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Partnership aims to bring innovation to outdoor recreation
College of the Rockies (the college) and Kootenay Outdoor Recreation Enterprise (KORE) have signed a new memorandum of understanding (MOU), renewing and expanding their longstanding…
KAR holding Early Preview Opening this weekend
La Nina has hit! Early season massive snowfall has triggered the favourite words of everyone here in Kimberley, ‘Early Preview Opening,’ on Saturday, December 7…
East Kootenay downhill season nears full steam
As snow falls over the entire East Kootenay and its towering Rockies and Purcell Mountains, it is clearly ski and snowboard season in the region….
KAR Winter Sports School rated the best by USA TODAY
Telus Winter Sports School at Kimberley Alpine Resort is a winner in the 2023 USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice travel award contest for Best Ski…
KORE hosting second Outdoor Rec-Tech Summit
The Kootenay Outdoor Recreation Enterprise (KORE) is hosting the second annual Outdoor Rec-Tech Summit, Western Canada’s only conference dedicated to the outdoor recreational technology manufacturing…
Kimberley’s first Backcountry Film Festival Dec. 2
Kimberley local non-profit groups, KORE Outdoors and Wildsight, are coming together to host Kimberley’s first ever, Backcountry Film Festival! “It is time! As the snow…
Dreadnaught Ski Racing drives local tourism
The ski season this year was notable for all the wrong reasons. Unseasonably warm in February, unseasonable cold in April. But Dreadnaught Ski Racing persisted…
New Fernie community finds success without golf
The decision to shift away from a golf resort to a mountain community has been a big hit with buyers as Parastone Developments today announced…
RCR donates to city
Matt Mosteller, vice president at Resorts of the Canadian Rockies/Fernie Alpine Resort announced Nov. 14 that RCR/FAR was donating $100,000 to Fernie for a grant application…