Vol 46 #2

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published week of October 16, 2017

Fall 2017 cover
photo: ADAM CLARK * skier: Stian Hagen * snow: Retallack, BC
Fall 2017 contents
photo: ERIN HOGUE * skier: Mark Abma * snow: Pemberton, BC

2018 ON-SLOPE REVIEWS

PART 2: FREERIDE AND  FRONTSIDE

Ski Canada sent testers across Canada to demo the best of what’s new this season—here are our favourites.    By RYAN STUART,  Technical Editor

FEATURES

BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
Sampling the Okanagan duo of Big White and SilverStar kept IAN MERRINGER and family well entertained.

TURNING LOCAL
They came for a season and stayed forever. There’s  something about Jasper and Marmot Basin that casts a spell. By RYAN STUART

 KIMBERLEY KIDS                                                                                                                                                                                 
  Whether it’s part of a powdery road trip or the chosen destination, this beloved Kootenay resort knows how to keep families happy. By ANDREW FINDLAY

STOWE AFTER VAIL
The mothership has landed at the quintessential New England resort. By IAN MERRINGER

AUSTRIAN OOMPAH
Saalbach brought out the wackier side of our readers on another Ski Canada trip. By IAIN MacMILLAN

TAKE ME TO FUNKYTOWN                                                                                                                                                                                            
Whitewater is fingered as one of Canada’s quirkiest powdery treasures—and its sister city of  Nelson doesn’t disappoint, either. By LESLIE WOIT

HOW TO GET LAYERED
10 ways you’re probably screwing up on keeping warm.  BY RYAN STUART

REGULARS

FIRST TRACKS   Pack MentalityBY IAIN MacMILLAN

 SHORT TURNS  * Join the Circus  *  Thumbs Up  * Panorama: more powder playground  *  

FIT TO SKI, PART 2  This issue targets the lower body and challenges stability and balance. BY MARCY VERBURG

CROSSHAIRS  A skiers’ gallery.

TECH TALK In defence of narrow skis. By MARTIN OLSON

SKILL SCHOOL  Do you downstem?  By TOBIN LEOPKEY

CAUGHT & SHOT  By MICHAEL OVERBECK

 

Ski Canada Staff
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