Where dreams are born

May 2012

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May 2012

Thomas Fortin just above the treeline en route to Brewster Hut. Photo: Liz Mathieson
Liz Mathieson dreams up a classic ski tour, albeit in not so classic conditions, in the Mt Brewster backcountry. It is late in the evening, dinner dishes have been cleared and now the conversation turns to where the end-of-season mission will be this spring. Maps come out, secrets are shared, previous experiences and discoveries of […]

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