Ski Canada @ 50 – Style Icons: Canadian Classics

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Reading Time: 4 minutes DAVID S. REID DOWN ERA: A staple in the winter Eaton’s catalogue as well as skiing specialty shops across Canada, David S. Reid was synonymous with skiwear in the 1970s, […]

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2022 Powder Buyer’s Guide pt 7 – outerwear

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Reading Time: 4 minutes LAYERING 2022  Staying comfortable on the ski hill is as much about staying cool as it is staying warm. Get sweaty and then sit on a chairlift for 15 minutes […]

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2022 Powder Buyer’s Guide pt 1

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Reading Time: 3 minutes YOUR APRÈS COMPANION  Mons Royale has always designed its merino baselayers with versatility in mind. Not only does merino resist the aroma of a sweaty day on the slopes, but […]

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Mind Your Bs and ZQs

Reading Time: 3 minutes We all want to buy products that are gentle on the Earth and fair to the people who make them. However, recognizing these stars in a rack of jackets or […]

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Powder Buyer’s Guide 2021

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Reading Time: 12 minutes Whether you find it in the trees a few metres from the run or deep in the backcountry after a long skin up, there’s nothing like the feeling of choking […]

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Buyer’s Guide 2021 – All-Mountain

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Reading Time: 5 minutes As an All-Mountain skier, you’re pragmatic and easygoing—but not blown by the wind. When the lifts start spinning, you follow the soft snow wherever it takes you: early-morning groomers, bumps […]

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Gear & Gadgets Vol 48 #3

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Magic armour! Auclair’s Race Fusion ($225) glove might make gate bashing almost comfortable. Lining the back of the hand and fingers of its newest race glove is a layer of […]

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Outerwear 2020

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Outerwear 2020 Québécois cold or Coastal wet, what you wear on the outside is key to staying comfortable. For cold weather In the Alpha LIFALOFT Jacket and women’s Whitewall LIFALOFT […]

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Layer Up For Warmth and Style – women’s skiwear

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Buyer’s Guide 2019 – women Fully loaded Loose and long and loaded with every possible bell and whistle, the Helly Hansen Maroi Shell Jacket is ready for whatever a skier […]

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Gear & Gadgets – Vol 46 #4

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Reading Time: 2 minutes 1.  Precise, warm, compact, streamlined, easy on-and-off…all appropriate adjectives for the Women’s Beast by Dynafit ($899). Built for freeride feet, it’s also happy skinning back up. Accurate power transmission via Dynafit’s […]

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Gear & Gadgets

Reading Time: 3 minutes Gear & Gadgets by RAY O’REILLY in the December 2017 issue 1. Ever had a midlayer so comfy you wanted to sleep in it? Outdoor Research’s Ascendant hoody ($270) is […]

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RYAN REPORT – Arc’Teryx air bag pack owners just got $250 richer

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Anyone who ski tours in sub -20C weather knows nothing works quite as well in the freezing cold.  That goes for the Arc’Teryx Voltair Avalanche Airbags. When the backpacks went […]

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Buyer’s Guide 2018 – Women

Reading Time: 5 minutes Suffrage has arrived in skiing. Women are finally getting the attention and equipment they deserve, including Ski Canada’s round-up of cutting-edge stuff made just for those rocking the XX chromosome. […]

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RYAN REPORT – The virtual reality of hut skiing thanks to Arc’Teryx

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Reading Time: < 1 minutes Intrigued by the idea of ski touring out of a backcountry lodge but not sure if you’ll like it? A new virtual reality experience launched in Arc’Teryx stores across the […]

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RYAN REPORT – Registration opens for inaugural Arc’Teryx skills academy

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Backcountry skills clinics are already filling up at the Backcountry Ski & Snowboard Academy, February 9 to 11 at Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Created by Vancouver-based Arc’Teryx the weekend event includes […]

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Gear & Gadgets December 2016

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 […]

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Backcountry 2017

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Reading Time: 3 minutes The grams keep falling. The quest for efficiency beyond the ski area boundaries continues to push innovation for lighter weights in ski gear without sacrificing performance. Today, a lot of […]

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