HIGHLINE IS SOUL FOOD FOR MOUNTAIN PEOPLE

I co-founded Highline Magazine in 2008 and was publisher and creative director from that time until it’s close in 2016.

Amidst towering mountain peaks, snow-filled couloirs and fast-running rivers, Canada’s Rocky Mountain Parks inspire people to embrace life in wild spaces. And mountain towns have long been magnets for talented and creative individuals.

Highline was a window into the wild culture that thrives in the Rockies. Its stories, images, and local events embodied the playful, community-minded, and earth-friendly spirit of the people who call the Rockies home. The Highline team provided a fun, friendly mountain culture experience for locals and visitors, building lasting relationships with our readers.

Highline Magazine was a free, semi-annual print magazine distributed in local hotspots throughout the Rockies. The mag was known for its unconventional storytelling, knack for finding off-the-beaten-path perspectives on mountain issues, beautiful and intelligent design and photography, and our wild and well-loved local events.

Below you’ll find the highlights from Highline’s eight years in publishing and events, and a selection of some of the most-loved stories, photographs, and illustrations we published over the years, including a few of my own.

Posts tagged erin cipollone

Bushcraft — Wanna Spoon?

The moment has arrived: the sun will soon be tucked behind the mountains; birds chirp an evening lullaby; and bellies are full of, well, let’s be honest, probably hot dogs and potato chips — it’s the magical hour of the campfire.

Your companions for the evening are likely: a) your friends, drawn like moths to the campfire’s flames and will, if unprovoked — except for the occasional cooler run — remain hypnotized for hours by the blaze; or (b) your children, in which case by now they’re defiantly karate chopping your last nerve as you quietly debate with your spouse whose turn it is to throw them a bone. Either way, why not introduce knives to the situation (carving knives, of course!), and then see what happens?

Highline ContributorSeptember 2, 2015erin cipollone

Bushcraft: How to Build a Fire

Here in the Bow Valley, Dave and Brenda Holder of Mahikan Trails are practicing a kinder, gentler, more-accessible bushcraft. Bushcraft can be a means to connect with our natural surroundings – an alternative way to be in nature rather than the usual hiking, biking, skiing, etc. In this issue of Highline, Dave Holder walks us through how to build a fire in the backcountry.

Highline ContributorMay 14, 2015erin cipollone, dane ulsifer, how to, fire, bushcraft

Art + Alf Prozny: Feature Neighbours

The owners of Two Brothers Taxi, a Bow Valley institution, have led colourful lives that include kickin’ it with Cheech Marin, Margot Kidder and Kiss as drivers for Brewster coaches back in the ’80s and ’90s.

Kristy DavisonJanuary 13, 2009erin cipollone