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QUEBEC’S HIGHEST GETS BIGGER

Reading Time: 2 minutes The familiarly-named Massif du Sud resort is making a bid to be as well-known as its well-regarded cousin located to the north in Charlevoix.

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TREMBLANT READY. THREE. TWO. ONE. GO!

Reading Time: 3 minutes After a year of anticipation, all lights are green as World Cup giant slalom events get underway at Mont Tremblant. Almost 70 female athletes from 20 countries are here, with six representing Canada.

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Five Quebec Ski Gems

Reading Time: 3 minutes There are more than 75 ski areas in Quebec, and many remain a well-kept secret. Passionate moms and pops created these family gems years ago. Today, younger generations, co-ops and visionaries have given them a polish.

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Room At The Inn – Chalets Montmorency and Auberge Et Campagne

Reading Time: 2 minutes For devoted innkeepers and hosts who go the extra mile, hospitality is much more than a welcome mat and a long way from today’s cookie-cutter resort condos. When considering where […]

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Meet Reece – Ski Cross Canada

Reading Time: 4 minutes Reece Howden is proof you can set your sights on the prize early in your career. Not many World Cup athletes have been named both Rookie of the Year and […]

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Ski Canada @ 50 – Gray Rocks

Reading Time: 2 minutes Do You Remember When … Taking part in an annual Gray Rocks iconic ski week was a rite of passage for many skiers. Hall of Fame and Snow Eagles ski […]

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COMING BACK MoCrazy Strong

Reading Time: 4 minutes The first female to land a double flip at the X Games and to flip off a rail in ski competition, American pro skier Jamie Crane-Mauzy, a.k.a. Jamie MoCrazy, has […]

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Meanwhile At Tremblant

Reading Time: 2 minutes This has been a season where optimists have seen the lifts as half-full. “We received guidelines from Alterra Mountain Co. (Tremblant’s owners) on how to operate this winter, but we […]

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Skiing Should Be Colourful

Reading Time: < 1 minutes To quote one reader’s message: “Hey, Ski Canada! The snow isn’t the only thing that’s all white on your pages!” No one disagrees. The more people can share, promote and […]

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Where are they now?

Reading Time: 6 minutes The decision to hang up the race skis is never easy. Reasons to retire are as varied as the terrain on which competitive skiers made their names. Some leave on […]

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Q & A With Kingsbury

Reading Time: 3 minutes “It’s good to be king,” Tom Petty used to sing. These words are printed on Mikaël Kingsbury’s lucky T-shirt that he’s worn for every competition since 2010. Kingsbury is officially […]

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Topping Up Tremblant

Reading Time: 3 minutes Whether you like it old school or new school, there seems to be no lack of new investment popping up all over the village of Mont Tremblant, making it hard […]

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A Century of Ski Racing

Reading Time: 3 minutes A Century of Ski Racing What’s your most memorable moment in Canadian ski racing history? Would it be one of Canada’s Olympic podiums? Cheering on the Crazy Canucks as they […]

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Erik Guay Retiree

Reading Time: 7 minutes His accomplishments say it all: 25 World Cup podiums with five golds, two World Championship wins, a Crystal Globe—husband and father of four. “I just know it’s time for me to […]

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Hallowed Halls – Ski Hall of Fame

Reading Time: 2 minutes After an eight-year absence, the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame induction ceremony has returned, with the latest class of honorees celebrated in Banff in November 2018. “It’s not about playing […]

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What’s Up At Tremblant

Reading Time: 2 minutes Last April, skiers at Mont Tremblant rode the infamous Lowell Thomas chair for the last time. Few will miss the rush of having the spring-loaded boomerang hit them smack in […]

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One Tough McDuff – Short Turns

Reading Time: 2 minutes “You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old,” said George Burns. There’s no more apt description of one legendary skier, Bob McLennan, better known as simply […]

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Nouvelles du Québec

Reading Time: 2 minutes  * Years after pulling out of Colorado, Club Med announced it’s returning to North America, but this time the all-inclusive concept to skiing is coming to Canada. With the help […]

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Join the Circus

Reading Time: 2 minutes Compared to the Alps, where numbers rival rock concerts (Austria’s legendary Streif attracts up to 100,000 spectators), Lake Louise’s Winterstart downhill and super-G World Cup races could be considered an […]

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Mogul Stars

Reading Time: 2 minutes Q&A with Mikaël Kingsbury and Chloé Dufour-Lapointe. When a coveted FIS Crystal Globe lands in Canadian hands for overall season results, it’s kind of a big deal. When both the men’s […]

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Join the Club

Reading Time: 2 minutes On the eve of the 2016-17 World Cup season in October, President and CEO Mark Rubenstein of Alpine Canada, which oversees the national Alpine, Ski Cross and Para-alpine ski racing […]

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Marie-Michèle Gagnon

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian members of the ladies’ ski team are inspiring role models and a marketer’s dream. Racking up podiums and top-10 results on the World Cup circuit this year, the […]

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Tremblant Trivia

Reading Time: 2 minutes > Does the fittest ski shop owner live at Tremblant? Maxime Gagnon of Ski Max Ski Service in the old village just qualified to compete in the 2015 IronMan World […]

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Coureur Prêt

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Quebec Connection In a province that consistently produces great skiers, celebrity sightings are common at major Quebec resorts. Sit on a bench by the fitness centre at Mont Tremblant […]

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