The Funky Cat – Powder Cowboy
Reading Time: 4 minutes There’s a feline expression for pretty near everything you might come across on your cat-skiing journey. Catnip, the nibbly treats they keep in the snowcat while you’re skiing. Catgut, which […]
Read more »The Sophisticat – Mustang Powder
Reading Time: 8 minutes At Mustang Powder, everything reinforces this self-constructed reverie. At lift resorts, reality—crowds, traffic, concrete, roads— has a nasty way of thrusting itself into your experience. But at Mustang, deep in […]
Read more »The Feral Cat: Great Northern Snow Cat
Reading Time: 4 minutes No signs or billboards will lead the way either. It’s that kind of place. You have to want to get there. Or you have to have been there once before, […]
Read more »Extreme Makeover
Reading Time: 7 minutes From the Winter 2006 issue On a stunning day in late April, the snow fields on the Rockies’ main spine so dazzlingly bright as to burn through even the darkest […]
Read more »Cold Cache
Reading Time: 8 minutes We’re gathered around a sign that reads: “Warning! No Patrol Beyond This Point.” It’s taken us all of about an hour to attach ourselves to the local fraternity of skiers […]
Read more »Quick Fix
Reading Time: 6 minutes This feature appeared in the December 2005 issue I can’t call it karma, because I probably didn’t deserve it, or fate, because it was hardly inevitable. So let’s stick with […]
Read more »Judge Benoit Presiding
Reading Time: 3 minutes Even if these days you only ski the hero run under the chair when you’re sure none of your friends are watching and that yellow downhill suit you’ve been keeping […]
Read more »Small Wonder: Jenn Heil
Reading Time: 6 minutes Despite her small stature (she’s 5’3”), Jennifer (Jenn) Heil is one of Canada’s biggest hopes for a medal at the 2006 Olympics in Torino, Italy. The 22-year-old Spruce Grove, Alberta, […]
Read more »Best of skiing in Canada
Reading Time: 9 minutes It’s time again, another year and another annual insiders’ look at what makes Canadian skiing so distinguished. These pages aren’t filled with facts and stats you’ll find in brochures and […]
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