Matterhorn Glacier Ride
Reading Time: < 1 minutes WITH SWISS PRECISION After two and a half years of construction, the world’s highest 3S cable car has started schlepping skiers to dizzying heights in Zermatt, Switzerland. The Matterhorn Glacier […]
Read more »Backcountry by the Day
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Only have time for a day in the backcountry on your next Kimberley ski holiday? Then make it a spectacular one with Boulder Hut Adventures and Kimberley Alpine Resort’s new […]
Read more »Best of Ski Show – VIMFF
Reading Time: 2 minutes Best of Ski Show – Co-presented by Ski Canada Magazine, at the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival February 23, 2019 at the Centennial Theatre, and March 2, 2019 at the […]
Read more »Do skiers owe snowboarders?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Have you ever zipped past snowboarders who couldn’t get enough speed on the flats in deep snow? If you love off-piste skiing as much as I do, I’m sure you’ve […]
Read more »Gear & Gadgets Vol 47.3
Reading Time: 3 minutes 1. Made for changing mountain weather, Oakley’s Prizm React technology in its new rimless-design Fall Line XL goggle ($375) allows you to change your lens without, well, changing your lens. […]
Read more »Helly Hansen extends Alpine Canada partnership
Reading Time: 2 minutes Alpine Canada Alpin (ACA) and Helly Hansen have officially extended their partnership for another four years. Helly Hansen, the leading apparel provider for ski professionals around the world, will be […]
Read more »Dropping in at Kicking Horse
Reading Time: 7 minutes After four days of unrelenting snowfall, three days of visibility-related delays and near-constant safety concerns, the sun returned to the skies above Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, revealing a deep, dazzling […]
Read more »Reaching Lofty Heights
Reading Time: 2 minutes Helly Hansen’s original synthetic baselayer transitions into a mid-layer jacket worth raving about. With 11 World Cup top 10s, Erin Mielzinski is the best slalom skier Canada has produced in […]
Read more »photo: Steve Shannon @ Dave Henry Lodge, BC
Reading Time: < 1 minutes photo: Steve Shannon * skier: Nikolai Schirmer * snow: Dave Henry Lodge, BC in Crosshairs Fall 2018 issue
Read more »Tuning Tip – Be Efficient
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Today’s Tuning Tip: Be Efficient. Develop a fast but effective tuning routine that you can repeat every time you tune. Nobody wants to be stuck working on their gear for […]
Read more »Dress for Success – Backcountry
Reading Time: 2 minutes DRESS FOR SUCCESS Innovations in fabric and insulation are making winter more comfortable than ever. Upcycled wool Making clothing results in plenty of scraps. Usually they end up in the […]
Read more »Fit to Ski – part 3
Reading Time: 3 minutes Let’s take it up a notch as we head into ski season. Adding power and explosive moves to your routine will prepare you for runs that need quicker reaction time. […]
Read more »Banff Sunshine Ski Week
Reading Time: < 1 minutes On offer at Sunshine Village this winter is a classic holiday: the Banff Sunshine Ski Week package. The 14 Sunday-to-Friday programs over the season each include accommodation at Banff National […]
Read more »Chatter on Alpine Touring
Reading Time: < 1 minutes As the interest in randonnée continues to escalate, so do the offerings of where and with whom. After a super-successful pilot project last season, the almost fully booked Chatter Creek […]
Read more »The Big 5-0
Reading Time: < 1 minutes It’s hard to believe it was half a century ago that visionary Hans Gmoser introduced the world to Canadian Mountain Holidays and the rapture of heli-skiing, and had us dreaming […]
Read more »Fit to Ski – part 2
Reading Time: 3 minutes These exercises place emphasis on strengthening muscles that may not be used often enough preseason but are crucial for balance and strength. They will help both prevent injury and prepare […]
Read more »What’s in Store This Fall
Reading Time: 3 minutes 1. Finding the right balance of grip and glide in a climbing skin is a challenge, but G3’s Alpinist+ series, made for specific conditions, purposes and gear, have you covered. […]
Read more »Shape Up for the Season – Fit to ski part 1
Reading Time: 3 minutes We place big demands on our bodies whether we’re ripping it on hardpack and crud or skinning up looking for untouched powder in unfamiliar terrain. Even on leisurely days we […]
Read more »One Helluva First Descent
Reading Time: < 1 minutes With a one-in-four death rate, successfully climbing K2 on the Pakistan-China border, the world’s second-highest mountain, is a truly awe-inspiring feat. To ski down it, well, that’s never been done—until […]
Read more »A Safer Backcountry
Reading Time: 2 minutes Only about 28 per cent of people buried in an avalanche survive. These four essentials promise to improve that number. Mammut Barryvox ($425 ) The Barryvox makes beacon searching a […]
Read more »Posh Powder – The Josie
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Hip resort, even hipper hotel. Soon to be looking more like accomms in St. Moritz than Rossland, B.C., Red Mountain welcomed in March North America’s latest slopeside boutique hotel, The Josie […]
Read more »Gear & Gadgets – Vol 46 #4
Reading Time: 2 minutes 1. Precise, warm, compact, streamlined, easy on-and-off…all appropriate adjectives for the Women’s Beast by Dynafit ($899). Built for freeride feet, it’s also happy skinning back up. Accurate power transmission via Dynafit’s […]
Read more »Gear & Gadgets
Reading Time: 3 minutes Gear & Gadgets by RAY O’REILLY in the December 2017 issue 1. Ever had a midlayer so comfy you wanted to sleep in it? Outdoor Research’s Ascendant hoody ($270) is […]
Read more »Persian Powder
Reading Time: 2 minutes From Iceland to India, the Andes to the Atlas Mountains, feather-in-the-cap ski trips are competitive with some adventure travellers. Will skiing in Iran become commonplace on social media posts this […]
Read more »