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Rossignol Experience 82 Ti

Reading Time: < 1 minutes ROSSIGNOL EXPERIENCE 82 Ti * METAL ALL-MOUNTAIN * WOMEN * EDITORS’ CHOICE BEST FOR: Advanced and expert all-mountain skiers wanting a confidence-inspiring ride. A favourite of all the technical testers, […]

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Turning the Big 4-0 – Blackcomb Mt

Reading Time: 7 minutes Celebrating BLACKCOMB through the years. The winter of 1980-81 in Whistler was notable for two events. On December 4, 1980 Blackcomb Mountain opened for the first time. And a month […]

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Coming to a Ski Shop Near You

Reading Time: 3 minutes From the longest lift lines in memory to locked-down resorts to the continued rise in alpine touring, the one thing uniting skiers across the country is our hopeful look to […]

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How to Survive a Tree Well

Reading Time: 3 minutes Skiing on a snowboarder’s blindside often feels like the most dangerous place on the mountain. But according to a study by the B.C. Coroner Service, a skier is more likely […]

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Be Smarter This Year

Reading Time: 2 minutes After their busiest summer ever, search and rescue (SAR) groups in B.C. are gearing up for an ominous winter. Calls to volunteer crews increased approximately 30 per cent during the […]

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Ski Tuning – DIY or Pro?

Reading Time: 3 minutes You nailed a rock. You lose every race. You skid on firm snow. You haven’t waxed or sharpened your skis in weeks. Months? Whatever the reason, it’s time for a […]

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Renoun Atlas Ski Test

Reading Time: < 1 minutes  Testers were unanimous in praising the Atlas’s ability to wander wherever the map led them. “Very stable at speed but also quick to turn in bumps and trees,” wrote Paul […]

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Good for Faceshots, Too

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Since the death of the turtleneck, face coverings have long been a practical necessity of skiing. This winter, it’s mandatory. No ski country health authority has issued guidelines on what […]

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Fischer Hannibal 106 Ski Test

Reading Time: 2 minutes Titanal is a rare ingredient for a touring-focused ski and almost unheard of in this weight class. In the redesigned Hannibal, Fischer added the metal alloy to its Air Tec […]

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Blizzard Zero G 85 Ski Test

Reading Time: 2 minutes At first, this “skinny” ski may look as if you’re touring on “matchsticks,” as Heather MacMillan put it, but any concerns go away quickly, whether going up, down or across. […]

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Line Pandora 94 Ski Test

Reading Time: 2 minutes  Some resort skis are light enough for the backcountry. Others are touring skis with enough umph to hold their own inbounds. Line’s Pandora family covers the line between the two. […]

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Atomic Backland Ski Test

Reading Time: 2 minutes LENGTHS:                 164, 172, 180, 188 DIMENSIONS:           129/100/120 @ 180 RADIUS:                   19 @ 180 WEIGHT:                   1.4 kg OTHER MODELS:        117, 107, 95 SUGGESTED RETAIL: $699 from Fall […]

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Kindred Rambler Ski Test

Reading Time: < 1 minutes  If this were a beauty pageant, the Rambler would win. No question. The inlaid wood veneer graphics are spectacular, original and fit with the brand’s home near the base of […]

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On The Road Again – classic BC boys trip

Reading Time: 10 minutes Attaining a good nickname is a bit like the process of losing a ski: it arrives unwelcome, unexpected and it’s funny to everyone but the recipient. The best, like the […]

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Instinct Seeker Ski Test

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Seeker is a big, beefy ski—115 underfoot and nearly 15 cm wide at the tip—but when we picked it up it felt like our eyes were deceiving us. Even […]

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K2 Disruption MTI Alliance

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Turny and awesome appeared in just about every tester’s notes on the Disruption MTi Alliance. “Awesome power in the turn,” said Louise Draper. “Beautifulcarving ski on groomers and just as […]

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Powder Buyer’s Guide 2021

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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Head Power Joy ski test

Reading Time: < 1 minutes With a vibration-absorbing chip, a slalom-oriented profile and race-style sandwich construction, Head says the Power Joy is a direct descendant from its World Cup skis. But our women testers didn’t […]

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K2 Disruption 82 Ti ski test

Reading Time: 2 minutes Nimble, quick, turny, stable, fast. In other words, hold on. K2’s new on-piste ski family kept even the hardest-charging testers grinning. “The faster you ski, the better it gets,” wrote […]

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Head SuperShape E-Rally ski test

Reading Time: 2 minutes More than one tester described the e-Rally with car-racing metaphors. For instance, Steve Acciaroli wrote, “Edge and go; enjoy the ride with a sports-car feel.” Indeed, the SuperShape family’s heritage […]

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Lake Louise Summit Platter RIP

Reading Time: 2 minutes “No beginner terrain off this lift” the redundant sign at the bottom read. It didn’t matter if it was read before a liftee offered the cold plastic circle to put […]

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Fischer RC4 CT ski test

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Buyer’s Guide 2021 – Groomers

Reading Time: 5 minutes   Powder may get all the press, but you know there’s nothing like the art and satisfaction of laying a perfect arc in an immaculate groomer. You might not admit […]

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Salomon Stance 96 ski test

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