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Reading Time: 3 minutes On the chairlift, at après-ski or sometimes through the magazine, I’m often asked medical questions beyond what I typically attend to in a big-city E.R. Here are a few that […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes BY MARCY VERBURG  Photos Wally Stemberger   Many of us do little or no dryland training in the off-season, which can result in muscle soreness, fatigue and injury, or just […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes The lightbulb moment for Jim McGovern came after setting up two Ontario teenagers with a local to show them around Whistler. “They had the best day of skiing ever,” McGovern […]

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Usually only top-of-the-line gear comes with all the features. With ski boots, that means if you want all the bells and whistles—heat-mouldable liners, plush insulation, and lightweight and adjustable shells—you […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Only got a day to play? And $2,000 burning a hole in your pocket? Then do it right with Purcell Heli-Skiing and Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, now just a stroll […]

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Auclair Race Fusion glove Magic armour Auclair’s Race Fusion glove might make gate bashing almost comfortable. Lining the back of the hand and fingers of their newest race glove is […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes “Oh…what do I do now, Edoardo?” I yell back up tentatively to my smiley young mountain guide. The steel cable that my harness is securely clipped to has disappeared deep […]

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Coming soon ….. We’ve been working hard this summer to bring you all the new alpine gear reports for the spanking new ski season ahead. The 2020 Buyer’s Guide publishes […]

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Nailed it! photo: MICHAEL OVERBECK in Winter 2019 issue

Reading Time: < 1 minutes One of the first public backcountry huts on Vancouver Island opened for skiing in January. The 5,040 Peak Hut sits at 1,350m on a subalpine ridge above the highway between […]

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Don’t get any ideas: this concrete pillar is not Mount Washington’s newest terrain park feature and it’s not an artistic ode to communism, either. It’s one of the towers that, […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes 1. Mountain Hardwear’s Exposure/2 Gore-Tex Pro jacket ($750) and pant ($600) are top-of-the-line gear for the most serious weather and conditions: skiing, climbing or a combo of the two. The […]