{"id":15239589,"date":"2026-08-03T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/canada-has-thousands-of-mountains-these-are-the-people-obsessed-with-them\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T12:00:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:00:33","slug":"canada-has-thousands-of-mountains-these-are-the-people-obsessed-with-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/canada-has-thousands-of-mountains-these-are-the-people-obsessed-with-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada has thousands of mountains. These are the people obsessed with them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/9c06ec77-99f3-4cad-a11b-346d30292a39,1785436331603\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C499%2C3528%2C1984%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29\" alt=\"Dad and daughter climb a peak\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" title=\"Braiden McDowell and his six-year-old daughter Ellie Saba climb Opal Ridge in Kananaskis Country, Alta. \nIt was their 80th summit.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Almost 25 per cent of Canada\u2019s land mass is considered mountainous, according to a 2021 University of Calgary study, and about 80 per cent of Canada\u2019s population live within or close to mountain areas. Some people in Canada spend all their free time climbing mountains or getting inspired by them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada-has-thousands-of-mountains-these-are-the-people-obsessed-with-them-9.7291077?cmp=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">News Edmonton \u2013 CBC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost 25 per cent of Canada\u2019s land mass is considered mountainous, according to a 2021 University of Calgary study, and about 80 per cent of Canada\u2019s population live within or close to mountain areas. 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