Short Turns

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: 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: 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 There are more than 75 ski areas in Quebec, and many remain a well-kept secret. Passionate moms and pops created these family gems years ago. Today, younger generations, co-ops and visionaries have given them a polish.

Reading Time: 2 minutes In ski towns packed with impressive restos it’s hard work to stand out. Whistler, Banff, and especially Zermatt turned out some zingers in time for Winter 2023, including the new […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes After a too-long hiatus, a ski-starved Brit beached in Portugal was finally able to pack her bags for a long-awaited season in Sun Peaks. Last winter was her only missed […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes For devoted innkeepers and hosts who go the extra mile, hospitality is much more than a welcome mat and a long way from today’s cookie-cutter resort condos. When considering where […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Did you know that:   • K2 was once owned by Cummins Diesel. And later by Rubbermaid. • Beatrice Foods owned Hart skis. • Kingsford Charcoal owned Scott. • Ski competitions […]

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Billed as the Peak of Vancouver, Grouse Mountain is one of the city’s top tourist attractions. Currently, skiers, snowboarders and hikers access runs and trails via the Skyride, a 130-passenger […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Freeride World Tour by Alpina Watches takes some of the best skiers to the most “Mythic Mountain Faces” every season, and for the fourth time its only North American […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes When you picture the world’s most classic downhill tracks, most people think of Kitzbühel’s Hahnenkamm, Wengen’s Lauberhorn or Canada’s own Lake Louise. While these are certainly gems, there’s one other […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes Reece Howden is proof you can set your sights on the prize early in your career. Not many World Cup athletes have been named both Rookie of the Year and […]