Leslie Woit

Reading Time: 4 minutes A little wellness goes a long way after a ski day. Hit these slopeside spas to indulge in the ultimate après.

Reading Time: 7 minutes Craving a good walk glorified by grade-A mountain scenery? Golf at a Canadian ski resort between winter seasons. Verdant greens, ice-cold creeks, sandy bunkers, in-your-face peaks—it’s all par for the […]

Reading Time: 8 minutes Advantage: Switzerland If this is your year to return to travel, why not start with some of the best skiing in the world. Need a reason to choose Switzerland this […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes Old-world tradition meets new-world money in Andermatt, Switzerland. The sleepy Swiss fantasy village that is Andermatt, at a crossroads of eight major mountain passes leading from north to south and […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes It turned out the prize was desert wasteland in New Mexico, and nearby the unique ski resort of Taos beckoned. In the swinging ’70s, before America’s Got Talent or Instagram, […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Pangea Pod Hotel – not great for sleepwalkers If you equate affordable Whistler with living in your van, think again. Pod-dwelling is the Coast Range’s most gabbed about cheap (relatively) […]

Reading Time: 7 minutes WE’RE KNEE-DEEP IN HOW SKI LIFE HAS EVOLVED AFTER 50 YEARS OF HELI-SKIING. BY LESLIE WOIT No radio, no avalanche transceiver, no veggie options… Take my hand as we travel […]

Reading Time: 9 minutes It’s the people of a place that make it home. A little town in a big place, Banff is chock full of dreamers and schemers and lovers of all things […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes The classic French Alps resort of Val d’Isère is truly a destination of distractions.  Drysuit, dry mouth. Full rubber face mask, moon-landing screw-on gloves. With a final thumbs-up, I clamp my […]

Reading Time: 9 minutes Our annual look at what’s new, improved, funny and downright worthy of praise about skiing at home. Here are our ‘Best’ awards for 2019: from: Winter 2019 issue NOT QUITE THE GREYHOUND We’ll […]

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Chamonix’s hardcore reputation as “the Alps on steroids” hangs on the spectacular peaks that surround. But it’s also France, so just because you’re tackling the Vallée Blanche—the classic guided day-long […]

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Wacky ol’ Germany never fails to amuse. From bosom-boasting yodellers to spontaneous outbursts of slap-dancing in lederhosen, skiing at the true Alpine classic of Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a cultural must. The […]

Reading Time: 10 minutes Light powder, saucy speeds and hot chocolate with loads of marshmallows and Baileys? What makes you happy on the hills? We’ve spent another year up and down the mountains, inspecting […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes As tens of thousands of Europeans are glued to their TVs watching the pre-race commentary of the season-opening World Cup speed events at Lake Louise, I zip undisturbed through an […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes Red Mountain remains a Canadian classic, going back in time far enough to be new again. by LESLIE WOIT      photos: RYAN FLETT     in Buyer’s Guide 2018 issue As a ski […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes WHITEWATER is fingered as one of Canada’s quirkiest powdery treasures—and its sister city of NELSON doesn’t disappoint, either. by LESLIE WOIT  *  photos by STEVE OGLE  *  Fall 2017 issue […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Tatum Monod, launched herself off a near-vertical Alaskan peak, hit an unanticipated hard landing and cartwheeled down the long mountain face by Leslie Woit in Buyer’s Guide 2018 issue When […]

Reading Time: 12 minutes Ski Canada looks back at a year’s worth of entertaining anecdotes and what’s so great about skiing at home. From Winter 2017 issue BEST IDEA Selkirk Snowcat Skiing (f.k.a. Selkirk Wilderness) […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes Arriving at Assiniboine Lodge, the birthplace of ski touring in Canada, is easy. Leaving the ultimate Rocky Mountain log cabin is a lot harder. by Leslie Woit *  photos Noel Rogers  * […]

Reading Time: 8 minutes One of the best fall-line-skiing mountains in the world has 1,200 metres of vertical and a whole lot more to love. by LESLIE WOIT in Fall 2016 issue Of course we can drink beer […]

Reading Time: 7 minutes Park City, now the biggest ski area in the U.S., and five other snowy resorts are all within a short drive of Salt Lake City. BY LESLIE WOIT in December 2015 issue When […]

Reading Time: 11 minutes It’s not about the competition, it’s about all the fun in researching and collecting anecdotes from Ski Canada contributors, readers, staff—and the people at resorts who are not afraid to […]

Reading Time: 10 minutes Who’s the best? How to choose between North America’s two mega ski resorts. BY LESLIE WOIT When Blackcomb was born in 1980, its biggest competitor was a nearby hill called Whistler. […]

Reading Time: 7 minutes Two great ski resorts and one rub-down: Big White, Silver Star and Sparkling Hill offer more than family playtime in the heart of the Okanagan. “Whatever you do, don’t lick […]