Columns

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.

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.

Reading Time: 3 minutes South Anderson All-Season Resort, Osra’s Go Skiing Go Snowboarding Event, Banff’s Latest Social Assessment, Alterra Buys A-Basin.

Reading Time: 3 minutes If you’re craving Frankie Goes To Hollywood before or after the Super Bowl—and who doesn’t?—head to Aspen, Colorado in February. Greg Stump’s highly soundtracked ‘80s and ‘90s ski films are…

Reading Time: 2 minutes A quick trip through this week’s news from around the ski world.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Your weekly look at the latest news around the ski scene.

Reading Time: 4 minutes Now that the turkey coma from Christmas has lifted, we’re back at tracking world ski news.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Welcome winter! And with it comes news of a sleeping giant going semi-private while Quebec resorts carry speed into a new season. Over in B.C., Red Mountain’s Kirkup cat slinks back into service and Sun Peaks lets you go multi-sport for a uni-price. Flying above it all, a B.C. heli-op goes carbon neutral. How? Read on.

Reading Time: 3 minutes As we slide toward the holiday season we’ll keep things airy this week, focussing on light ski news and loads of nonsense, including a ski nude fest, a ski-thru McDonald’s and a new haute-fashion ski game by Balenciaga.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Vail Resorts acquires Switzerland’s Crans-Montana, promising epic skiing. Mountain Collective and Ikon passes close soon. Quebec Ski Resorts Association’s My First Time packages. Garibaldi project stalls. Tremblant hosts World Cup and charity event.

Reading Time: 4 minutes WHO’S OPEN, WHO’S NOT? Greetings from central base of Canadian ski country, where various regions are experiencing all sorts of different snow conditions and stages of opening.  While Whistler and […]