stoke FM Family Scott, giving light to his partner’s dedication to his endless project start-ups.

Conceived in a truck, funded by keg parties, Stoke FM might be the next miracle child of Revelstoke.

“That’s what it takes being with Scott,” a smiling Eve later says, “Being flexible.”

And that’s because it’s founded on nothing but love and one heck of a story.

Now, operating the city’s Revelstoke Property Services Management, along with another company, Westland Primarily raised in its “parents” basement since its Group, which serves to help businesses transfer their birth in 2011, the station just recently took a leap into ownership, Eve and Scott say they they’re happy to see

Stoke FM stand on its own.

“It’s all grown up,” says Scott, “And it’s owned by the community in its entirety.”

“My name still on its credit card because it can’t get its own line of credit.”

The Cool Uncle

man in the show’s driver’s seat. Yet, metalling on air for over three years now, Matt Gawler, co-host, will be the first to admit how his mom is still the show’s biggest fan.

Then, after offering any of their guests a cold bevy, chips and pizza, Chris Ford will be sure to follow up on how he’s the whole reason Matt Gawler married his wife, Jo, another Stoke FMer (who, as a new mom, will be starting her own “Me and Mommy” program come the fall of 2016). Tune into these three stooges Mondays: 8–10 p.m.

Although he jokes he feels like a Stoke FM babysitter, Mike Murphy adopted the station in Oct., 2015, becoming more of the relative slipping loonies under its pillows or the one filling its birthday cards with cash.

Mike Watson. Photo: Danny LeBlanc

Mountains Lakes and Streams

“People don’t know that Stoke FM needs funding, but it’s very much a community driven resource,” says Mike, adding how the station uses donated microphones from the C3 Church.

What’s invaluable about the station, however, is its independence from corporate ownership, says Mike.

“You have a platform for personality to exist and personality is what is eliminated in commercial radio.”

While he encourages people to tune-in to the station’s shows, Mike says he equally wants Stoke FM to reflect all of Revelstoke: “We work with all groups in the community.”

The Crazy Relatives: at a glance The Stoke FM Morning Show Kyle Simkins groans, Jessica Campbell laughs, and Peter ‘Pete on the Street’ Worden is the perfect in-between. (Mike Murphy, keeping it all in check, is the show’s most professional call-in!) All educated in journalism or broadcast, catch these cats chat current events (and all the whacky happenings of the world) in a light, fun-hearted way five days a week.

Mon-Friday: 8–9:30 a.m.

Sean Whalen, Matt Potter and Mike Watson.

The Music Listeners Club As the magic of music does, the all-encompassing Music Listeners has broken down barriers, reaching audiences both near and far. Coming up on its fourth year live, at the heart of Sean Whalen and Matt Potter’s program is the love sharing music with friends. Period. “It’s pretty cool knowing we have friends staying up to 1 a.m. to listen in,” says Sean, explaining the international scope of the show. Yet, on the inside, Stoke FM is “Where people come to forget about the rest of the world,” he adds. From Pearl Jam to the Aveet Brothers, tune into two Canadian men, born in different provinces, who will inevitably make you feel like you’re absolutely anywhere and everywhere. So long as it’s about the music.

Thursdays: 8 p.m.

Originally approached by Annie Hewitt, a pillar to the station’s foundation, Mike Watson was asked by Annie to host a radio show on the environment. Now, nearly 100 shows later, the nature music master has found a way to let most of the songs say it for him: “People are going to feel it on their own level.” Watson loves Fleet Foxes, “They’re the soundtrack to my nature,” tune in to Mike’s musical storytelling each week.

Thursdays: 7 p.m.

Revelstoke Jim With over 20 years of broadcast experience, and a background in theatre, Revelstoke Jim takes storytelling to the land of the infinite. Playing with fictional characters, streaming live to (and also in) various countries, Jim says he wants his listeners to feel like they are “hanging out with a good friend.”

“Stoke FM is a community station, but it doesn’t have to end at city limits. You can be Revelstoke anywhere.”

Check out revelstokejim.com.

Thursdays: 10 p.m.

Brad Christie. Photo: Danny LeBlanc

Lerritt Robinson, Chris Ford and Matt Gawler.

Photo: Danny LeBlanc

Monday Mayhem

Having all gone to high school in Toronto steps apart, moving west one by one thereafter, Monday Mayhem is quite literally two hours of listening to three childhood friends bond. “[It’s] all the music your parents don’t want you listening to,” says Lerritt Robinson, the

Filtered for the People Submerging fully in his search, Brad Christie comes up for air having filtered through what he explains to be “a bit of everything” for his music show. Calling himself a music nerd, this engineer-creative-cross spends hours on Wikipedia gathering knowledge. “So you don’t have to,” he says. Brad has done over 90 shows with Stoke FM. Off air, you can catch him at Flowt Bikes & Skis, where he also does a bit of everything.

Sundays: 6 p.m.

Declan Saville. Photo: Danny LeBlanc

Dexessions Born in Australia, Declan Saville says he travelled to Canada to rediscover his love of DJing at the Shambhala music festival. After putting together a mix for Scott, Stoke FM roped him in for good. Completely self-taught, Dexaville says he has a chill base type of style. “It has never felt like a job,” he adds, “It’s my hobby.” Catch Dex’s passionate beats…

Fridays: 10 p.m.

Fast Times While he once called himself a “nomad,” Alexander Jenssen makes his listeners feel right at home. And that’s because he attributes Stoke FM to this very sensation. “For the ones that had to grow up quick,” he says, “Stoke FM is here to give us our childhood back.”

Remembering to play, Alex can ironically keep it light with his black metal knowledge. Once signed by a label at 21, catch Alex’s music’s talent...

Wednesdays: 6 p.m.

You can stream Stoke FM online, anywhere in the world. stokefm.com

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From left: Alyssa, Reuben and Jay Sanderson.

Photos by Aaron Orlando/Revelstoke Mountaineer Magazine

A Revelstoke heritage home gets a retro Prairie Canadiana makeover

Revelstoke’s core heritage district is coveted by first-time buyers looking to transform a fixer-upper into a unique synthesis like this Fifth Street East home.

By Aaron Orlando Toddler Reuben Sanderson glides around the living room in his retro hot dog scooter, one of a full set of vintage toys that match the eclectic appointments of his Fifth Street restoration home. Parents Alyssa and Jay Sanderson have transformed their early 20th Century heritage home with a renovation that added raw concrete counters, exposed timber beams, and hundreds of vintage pieces.

The downtown heritage district has always appealed to some, but with the rise of Revelstoke Mountain Resort in 2007, the district became increasingly popular with young families looking for affordable fixer-uppers that are within walking distance of downtown and the new local schools.

The Sandersons bought about four years ago with an extensive reno already in progress. A rough-hewn timber enclosed porch had been added, and they finished up lots of exposed drywall and framing to start their signature style. Their look is a mix of original heritage, contemporary mountain-look renovations, and retro decorations.

The Sandersons hail from rural Alberta near Edmonton, where they developed and affinity for the Prairie aesthetic. Jay’s dad was a collector, dabbling in 1970s choppers and guitars. They both love Prairie Canadiana, and inherited many First Nations artifacts from their family, often items from the mid-20th Century, when cowboys and Indians themes were prevalent in popular culture.

The enclosed back patio is the hub for late night social gatherings.

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”I like a home to feel lived in, cozy, and warm,” says Alyssa, who is always on the hunt for retro pieces to add to the hundreds of items in their collection. She scours estate sales, antique stores, garage sales, and is always on the lookout for castaways from downsizing relatives. Once they acquire a unique object, the work starts to create a new piece, like the discarded glass lampshade that was transformed into a terrarium for succulent plants.

What is their theme? “You can mix in old with new. If you love it, rock it. Every corner in your house should be a reflection of you,” Alyssa says.

The three-level home is peppered with collections.

A freestanding clothing rack in the master bedroom displays Alyssa’s collection of vintage shirts. The living area hosts monochromatic prints. Retro baseball caps adorn the entranceway. In the enclosed back patio, a print series of native chiefs. In the basement, music memorabilia lines the jam room, which includes a drum set and vintage guitars.

Their home is always a work in progress. The couple keeps adding to their unique synthesis, customizing their home as they go.

“It’s just keeping an eye out for things and using your imagination. Nowadays design is so accessible,” Alyssa says.

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Artist Meaghan Oxford in her home studio.

Photos in this story by Sarah j Spurr

MO ART Meagan Oxford Art.

By Sarah j Spurr I’m looking into a portrait, a reflection of both animal and landscape. It’s large and jewel-shaped and my eyes travel 360 degrees to reveal a cycle of illustrative faces and facets. Begbie, Heron, Wolf, Ram and Owl superimposed on smooth wood grain and set squarely in the countertop centerpiece of her home.

I caught up with local artist Meagan Oxford to tour her studio space and the large portfolio of work gracing her walls. We talked about the source of her inspiration and dedication to actively produce art.

“There’s a universal desire for me to transfer my imagination onto a canvas.

I love the process of making art, the challenge of moving around colour to create images out of nowhere” Without explanation you can see strong influences found in music, kindred creatures and places of home. Her aesthetic explores vibrant melts of colour which give way to dreamlike imagery. She’s made an art out of creating realistic features in surreal arrangements. Her work is the result of a freestyle approach to watercolour painting with details appearing in pen and ink, pencil crayon, conté and aerosol techniques using spraypaint or airbrush. What you see exudes imagination; each of her characters builds upon itself, taking turns into unexpected ways.

Tunes on, garage doors rolled up, her workspace is filled with fresh mountain air and light. “We all have our seasons to make, for me it’s summer”.

From her desk she looks out to the grand view of Mount Begbie and I can see how this local icon has begun slipping appearances in to her most recent work.

In addition to transforming blank paper and canvas, she rocks four delicate hand drawn tattoos of her own making across both legs. She says she’s motivated to represent herself by her own art even if it means taking a chance to learn new mediums.

This year Meagan has stepped forward with her craft and is one of the most recent showcasing members at Art First! Co-operative gallery. She is also currently on display at Sage and Brush and you may recognize past works from beginnings as a staple installment at The Cabin. She has been busy producing fresh original pieces and various custom commissions. Framed prints and wood transfers are also now available. You can find Meagan when she’s minding shop at Art First! or while sampling her hip hop collection for one of the busiest week-nights out during the winter season at River City Pub. For MO ART, inquiries or commissions contact Meagan at mo_art@live.com. Keep updated on current and future collaborations/exhibitions: Like her facebook page “Meagan Oxford Art” or follow on Instagram @meagatron3030.

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Glass Duck’s Leah Allison creates a colourful glass ball in the Invermere workshop Photo: Leah Allison

Allison at her home in Revelstoke. Photo: Aaron Orlando

Function molded with beauty Glass Duck creates colourful glassware and jewelry

By Emily Kemp In Leah Allison’s home, dishware is not only functional but also beautiful. Cups are proudly on display, each a different colour, shape and size lovingly handmade by the glass artist.

Her aim is to create beauty through her creations, from decorative balls to dresses, and drinking glasses to jewelry.

“Most of the things I make are mostly things I’d like to use myself and wear,” Allison says. “I just want to have more beautiful things in people’s lives.”

You may have seen Allison’s creations last month on display at the Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre. Under the name of Glass Duck, Allison is one of many who contribute to the local art scene. She dreams of opening a studio here in the future, but until then she commutes intermittently to her job in Invermere .

Allison’s discovery for her passion with glass was a chance encounter. She previously was a chef who styled food for a cookbook company. When she got laid off due to cutbacks, Allison moved to the mountains of Invermere to recharge and started a job at Bavin Glassworks. That was 14 years ago.

“As soon as I made my first bead, I was done with cooking,” Allison says.

But she’s found the two pursuits can be somewhat mutually beneficial.

“I never used to think cooking was artistic, until I started doing glass,” Allison says. “I like to make things you can eat and drink out of. And then you can combine the two things.”

Find Allison on Facebook through GlassDuck or on Instagram @glassduckjewelry.

Leah Allison’s stunning glass creations. Photos: Leah Allison

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Anonymous comment

When it comes to superpowers, anonymity is the worst.

by Katie Marti When I was in the second grade, I wrote a love letter to Gregor Barry and signed it “Your Secrete Admirror.” In addition to a clever word scramble (I voel uoy), it included the clichéd questionnaire: Do you love me? Yes/No/Maybe. While I am proud of this early initiative and my ambitious approach to matters of the heart, there were some obvious tactical flaws. For one, we had known each other since we were actual babies, so it was a little late for maybes. If he didn’t love me after seven years of playing in the same neighbourhood gang, it was doubtful we would make it very far as a couple. At this point, it should really have been a straight yes/no. More importantly, however, I had sent the letter anonymously. For all he knew, our teacher, Mrs. Brownell, was his Secrete Admirror. So, while I was feeling empowered in my ability to acknowledge my crush without fear of exposure, the whole point of writing the letter was to determine if Gregor loved me as much as I loved him in the hopes that we could ignore each other at recess and eventually get married. Too late, I came to the realization that this was impossible because he had no idea it was me popping the question. The veil of anonymity which gave me the confidence and strength to make my move in the first place wound up being the very thing that prevented me from having everything I’d ever wanted which, at age seven, was apparently a skinny, bucktoothed boy whose mom picked out his outfits every morning so that his polo shirt matched his socks. #lifelessons This is why I’ve come to believe that of all the superpowers, invisibility is the worst.

I’ll admit it would be helpful in some situations, like avoiding small talk at the grocery store or watching unlimited free movies, but as far as secret weapons go it’s pretty lame. Your strength lies squarely in the fact that nobody knows what you’re up to, so even if you do something very, very awesome, you will never get the credit.

Before I could even count by tens I had learned that nothing good ever comes from acting anonymously. At best, it’s a recipe for lifelong resentment. At worst, it opens the door to a world of unrestricted impulses.

The Internet has spawned an entire population of people with the power to be invisible. They are the trolls in the comments section of a post or article, the nicknamed avatars who say things in print they would never say in person. We see their words and feel their effects, but the people behind the insults and rants are largely unknown. Not even our beloved Stoke List is immune. At any given moment there are nasty, negative posts about dog owners, cyclists, local politics, etc. made by members of our community who choose not to attach their name to their opinion. The result is oftentimes a collective tirade in the virtual public eye for which nobody is held accountable. We no longer have to choose our words carefully or look into each other’s eyes when we speak. We smile and nod as we pass each other on the greenbelt, then go home and sit behind a computer screen to tell each other how we really feel. Fewer bloody noses, sure, but is it not a cheaper blow to strike without fear of retaliation?

CBC has recently changed their commenting policy to ban pseudonyms, requiring that users attach their real name to any comments made in response to online content. Their privacy policy also states that CBC has the right to reproduce and publish comments in whole or in part, in any manner they choose. Other news organizations such as the Toronto Star have opted to ban comments entirely, due to the negative tone their forums frequently took. Our own online news outlets all require some sort of login before posting comments. The message is clear: if you don’t have anything nice to say, fine. But own it.

On the other hand, maybe there is value in unfettered dialogue. The issues, while they can be divisive, unite us as a community because we all share the same fence, though we may sit on opposite sides. The Stoke List and other public forums are a fantastic idea, in theory, and the ability to post without consequence encourages all of us to speak our minds, which is tough to argue against. Ultimately, I think most would rather have more chatter than less, even if it is peppered with hot tempers and off-side remarks. The question then becomes one of priorities. What do we value more: enabling public discourse or encouraging responsible dialogue?

The truth of the matter is that invisibility, like every other superpower, is a myth.

Even behind a fake photo and a made-up name we are not nearly as anonymous as we think we are. The moderators of our online sites know who we are and what

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we’re posting, and so do the folks at either end of the creeper spectrum, from cops and watchdogs to hackers and thieves. At any moment, the lights could come up and our true identities revealed. This, too, I learned in the second grade when Mrs. Barry found my note in the pocket of Gregor’s pants when she was doing the laundry. I had not signed my name, but I had written the note on a piece of stationary from the place where my dad worked. Busted. She graciously gave the note to my mom, who kept it along with every other embarrassing/adorable thing I ever made, and it has become a weird little family heirloom. At the time, I didn’t have the courage to ask if Gregor knew who sent the note. I preferred to hide behind my alias, Secrete Admirror, and went to school the next day like nothing had happened. We ignored each other at recess and eventually he got married. Looking back, I don’t regret a thing. It never would have worked out between the two of us for obvious reasons (the socks). What’s more, I learned a valuable lesson that I think applies in today’s world even more than it did in the second grade: when sharing your most passionate thoughts and feelings, always be proud enough to sign your own name.

Gareth Jones hopes to be the new owner of Revelstoke’s historic Mountain View School building. Photo: Emily Kemp

Distillery, restaurant, medical centre planned for Revelstoke’s historic Mountain View School

By Emily Kemp A medical centre and premium craft distillery, all in the one building? It’s a concept that has potential for endless jokes and yet, that is what the buyer of the old Mountain View Elementary School, Gareth Jones, plans to do.

It’s not as crazy as it seems. With different entrances on two separate floors, the interaction between the two is expected to be minimum. And with a restaurant added into the mix and a residential home upstairs, the final result will be a multi-use building.

“From the business perspective, it allows me to wrap a number of businesses into this building, which is great news. It becomes a destination — it is such a beautiful place,” Jones said.

The school, built in 1914, was vacated in 2012 as the local school district 19 moved to consolidate its schools. It’s been on the market for a while, with requests for proposals in the last two years yielding no success.

But this year was different. Jones had been looking for a place in Revelstoke to base his Jones Distilling and when he heard of the opportunity, he saw a way to combine business with another love of his — renovating old buildings.

“People like me breathe life back into these buildings, when in other circumstances they would be left to deteriorate,” Jones said. “I love the architecture of it, I love the era, I love the design and I also love the fact that it has a history to it. You can’t just create history. This is something that has been developed over the last 100 years.”

The Mountain View School is big. 12,750 square feet over two storeys and a basement. It’s not known what the final sale price is but the 2015 BC Assessment Authority’s property assessment valued the Mountain View land site at $2,290,800.

With the sale pending, Revelstoke City Council will need to pass a heritage revitalization agreement that reviews the building’s new proposed uses before it is finalized. This process will also include a chance for residents to provide input through a public hearing.

Mountain View School around the 1930s.

Photo: Revelstoke Museum & Archives

If all goes well, Jones expects construction of his development to be phased over a number of years. He hopes to make the most of the building’s features such as its many large windows that allow views onto surrounding mountains in every direction.

Jones is excited to be part of what he said is a cohesive understanding between the community and its future.

“That’s quite rare,” he said. “People get that this town has something really special to offer.”

“I hope when our little distillery opens, it will be very small, very discreet and very high-end and people can come here and revel in the history of the place and have nice drink and relax.”

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Sarah Harper & Stu Smith

For the love of garlic

Track Street Growers’ garlic festival is turning into a Revelstoke harvest tradition

By Jodi Kay What started out as a so-called garlic garage sale at 226 Track Street here in Revelstoke has now become a much anticipated autumn event. Sarah Harper and Stu Smith, along with The Revelstoke Local Food Initiative (LFI), invite you to join them in celebrating this year’s garlic harvest on September 18 at their home on Track Street. I was lucky enough to get a private tour (and a taste test!) of the couple’s garden and it is no wonder that this garage sale turned festival has seen success. If anyone can turn a humble clove of garlic into a party, it’s most definitely these two.

Garlic has been apart of the romance from the very beginning over at Track Street Growers, but it is indeed just that — the very beginning. As Sarah and Stu show me around their garden, I wonder if there is anything these two don’t grow? Jerusalem artichokes, ground cherries, lemongrass, horseradish, white strawberries and spicy mustard habaneros are just a few of the many surprising varieties of plants found in this bountiful backyard garden.

But the passion doesn’t stop at just vegetables. There was much excitement when I arrived as the duo received their first egg from their new chickens. These chickens — or ladies as Stu affectionately calls them — might just be the happiest chickens in all of town due to their beautiful home fully equipped with their very own chicken swing. The happiness here is in abundance.

“It’s a bit silly really,” laughs Sarah as we walk around the sprawling squashes. It makes me wonder how these two manage to keep up with all the chores, let alone weeding! “We make a list,” she says, “and then we mow the lawn.”

The couple collects compost from various restaurants in town including Mountain Meals and La Baguette, and this is where it all starts. I am learning that a rich soil is always the first step in producing flourishing crops. And flourishing this garden is indeed as almost 3,000 heads of garlic are harvested each year by Sarah and Stu. The garlic is sold or used to make various sauces and syrups which will be for sale at this year’s festival.

“We live in an inspiring community,” Stu explains, “where we are able to share knowledge and inspiration.”

Track Street Growers is a place where everything seems to come full circle. From the new bee hives to the squash blossoms to the chickens and the compost, Sarah and Stu are cultivating more than just vegetables.

“We’re hoping to cultivate a movement,” Stu says.

Join Sarah and Stu and the Revelstoke Local Food Initiative on September 18 at 226 Track Street from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the third annual garlic festival. A $2 admission fee will be charged as a fundraiser for the LFI. Enjoy live music, kids’ activities, food workshops, chicken bingo and of course, lots of garlic!

Check out the LFI’s website for more updates on the event www.revelstokelocalfood.com/news-events.

See you there!

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The Track Street Growers will be hosting their third annual garlic fest on Sept. 18. Photos this article by Jodi Kay

Garlic + Spice Crusted Carrots with Sesame Yogurt

By Jodi Kay

Garlic can be used in so many different ways. It is the first ingredient to so many dishes and cuisines around the world. After a visit to Sarah and Stu’s eclectic garden I knew I wanted to make something using humble, local ingredients that was packed with spices and flavour. These show-off carrots will make vegetables the star of your table. Roasting time will depend on the size of your carrots, smaller ones might only need 30 minutes, larger ones might need up to 45 minutes.

Covering vegetables with foil at the beginning of roasting time helps to lock in flavour and prevent burning. These carrots will come out crispy around the edges with a tender centre.

A secret ingredient for this dish (and for all your other favourite recipes) is garlic syrup – but you will have to stop by Garlic Festival to grab your own jar of this liquid gold from Track Street Growers. Ah, for the love of garlic.

Ingredients: Garlic + Spice Crusted Carrots • 1 bunch market carrots, washed and sliced lengthwise • 1 teaspoon ground cumin • 1 teaspoon dried thyme • 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander • 1/4 teaspoon dried chili flakes (more or less depending on desired heat) • 3 cloves garlic, papery skins left on • 1/4 teaspoon flaky sea salt • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil Jodi Kay photo

Sesame Yogurt • 1 cup plain yogurt • 3 tablespoons tahini (sesame seed paste) • 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar • 1 tablespoon honey • 1 clove garlic, crushed and minced • Salt and pepper to taste • Cilantro and toasted sesame seeds to garnish

What to do Preheat the oven to 400 F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Trim the green ends off the carrots and remove any dirt. No need to peel so leave the skin on if it doesn’t look too dirty or rough. Half the carrots lengthwise, place in a large mixing bowl and set aside.

Add cumin, thyme, coriander and red pepper flakes to small bowl. Place garlic cloves (with paper skin on) in a dry skillet over medium heat. Toast until lightly charred and soft, a few minutes on each side, shaking the pan frequently to prevent burning. Let cool and then remove the garlic from the skin. Using the flat edge of a knife squish the garlic into a rough paste. Add the garlic to your bowl of spices along with olive oil and sea salt. Use your fingertips or a spoon to make a paste.

Add the garlic and spice paste to the bowl of carrots and toss to coat. Use a little extra olive oil as needed. Place carrots in a single layer on the line baking sheet with space between each one. Cover with aluminum foil and bake in the oven for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, remove the foil so the carrots can brown and caramelize. Roasting time will depend on the size of the carrots. Carrots are ready when they are easily pierced with a fork.

While the carrots are roasting prepare the yogurt sauce. Whisk together yogurt, tahini, apple cider vinegar, honey and garlic in a small bowl. Taste and adjust seasoning as needed.

Serve roasted carrots with sesame yogurt and garnish with cilantro and toasted sesame seeds. A drizzle of garlic syrup from Track Street Growers would make this dish even more delicious. See you on September 18!

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Patio hideaways

Visitors to Revelstoke will want to check out our thriving patio hideaways during the traditionally warm September

1. The Rockford at Revelstoke Mountain Resort has unlimited views towards the Columbia River and is the best spot to work on your tan. Don’t miss Monday wing nights!

2. The Cabin bowling alley boasts some of the most creative cocktails in town and can easily host large groups on their new picnic-themed outdoor patio. This liquor-primary establishment is busiest on weekend nights.

3. The Village Idiot is home to Revelstoke’s casual apres-outdoor rec crowd and features big portions.

The Idiot is often one of the busiest locations in town, and is very popular with the mountain bike crowd in the summer.

4. The Craft Bierhaus’ back-alley patio is a true hideaway, tucked out back in the heritage district. Enjoy the two-dozen craft beers on tap, including amazing selections from across the Pacific Northwest.

5. Be seen on Revelstoke’s main street, Mackenzie Avenue, at the Taco Club, which features Mexican and South American dishes.

They’ve got the biggest selection of craft tequilas in town.

6. Chubby Funsters is located in an historic railway building. The restaurant has a large front patio, as well as this ivy-lined sanctuary out back. They’re known for their diverse casual menu that features standards and ethnic dishes.

7. Nico’s Pizzeria on First Street West is popular with families looking for a group meal with affordable prices. Their patio is in a higher traffic area and is great for people watching.

Photos by Aaron Orlando

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Images: Sarah Mickel Photography Bottom left and right: Styled by Free Spirit Sports Parker wears North Face graphic tee // $25, Volcom vorta five-pocket pants // $55, North Face mini crevasse backpack // $60 and Volcom snapback hat // $22. Model’s own shoes.

Ellory wears North Face reaxion amp tee // $30, North Face argali hike capri // $50.

Model’s own shoes.

Front image and left: Styled by Style Trend Clothiers Aza wears BB Dakota sweater // $109, Guess skinnies // $108, necklace // $22 and Co-lab bag // $96. Model’s own shoes.

Lane wears Garcia Shirt // $69, Silver jeans // $105, Billabong backpack // $89. Model’s own shoes.

Front image and right: Styled by Society Snow & Skate Mercedes’ hair by Tegan Dean at 1st Impressions Hair Salon and makeup by Sarah Celenia Gaynor at The Beauty Room Mercedes wears Vans dayo top // $49.95, Sitka spruce skinny jeans // $94.95, Etnies Jameson 2 // $79.95 and Dakine Josephine bag // $29.95.

Nolan wears Altamont spansive henley top // $45.96, Altamont wilshire straight jeans // $84.85, Etnies rock snap hat // $35.95, Vans era 59 shoes // $74.95 and Poler ruck sack // $125.95.

Mark your time in Revelstoke with one of these distinctive buys

Revelstoke is a hub for creatives and for adventurers in love with the mountain lifestyles. These are some not-so-obvious souvenirs of Revelstoke life.

Revelstoke Mountain Resort is the hub our resort town thrives around. Their souvenir collection, including this hoodie, is extensive. $49.95 at R Gear – 2950 Camozzi Rd This hoodie, by local brand Love Making Designs, is inspired by all the natural wonders around Revelstoke. $75 at Love Making Designs – 110 Mackenzie Ave

Skookum is one of a few stores in Revelstoke that caters to mountain bike lovers. They have a cool take on the cycle jersey with a custom Revelstoke design for male (shown) and female riders. $65 at Skookum Ski and Cycle – 116 Mackenzie Ave

Local design group Somewon Collective prints clothing with a distinctive mountain vibe, in line with their slogan ‘A life well lived’. $30 at Integrated Apparel – 308 First St E

Show support for local Revelstoke snowboard crew Wasted Youth, known for their crazy video edits, with this tee. $29.95 at Society Snow & Skate

Selkirk Graphics is the go-to store for typical souvenirs emblazoned with ‘Revelstoke’. They opened in 1988 and this particular design, now a popular and ironic emblem in today’s skiing culture, is an original that harks back to 1990. Grab it in a hoodie or a tee. $22.95 at Selkirk Graphics – 110A W First St

The popular Society Snow & Skate store can barely keep this item on the shelf, embodying the local store with its distinctive logo. Available in hoodies and tees. $59.95 at Society Snow & Skate – 313 Mackenzie Ave

Revelstoke Street Style

By Emily Kemp and Britt Cochrane

We trawled the streets of Revelstoke one evening, as the sweet sounds of music from Grizzly Plaza echoed downtown, and one morning at the bustling Saturday morning Farmers Markets for a look at what the people of Revelstoke are wearing.

Anne-Marie Dubrenil and Tyler Dilnot This pair was spotted buying wares at the markets, dressed in fashion that was simple and rugged (mostly thrift store items), surely they were from Revelstoke! But no, despite being impressed with Revelstoke, Dubrenil is from Quebec and Tyler is from Toronto.

What is your go-to item in your wardrobe?

Anne-Marie - This green long-sleeved shirt from Tyler’s wardrobe. It’s very comfortable (corduroy fabric) and I can wear it in any situation.

Tyler - I always wear my steel-toe boots. I was legit on beaches in Australia wearing them. You can do anything in them. Ready to work, ready to hike, ready to kick people’s asses (laughs).

How would you describe your style?

Anne-Marie - Simple and very comfortable.

Tyler Dilnot and Anne-Marie Dubrenil

Tyler - Most of my clothes come from tree planting.

The rest is kind of skid (style worn by American heavy metal band Skid Row).

Erin Russell Local mum Erin caught our eye for rocking this simple but eye-catching blue dress, which she gave a touch of edge with her Ray Ban aviators.

What are you wearing?

A dress from Costco in Hawaii (laughs), for like $20. Which is funny because I always get compliments on it.

What is your go-to item in your wardrobe?

Dresses. They’re just so easy — no matching, you can accessorize with jewelry if you like, or not.

How would you describe your style?

My style is easy, just whatever goes and whatever I can put on and I can take my dog out for a walk or go out with my kids and play. It’s got to be versatile cause a million things come up in a day.

Erin Russell

What do you think about Revelstoke fashion?

I like how easy it is here. I guess mountain style.

Where do you get your style inspiration?

I don’t really look at magazines and TV that much so I think it is from going shopping and seeing what’s out there, what’s in stores and what other people are wearing.

Where is your favorite place to shop and why?

I like Style Trend. I think it has a lot of things that I like — easy pieces to wear, casual but a little nicer and you find things that are a little different than in other stores.

I think they do a good job of what they bring in and have a good variety. I can buy stuff for my older kids there and myself.

Gabrielle Matheson We featured Gabrielle because of her simple, pared back elegance that worked well with Revelstoke’s hot summer weather. Gabrielle lives and works near Nakusp in the summer and was checking out Revelstoke for the day.

What are you wearing?

A T-shirt dress from H&M and Steve Madden sandals.

What is your go-to item in your wardrobe?

I’m a big jeans person, although it’s too hot right now, but jeans are my staple.

How would you describe your style?

Very casual.

What do you think about Revelstoke fashion?

It’s very laid back, which I love.

Gabrielle Matheson

Where do you get your style inspiration?

To a certain extent magazines and also people who I follow on Instagram, like Instagram models, because they wear a lot of super cute stuff, e.g. Eileen Kelly @killerandasweetthang.

Coaches Turner Moyse and Stephanie China at the new CrossFit Revelstoke located at 1240 Powerhouse Road.

Photos: Aaron Orlando /Revelstoke Mountaineer Magazine

CrossFit Revelstoke will make you fitter, faster, stronger

By Emily Kemp

The trend that has taken the world by storm, CrossFit, has found a home in Revelstoke.

CrossFit is a strength and conditioning program designed to build all elements of your fitness. Strength, endurance, stamina, power, accuracy, agility, balance, flexibility and speed. It is ideal for preparing your body for the unknown and it is about seeing and celebrating what your body is capable of.

That’s the motivation, addiction and exhilaration behind the exulted movement and CrossFitters who, like yogis, passionately and legitimately enjoy their workout.

CrossFit is a community and the fitness style becomes a part of everyday life. It doesn’t attract just one particular body shape, age or fitness goal. Classes represent all types and their communal nature and flexible workouts is one of the many reasons the word CrossFit is so frequented in fitness media.

“Everything is scalable, that’s what is so amazing about CrossFit,” says Steph China, the proud owner of Revelstoke’s first CrossFit gym, CrossFit Revelstoke.

You might know Steph from her first business here, Revelution, which she opened with a vision of creating a training facility where individuals can achieve their fitness goals. On a search to find the best programming for fitness, she decided to open CrossFit Revelstoke while allowing Revelution focus more on its yoga.

Why CrossFit?

“CrossFit is a workout where you see progressions and you see yourself getting stronger.”

The difference between CrossFit and other fitness programs is the teaching. While you could go online and Fitness is a very broad term, which reaches far past easily find a quick workout, it is the teaching that is the the one-hour session of training in the gym. CrossFit crucial element.

Revelstoke focuses on your overall health with nutritional advice, developing sound movement patterns The care and attention to each and every athlete’s (yes, and working on your mobility and flexibility. you’re an athlete, even if it’s your first time) movement makes sure that they have the best platform to start the Creating Legends fitness adventure, and in turn enables them to reach their highest potential.

A huge part of CrossFit Revelstoke is their kids pro“You wouldn’t start building a house on bad foundations gram. This is all about having fun while developing a and it is exactly the same with your fitness,” Steph says. life-long love of fitness. Little Legends start from threeyears-old to 18-year-old legends. Their classes are all “If we have a solid base you will develop to your full inclusive catering to all levels. potential.”

CrossFit mixes weightlifting with cardio and gymnastics.

In a one-hour class, athletes can expect a 5–10 minute dynamic warm-up, then 10–20 minutes of strength and skill drills before a workout of the day (WOD). CrossFit Revelstoke classes are small-group based training with two coaches to about 12 athletes.

At the heart of CrossFit is functional fitness. This develops strength for movements that are integral to your everyday life.

“By starting so young we have the chance to develop good movement patterns that will translate into whatever sport or discipline they choose to follow and reduce the risks of sport related injuries,” Steph says.

Check out crossfitrevelstoke.com for more information and pricing. 1240 Powerhouse Road, Unit 106a, 250-814-4793 @crossfitrevelstoke on Instagram

“If we develop good movement patterns in a controlled environment, chances are that when you are in an uncontrolled environment — the real world — you will have developed good habits and know instinctively the right way to move,” Steph says.

This is important for everyone but especially those extreme sport lovers in Revelstoke who want to avoid getting injured.

See yourself grow Along with China, Turner Moyse is the other figure that’s responsible for getting CrossFit Revelstoke up and running. He is the head coach and programmer.

Both Steph and Turner are super fit, friendly and passionate about what they do. They genuinely want to see people progress, in their own time. The problem for most people, Turner says, is they don’t feel challenged.

CrossFit Revelstoke athletes in paired training on the rowwing machines.

The CrossFit Revelstoke gym opened its doors last month and their airy workout zone is fitted with brand-new equipment, ready for the crowd of residents excited to have access to this high-level fitness facility locally.

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“A lot of us, with our fitness, are like ships sailing on a cloudy night,” he says. “We don’t know where we are going and we don’t see any markers for getting any further.”

Suddenly, when they’re introduced to CrossFit, they once again have goals.

“CrossFit’s key theme that sets it apart from the rest of the fitness industry is that it is accountable,” Turner explains. “Everything is measurable, observable and repeatable so suddenly you see yourself develop and if you’re plateauing, we can see why and put you back on track!”

Inside CrossFit Revelstoke.

• See yourself get fitter with the Wodify app — part of CrossFit Revelstoke’s package • Kids classes! Ages 3–18. Learn healthy habits in a fun environment.

• CrossFit Revelstoke — a complete program and community. Fitness instruction, nutrition advice and support.

• One-hour class: 5–10 minute dynamic warm-up, 10–20 minutes of strength and skill drills, then a workout of the day (WOD)

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