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Best of Skiing in Canada 2015

Reading Time: 14 minutes Deep powder or smooth corduroy, hot chocolate or cold sake, cute liftees or a magnificent instructor who goes the extra mile… What bit of Canadian mountain culture gets your tips […]

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Après in the Alps

Reading Time: 2 minutes Euros put North Americans to shame when it comes to après ski. If you’re heading across the pond this winter, Leslie Woit presents the Coles Notes on where to party. […]

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Europe – Hooking Up

Reading Time: 5 minutes European ski resorts started joining hands by interconnecting their lifts back in the 1950s. that trend continues today, making bigger even better. by Leslie Woit in the Fall 2014 issue […]

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Banff A to Z

Reading Time: 6 minutes Our skiers’ alphabet takes you on a tour of one of the world’s most beautiful wilderness settings. by Leslie Woit in the Buyer’s Guide 2015 issue Alberta beef. For the […]

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Shared Accommodation

Reading Time: 4 minutes Brits think chalet holidays are normal—we might not agree. The visiting Frenchman perched nervously on the edge of the couch in the chalet living room. “You would neverrr see a French […]

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The Alps for Everyone

Reading Time: 6 minutes Thinking about Europe but not sure where to start? Some of these destinations may not readily come to mind. Lots of resorts bill themselves as all things to all skiers, […]

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You skied where!?

Reading Time: 5 minutes 10 places guaranteed to cultivate your quirky side and spice up your après-ski chat. Ski Canada rates which slopes really are worth the detour. by Leslie Woit in Fall 2013 […]

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The seven-month itch

Reading Time: 6 minutes As the days get shorter in Canada, the urge to scratch starts to burn. Why not open your ski season by closing down Chile’s?   by Leslie Woit from Buyer’s Guide […]

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Best of Skiing in Canada awards 2013

Reading Time: 13 minutes by Leslie Woit in Winter 2013 issue Light powder, hot chocolate, cute liftees? What makes you happy on the hills? We’ve spent another year up and down the mountains, the […]

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The road trip

Reading Time: 3 minutes by Leslie Woit from Fall 2012 issue Getting there is half the fun. Is it? Is it really? Pinched in the gnarled vise grip of a Canadian winter, dodgy whiteouts […]

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Down with faffing

Reading Time: 3 minutes Why is skiing so irritating? It’s not wobbly legs, bad weather and glutinous plates of burgers and poutine. It’s the frustration caused by farting around. by Leslie Woit from Buyer’s Guide 2013 issue Yes, […]

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Best of Skiing in Canada Awards

Reading Time: 15 minutes by Leslie Woit from Winter 2012 issue We like to think of our Best of Skiing in Canada Awards as less about the competition and more about how much fun it […]

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Table Manners

Reading Time: 3 minutes Far from the present and correct world of the Canadian RMT, there lurks another form of corporal entertainment: the dodgy massage. BY LESLIE WOIT Cranky, sore, mad muscles. What’s a […]

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Remember when?

Reading Time: 4 minutes   From infrastructure and ownership to the way ski areas look, feel and smell, a lot has changed in the four decades since Ski Canada first landed on coffee tables […]

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Best of Skiing in Canada Awards 2011

Reading Time: 14 minutes Every year we dole out roses (and a few bricks) to the people, places and things that make skiing at home so great. Numbers don’t play much in our selection […]

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Talkin’ Proud – My Home Hill

Reading Time: 21 minutes Ski Canada chatted with some passionate locals who have had a longstanding love affair with their home hill. Blue Mountain, ON Le Massif, QC Mont-Sainte-Anne, QC Tremblant, QC Banff, AB […]

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Skiing in Iran

Reading Time: 5 minutes We are chivvied off the train at 3:00 a.m., a herd of shrouded refugees hoping to penetrate a hostile border. Bundled in a black coat, I’ve hastily wound a scarf […]

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2010 Best of Skiing Awards

Reading Time: 14 minutes Each year Ski Canada collects kudos and accolades from across the country about what makes us the best   FIRST OFF THE MARK November 2, 2009. Recently beleaguered and now […]

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My 28-Minute Downhill

Reading Time: 5 minutes Women’s head coach Rob Boyd helped Leslie Woit cut her time in half on Whistler’s Dave Murray Downhill It’s three kilometres of ultra-steep, stomach-churning drops and ligament-snapping compressions—a racecourse that […]

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32 of Canada’s Best

Reading Time: 25 minutes Looking for something new and different or just heading to familiar grounds? With all the skiing to be done this winter, your research starts here with Ski Canada’s annual guide […]

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Best of Skiing in Canada 2009

Reading Time: 12 minutes Good, better, best… We think the 2009 Best of Skiing issue is more than just the best this country has to offer, in fact, it’s better than ever! Over an […]

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Ring My Belle

Reading Time: 4 minutes There’s no je ne sais quoi about it. There are loads of good reasons to fall in love with Canada’s exotic eastern beauty. So slip into something more comfortable and […]

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Best of Skiing in Canada 2009

Reading Time: 12 minutes Good, better, best… We think the 2009 Best of Skiing issue is more than just the best this country has to offer, in fact, it’s better than ever! Over an […]

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Bright Lights, Big Mountains

Reading Time: 4 minutes Vancouver, Vancouver, Vancouver. No other city can touch her, according to the bean counters at the United Nations. If you live there: congratulations. If you don’t, fret not. Repeatedly crowned […]

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