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Reading Time: 2 minutes The familiarly-named Massif du Sud resort is making a bid to be as well-known as its well-regarded cousin located to the north in Charlevoix.

Reading Time: 3 minutes In the fall, while on a tour of the Völkl factory in Straubing, Germany, I only shut down the manufacturing line once. Accidentally. 

Reading Time: 2 minutes You don’t need to be planning to ski the Wapta Traverse to take an interest in emergency communications.

Reading Time: 4 minutes I’ve had more than one friend tell me I would be a lot faster on the skin track if I just stopped talking.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Among a crowd devoted to looking cool in all conditions, Revelstoke’s Katie Burrell has made her name doing the opposite. On her Instagram channel, she spent six years playing for laughs, celebrating the flailer who tries to keep up with gnarcore companions. 

Reading Time: 3 minutes What kind of water baby are you? Whether it’s on a great big sea or one of Canada’s millions of lakes and rivers, a lot of us want to spend at least part of our off season afloat.

Reading Time: 3 minutes This week we look forward to a cosmic phenomenon, recognize world-beating Canadian racers, scan the old-fashioned future of lift lines, anticipate summer in the mountains and are reminded that eastern snowpacks can still be deadly.

Reading Time: 4 minutes This week in spring skiing news

Reading Time: 3 minutes Things are looking up for a strong spring season.

Reading Time: 3 minutes From death-defying freeride runs to life-affirming comeback stories, and a potentially season-changing item for your shopping list.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Expansions and acquisitions in the ski industry. Triumphs and tragedy on Canadian mountains. Opening the door and laying down the law at western resorts. 

Reading Time: 3 minutes Watch a first descent of one of B.C.s gnarliest peaks and catch up on skiing’s continuing game of thrones. Find out more about Fischer’s first eco-friendly digital ski. Plus, is your ski dog’s name BARBIE or SWIFTY? Congrats, you’ve made the big time.