#copper mountain

[omgitsdana]

Is it winter yet? 🙃

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…..how ‘bout now? 0.o’

[rabbitcruiser]

Banff National Park, AB (No. 7)

Throughout its history, Banff National Park has been shaped by tension between conservationist and land exploitation interests. The park was established on November 25, 1885, as Banff Hot Springs Reserve, in response to conflicting claims over who discovered hot springs there and who had the right to develop the hot springs for commercial interests. The conservationists prevailed when Prime Minister John A. Macdonald set aside the hot springs as a small protected reserve, which was later expanded to include Lake Louise and other areas extending north to the Columbia Icefield.

Archaeological evidence found at Vermilion Lakes indicates the first human activity in Banff to 10,300 BP. Prior to European contact, the area that is now Banff National Park was home to many Indigenous Peoples, including the Stoney Nakoda, Ktunaxa, Tsuut'ina, Kainaiwa, Piikani, Siksika, and Plains Cree. Indigenous Peoples utilized the area to hunt, fish, trade, travel, survey and practice culture. Many areas within Banff National Park are still known by their Stoney Nakoda names such as Lake Minnewanka and the Waputik Range. Cave and Basin served as an important cultural and spiritual site for the Stoney Nakoda.

With the admission of British Columbia to Canada on July 20, 1871, Canada agreed to build a transcontinental railroad. Construction of the railroad began in 1875, with Kicking Horse Pass chosen, over the more northerly Yellowhead Pass, as the route through the Canadian Rockies. Ten years later, on November 7, 1885, the last spike was driven in Craigellachie, British Columbia.

Source: Wikipedia

[runstreakerz]

[outofcontextrifftrax]

I'm very insecure about my dumbass shenanigans.

Bill Corbett, Copper Mountain

[chaletnz]

50 days!!! Celebrating my 50th riding day of the 24/25 season with Rose and Bianca. We did Little Burn moguls under Timberline Express for the first time!

[beccawise7]

Copper Mountain Resort, Frisco Colorado ✌️📷

Happy Monday!!! Hope your Holiday week is fabulous!!

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[icedbatik]

The hoodie and hat I wanted from 4NFO both sold out before I could order either one. (Whether that was the result of a visceral reaction to the last game or the irony of a Presidents' Day sale in the NHL Shop, IDK.)

It's not the same, but I made up for it by buying the fabric to create my own strip pack (or two) of this ...

I am determined this year to create things that bring me -- and (hopefully) others -- joy. The new fabric will be cut into 2.5-inch strips and turned into a jelly roll quilt. I'm not yet sure who will receive it when I'm done.

If anyone happens to see a collection of red and black and (possibly) white batiks, please point me in its direction. (Bonus points if it includes maple leaves.)

[allthecanadianpolitics]

B.C. tailings dam failure could spell disaster for Canada, Washington, studies say

If two British Columbia tailings dams fail, it could spell disaster, according to two reports that analyzed the chances of the dams failing.

Copper Mountain Mine has tailings dams holding back 309 million metric tonnes of tailings and they're likely to fail in extreme weather or seismic events. Dam failure would dump the sludge into sensitive ecosystems, waterways, and Princeton, B.C. Very little is being done to make this less likely and its predicted to fail should the mine reach the tailings pond maximum permitted capacity. Which is expected to happen in 2027.