049. Powder Matt - Co-founder of K.O.R.E.

Matt Mosteller, @powdermatt is a co-founder of The Kootenay Outdoor Recreation Enterprise (KORE) Initiative, a project managed by the Kootenay Outdoor Recreation Society, incorporated in February 2019, and is based in Kimberley, BC. KORE is a nonprofit, grassroots organization dedicated to makers and creators in the outdoor manufacturing sector.

The Kootenays encompass portions of four major mountain ranges: the western Rockies, Purcells, Selkirks and the eastern Monashees. Within these ranges are hundreds of lakes, rivers, glaciers and 10,000-foot peaks. The region includes four national parks, 75 provincial parks, and countless year-round, winter and summer recreation resorts, backcountry lodges, hot springs, championship golf courses and far-out destinations renown for world-class hiking, skiing, snowboarding, kayaking, mountain biking and climbing.

Kootenay communities like Golden, Invermere, Fernie, Nelson, Rossland, Kimberley and Revelstoke are rapidly becoming recognized as having some of the planet’s most outstanding and untouched mountain wilderness.

The KORE initiative wants to bring creators to the region and stimulate the economy of these small mountain towns. What better place than the Kootenays to set up shop and create awesome gear tried and tested in some of the most beautiful and rugged terrain on the planet!

In this podcast, Matt shares a little about himself as a young boy and the events that inspired him to live his best life in the outdoors. We discuss the importance of moving through nature and the positive impacts that communities of outdoor enthusiasts bring to the region. We also chat about the value that these communities bring to the region and how KORE is making it a no brainer for future companies to set up shop here in the Kootenays.