Ski Canada Staff

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Reading Time: < 1 minutes A match made in heaven? It depends who’s talking, but there are plenty of chalet, cabin and condo owners at or near ski resorts across the country, and around the […]

Reading Time: < 1 minutes photo: NIC ALEGRE * skier: Angel Collinson * snow: Petersburg, Alaska in Fall 2017 issue

Reading Time: 2 minutes This issue’s pre-season fitness routine will help make you stronger and more agile on-hill, building off our first two workouts in the series by adding more strength-based and agility moves. […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Wow! Big news from Marmot Basin for experts across the country. The Jasper ski area just announced that after 44 years, the always closed and off-limits, crazy-steep, deliciously north-facing Tres […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes   You’re skiing along and suddenly the tail of your downhill ski slips out. Or perhaps it happens on a micro level at the end of every turn. In the […]

Reading Time: < 1 minutes PANORAMA recently announced it’s “bigger, better and badder” this season. With a “monstrous” new terrain expansion, Pano’s 52-hectare “monster” expansion adds four new “brutish” double-diamond lines and a coveted 75 […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes Don’t try to ski yourself into shape again this season. Get started on our pre-season fitness series now. Good skiers know that the best way to prevent injury and have […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Geoff Holman’s unique cover shot this month, taken with his drone, is a first for Ski Canada. Like POV cameras that not long ago became ubiquitous on ski helmets everywhere, […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes Don’t try to ski yourself into shape again this season. Get started on our pre-season fitness series now. Good skiers know that the best way to prevent injury and have […]

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Ski Canada magazine salutes slush cups everywhere. Spring has sprung, or soon will be.  photo: DANIEL TENGS  *  skier: Karl Kristian Muggerud  *  snow: Folgefoona, Norway from Winter 2017 issue

Reading Time: < 1 minutes From Mayerhofen to Sun Peaks, Europe’s top on-snow music festival is heading to Canada April 6–10 With an endless list of music artists and DJs crowding the village. Ludacris, Kaskade, […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes 1. Who needs another logoed team jacket or club T-shirt? How about a custom-knit, non-itch, 100-per-cent merino wool JYTTE toque? Made in Sun Valley, Idaho, by Canadian expat Jytte (pronounced […]

Reading Time: 8 minutes In everyday life, the ACL normally performs well but starts punching above its weight when the knee is exposed to a twist or torque—from, say, landing a jump, skiing moguls […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes As a key layer under your shell or on its own breaking trail, Smartwool hit it out of the park with its Propulsion 60 Jacket ($209), also in women’s. Added […]

Reading Time: < 1 minutes photo: SPENCER FRANCEY  *  skier: Sverre Lillequist  * snow: Mica Heliskiing, BC

Reading Time: 2 minutes  If you haven’t had a serious knee injury while skiing, you likely know someone who has. We often think it’s just random bad luck but keep reading. by DR. JOHN […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes How much do ski instructors earn around the world? It’s a question you need to ask yourself if you’re thinking of investing the time and money needed to work on […]

Reading Time: < 1 minutes If you’re a strong intermediate who already skis in the trees after a storm, you’re likely good enough to heli- or cat-ski. But if you want to make sure you’re […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes by RAY O’REILLY in the Fall 2016 issue With all the Euro-influence in the ski world, stumbling at pronouncing a product name can give it street cred, so we were […]

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Crosshairs Fall 2016 photo: NIC ALEGRE * skier: Nick McNutt * snow: Neacola Range, Alaska