Neil is a former surf bum turned Director of Fun (and Todd) at Mount Cain Alpine Park. He enjoys quiet evenings at home with his cat, Mittens. (By home, he means in the mountains, and by cat, he means skis.)
I’ve occasionally yearned to wear a Davy Crockett-inspired coonskin hat. The reason I don’t isn’t that I fear I’d end up looking more like some molly-soaked fool who had just […]
Words by Neil BoreckyPhoto by Jenn Dykstra
Comox Valley Collective Summer
Deep in the heart of Utah Mormon country, in a place called Temple Square, sits an unusual statue known as the Seagull Monument. It may be one of the few […]
Words by Neil BoreckyPhoto by Nick Thornton
Comox Valley Collective Spring
Not long after I moved to Cumberland, when it was easier to get lost in the forest, I was riding my dirt bike down a logging road and spotted a […]
Words by Neil BoreckyPhoto by Jarrett Lindal
Comox Valley Collective Winter
Not many people know this about me, but I’ve got a real penchant for fine, stiff Italian boots. This confession may provoke some strange mental images, but rest assured, I’m […]
Words by Neil BoreckyPhotos by Luc Antaya
Fall/Winter Strathcona Collective
It’s hard to say when the first beings took an interest in sliding down the slopes around Mount Cain. I’m sure it was the ravens. You can still catch them […]
Words by Neil BoreckyPhotos by Kimberley Kufaas
Before the headlines were screaming “Murder Hornets!!!” (officially known as Vespa mandarinia, aka “Baskin bees” for you Tiger King fans), every tree planter, summer wedding planner, and basically any Canadian who ever set […]
Words by Neil BoreckyPhoto by Curtis Parker
[On Judgement Day] …men will cast away their idols of silver and gold—the idols they made to worship—to the moles and bats. They will flee to caverns in the rocks […]
Words by Tim EnnisPhotos by Neil Borecky
Owls are a fascinating subject rife with symbolism, mythology, and contentious conservationism. No Halloween would be complete without an owl swooping into the scene (not to steal the thunder from […]
Words by Neil BoreckyPhoto by Alexandra Stephanson
Comox Valley Collective Winter
If you live close to a ski hill, the couch surfer is a species you’re intimately familiar with. Much print space has been devoted to the art of couch surfing […]
Words by Neil BoreckyPhoto by Morgan Callison
Comox Valley Collective Winter
“Nature abhors a vacuum.” This is what Jeff Jones, the secretary of Mount Cain’s board, used to say. And then suddenly, purposefully, and without fanfare, he was gone. The seasons at Mount […]
Words by Neil BoreckyPhotos by Patrick Kitto