Nigel Harrison

Reading Time: 2 minutesLearn how to get to know your new skis with simple drills

Reading Time: 4 minutesSkiing Switzerland’s Bold New Frontier Switzerland has long prided itself on neutrality, resisting invasion and guarding its independence for centuries. Then Vail Resorts showed up. With its acquisition of Andermatt—and […]

Reading Time: 8 minutesA New Era of Mountain Guiding at Silvertip

Reading Time: 7 minutesNigel Harrison lets the past guide the future at Mike Wiegele Heli-skiing

Reading Time: 5 minutesThis classic B.C. mountain town has enjoyed many incarnations, from frontier hamlet to railway town, logging hub and hippie hideaway.

Reading Time: 4 minutesDoes a day’s skiing burn enough calories to offset that rosti?

Reading Time: 4 minutesLove it or hate it: Like marmite, gravity, or Donald Trump, it’s impossible to be indifferent to Japanese food.

Reading Time: 2 minutesI’m told that roads in Ontario, and especially Newfoundland, can be dangerous when a moose is involved. In Scotland, I once nearly hit a reindeer. Skiing can be full of […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesOver the last few decades changes in ski design such as wider skis and rocker shapes have made skiing powder easier, more fun and accessible to more of us. Now, […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesMost of us are never going to ski 45-degree Alaskan faces or nipple-deep powder like we see on Ski Canada covers and movies at après. In the first case, most […]

Reading Time: 1 minuteI think we can all agree: Staying on one’s feet is the fundamental goal in skiing. Now, isn’t it nice when we all agree about things? The feat of remaining […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFive things to think about if you’re heading to the backcountry. 1. Plan local, plan modest: Don’t underestimate the time it takes to move, manage your gear and comfort, and make […]

Reading Time: 5 minutesMicrochip Your Ski Day Dave loved skiing, climbing and beer, which he drank in copious quantities after each near-death experience. We called him “Chopper Dave” since he spent so much […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesA ski is a simple machine: put it on edge, apply a little pressure and it will turn. The tricky part in skiing is transitioning from one edge to the […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesWithout “angulation,” all ski instructors have to our credit is pretty skiing, honed buttocks and livers that look like old leather saddlebags. Webster’s may have added it to the dusty […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen heading into the wilds, make sure you carry first aid along with your snow safety equipment, and know how to use it all. Leave your plans with someone not […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesInstructors are often asked, “Where should my arms be?” Back in the day, ski instructors could make an entire season out of endlessly and minutely adjusting the arms of their […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteOkay, you’ve put the miles in on the groomers, you’ve tasted them with fresh snow and even forayed into the trees beside the slope once in a while. Every instructional […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesWe ask skiers at our ski camps about their goals for the week. Many tell us they want to “ski like an expert,” but they don’t have a specific goal […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhere’s the Middle of My Skis? Now that the ski season is underway, you need to return to last season’s level of performance as quickly as possible. Like any sport, […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesText and photos BY Nigel Harrison, CSIA III, CSCF II As we limp, groan and stagger defiantly into middle age, it’s tempting to think we should keep both skis firmly […]

Reading Time: 4 minutesBecoming a great skier is about learning from experience, considering past performance, thinking about what went right but, equally important, what went wrong. Most skiers base their attempts at analysis […]

Reading Time: 4 minutesLet’s be honest. We all faceplant from time to time. While it’s tempting to blame the snow, the root cause is really our failure to anticipate changes in the snow […]