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Lys Morton

Lys is your community journalist for Revelstoke Mountaineer. He grew up in Calgary with the Rockies as a weekend stomping grounds and spent a decade on Vancouver Island for school and working as the community reporter for The Discourse Nanaimo. Your friendly neighborhood trans guy, Lys is focused on showcasing underrepresented voices, community joy and innovation and finding a new way to tell big stories. When not reporting around town, you can find him slowly working his way through his book collection while his two cats either curl up for pets or throw themselves around the place.

Lys's Latest Articles

B.C. Avalanche "don't stop" sign on the side of a road with large snow banks on either side of it.

Winter storms bring a string of highway closures

By Lys Morton ● Regional ● Dec 18, 2025

Here’s how to prepare for avalanche road closures and keep up-to-date on road conditions while traveling.

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Big Eddy Glass Works Leah Allison spins a bulb of hot glass into shape in front of guests.

Local businesses champion the Big Eddy

By Lys Morton ● Featured ● Dec 10, 2025

From the Big Eddy Winter Market to local farms, the neighbourhood is a pillar in Revelstoke’s growth, Big Eddy Glass Works’ Leah Allison says.

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Interior of a Revelstoke Mountain Resort staff housing unit, showing a couch, table, kitchen and a bedroom with bunk beds.

Revelstoke Mountain Resort staff housing shows off to the public

By Lys Morton ● Development ● Dec 10, 2025

‘This is a point of pride for us, that we can provide quality housing for our staff,’ Jason Kelder, resort president says.

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Revelstoke Mountain Resort opening day 2025 guests, two of them in ski gear and holding ski poles as they look at the camera and smile. Snow is noticeably falling.

Gondolas packed for Revelstoke Mountain Resort opening day

By Lys Morton ● Recreation and Sports ● Dec 10, 2025

From hitting new terrain to memorizing lift operator names, opening day guests share their goals for the season.

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Revelstoke Mountain Resort opening day promotional photo of a garden gnome on a wooden platform with a couple of centimeters of snow around him.

Revelstoke Mountain Resort opens Dec. 6

By Lys Morton ● Featured ● Dec 3, 2025

Early season conditions persist but highly anticipated snow in the forecast as Revelstoke Mountain Resort kicks the season off.

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Revelstoke Mountain Resort slopes manager Aaron Clarke in cat snow groomer

Meet the team preparing Revelstoke Mountain Resort’s trails

By Lys Morton ● Recreation and Sports ● Nov 26, 2025

‘We’re grooming every moment that the hill is closed’ slopes manager says.

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Spilt Milk coffee shop guests on the summer patio during Revelstoke's 2025 summer

Revelstoke’s tourism summer sees memories over mementos

By Lys Morton ● Development ● Nov 26, 2025

Local businesses note a change in overall customer behaviour tracking in a positive direction.

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Concept design for Downie Street Affordable Housing project that shows a cream white apartment complex with green patios and a brown townhome complex. Both buildings are noticeably boxy in outline

‘It’s more than just aesthetics’: Council reviews Downie Street affordable housing project plans

By Lys Morton ● Development ● Nov 20, 2025

Council grapples with quality over timeliness for proposed Downie Street affordable housing project design.

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Residents sit in a gym for a Revelstoke STR information session

Revelstoke narrows in on short-term rental future

By Lys Morton ● Development ● Nov 19, 2025

Staff presented three potential scenarios at a Nov. 13 meeting.

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Delreé Dumont at Arrow Heights Elementary School

Local artist Delreé Dumont wins Governor General award

By Lys Morton ● Featured ● Nov 12, 2025

Delreé Dumont’s unique pointillism style highlighted in This Land Is a Lullaby picture book.

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