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Transworld Snowboarding: Chasing Golden: A Gnu Crew Blazes Through BC

What happens when you bring together an Olympic gold medalist, the North Face Freeride Tour Champion, a former TransWorld Snowboarding Rookie of the Year and an award-winning snowboard adventurer?

Quite the badass trip. It all started in Calgary, AB, with everyone coming from different locations. Erin Hogue (photographer) came straight from hanging out of helicopters in Alaska and Mary [Rand] came straight from hitting handrails on the east coast. The crew joined together with one common interest, to ride powder. It was late in the year and we were rolling the dice on if we could score the good stuff or not, but we had hope and a couple potential storms were supposed to roll through.

To get to Golden, B.C. from Calgary, AB you drive west for about three hours. The drive goes through the beautiful valley of the Rocky Mountains. We pulled up to our accommodations late at night and were surprised with some seriously lush digs at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort.

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