A young hockey player with a dream to play in the NHL. A teenage musician who serendipitously finds herself singing with a mega-star. A multi-disciplinary talent who plays concert piano and climbs competitively. Meet Columbia Basin youth who are dreaming big and living bigger.

A skier on the brink of making it. A young climber with aspirations of international competition. An emerging photographer with a career in sight. A teenage snowboarder with powder fields of opportunity underfoot. Meet the next generation of mountain-sports athletes, guides, instructors, and storytellers. These are their dreams and their challenges.

On the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, we step into a West Kootenay city that could be breaking records for the number of dance studios in a small community. Grab your ghetto blaster, Mom. It’s time to krump. By Jayme Moye. Photos by Louis Bockner.

Liz Rose has become the youngest Canadian to climb the Seven Summits and in so doing, raised $213,000 so kids in palliative care can have adventures too.

Patrick Lucas is the founder of British Columbia’s Aboriginal Youth Mountain Bike Program, which we are huge fans of. This is the first in a series by him about the importance of this ground-breaking program.

“The climate is changing and so are we.” Kootenay youth band together to help bring down emissions and build resilience. By Ella Korth and Linn Murray.