Ski Canada Staff

Reading Time: 3 minutes Don’t try to ski yourself into shape again this season. Get started on our pre-season fitness series now. Good skiers know that the best way to prevent injury and have […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Geoff Holman’s unique cover shot this month, taken with his drone, is a first for Ski Canada. Like POV cameras that not long ago became ubiquitous on ski helmets everywhere, […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes Don’t try to ski yourself into shape again this season. Get started on our pre-season fitness series now. Good skiers know that the best way to prevent injury and have […]

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Ski Canada magazine salutes slush cups everywhere. Spring has sprung, or soon will be.  photo: DANIEL TENGS  *  skier: Karl Kristian Muggerud  *  snow: Folgefoona, Norway from Winter 2017 issue

Reading Time: < 1 minutes From Mayerhofen to Sun Peaks, Europe’s top on-snow music festival is heading to Canada April 6–10 With an endless list of music artists and DJs crowding the village. Ludacris, Kaskade, […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes 1. Who needs another logoed team jacket or club T-shirt? How about a custom-knit, non-itch, 100-per-cent merino wool JYTTE toque? Made in Sun Valley, Idaho, by Canadian expat Jytte (pronounced […]

Reading Time: 8 minutes In everyday life, the ACL normally performs well but starts punching above its weight when the knee is exposed to a twist or torque—from, say, landing a jump, skiing moguls […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes As a key layer under your shell or on its own breaking trail, Smartwool hit it out of the park with its Propulsion 60 Jacket ($209), also in women’s. Added […]

Reading Time: < 1 minutes photo: SPENCER FRANCEY  *  skier: Sverre Lillequist  * snow: Mica Heliskiing, BC

Reading Time: 2 minutes  If you haven’t had a serious knee injury while skiing, you likely know someone who has. We often think it’s just random bad luck but keep reading. by DR. JOHN […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes How much do ski instructors earn around the world? It’s a question you need to ask yourself if you’re thinking of investing the time and money needed to work on […]

Reading Time: < 1 minutes If you’re a strong intermediate who already skis in the trees after a storm, you’re likely good enough to heli- or cat-ski. But if you want to make sure you’re […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes by RAY O’REILLY in the Fall 2016 issue With all the Euro-influence in the ski world, stumbling at pronouncing a product name can give it street cred, so we were […]

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Crosshairs Fall 2016 photo: NIC ALEGRE * skier: Nick McNutt * snow: Neacola Range, Alaska

Reading Time: < 1 minutes photo: REUBEN KRABBE * skier: Stan Rey * snow: Revelstoke BC Crosshairs Fall 2016 photo: REUBEN KRABBE  *  skier: Stan Rey  *  snow: Revelstoke  BC  

Reading Time: < 1 minutes In today’s world of similar-feeling condos that proliferate across North American ski country, it’s an incredibly satisfying splurge to check into an iconic inn like Lake Louise’s Post Hotel & […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes There’s a fraternity of hemisphere-hopping ski instructors who don’t miss the long days of summer. MATT BARNES, a Ski Canada instruction editor, is one of them. Winter to winter, travelling […]

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Crosshairs Buyer’s Guide 2017 issue photo: MICHAEL NEUMANN * skier: Max Kroneck * snow: Westfjords, Iceland

Reading Time: < 1 minutes photo: BRUNO LONG * skier: Colston VB * snow: Chatter Creek, BC Crosshairs Buyer’s Guide 2017 photo: BRUNO LONG * skier: Colston VB * snow: Chatter Creek, BC  

Reading Time: 8 minutes TESTERS’ CHOICE With the tape used to mask the topsheets gone, we can reveal our testers’ favourite skis in each category (as well as their sponsors). It’s time to match […]

Reading Time: < 1 minutes You don’t pronounce every company’s name the way it looks. DALE OF NORWAY Known for: Traditional and modern Scandinavian wool sweaters worn by our national ski team. How you probably […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes How does one get to ski places like Vallnord-Arcalis (Andorra), Chamonix, Fieberbrunn (Austria), Haines and Verbier all in one season? Start by hucking yourself off a cliff a few thousand […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Tip and Photos by John Schwirtlich Often when skiers drop into the deep, they make the same old turn regardless of the terrain steepness or snow conditions. But the pitch of […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes 1. Skiwear or streetwear, Helly Hansen’s Regulate Midlayer Jacket ($160) is a fresh departure from traditional insulators worn under a shell and is just as hip as a stand-alone. Versatile and […]