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FROM SLEIGH BELLS TO COW BELLS

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. 

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SENDING OUT AN S.O.S.

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

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Questions for Quinn

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.

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HOLLYWOOD’S FULL SEND

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. 

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PICK YOUR PASSION

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.

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FRESH TRACKS – March 29, 2024

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.

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FRESH TRACKS – March 22, 2024

Reading Time: 4 minutes This week in spring skiing news

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FRESH TRACKS – March 8, 2024

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

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FRESH TRACKS – March 1, 2024

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

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FRESH TRACKS – February 23, 2024

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. 

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FRESH TRACKS – February 16, 2024

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.

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NEW SCHOOL

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Ski Instructors’ Alliance (CSIA) has been training professional ski instructors since 1938. That’s 85 years of nice turns, and for much of that time it’s been mostly the only game in town. No longer.

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