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Making Tracks in Northern BC

Reading Time: 9 minutes BY ANDREW FINDLAY  |  PHOTOGRAPHY BY STEVE OGLE  Skiing is a fickle business. You plan months in advance then hope for three things: powder, bluebird weather and snowpack stability. In […]

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Withnail and I

Reading Time: 8 minutes Just like the ’80s cult film, our road trip through B.C.’s ski country took Murphy’s Law to new heights. BY P.D. MARWOOD ILLUSTRATIONS BY Bintang Suhadiyono Hmm…it looked bigger online,” […]

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Turning the Big 4-0 – Blackcomb Mt

Reading Time: 7 minutes Celebrating BLACKCOMB through the years. The winter of 1980-81 in Whistler was notable for two events. On December 4, 1980 Blackcomb Mountain opened for the first time. And a month […]

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The Aftermath – Mt. Rescuers Pay the Price

Reading Time: 5 minutes Rescuers also pay a price so we can play in the mountains. Large numbers of skiers are socially distancing themselves from ski resorts entirely this winter, but how prepared are […]

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Mr. Sunshine

Reading Time: 3 minutes You came to Sunshine Village to ski. You assumed the “Village” moniker was a metaphor. But as you wait for the first gondola, the entire Utilities Department roars up in […]

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Get in the Groove – X-C skiing

Reading Time: 8 minutes Will this be the winter you add cross-country skiing to your outdoor plans? You may notice an ever more common exotic species darting around the base areas of ski resorts […]

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High In The Caucasus

Reading Time: 9 minutes Conjoining Europe and Asia, the former Soviet Republic of Georgia is a historical and cultural jewel—and a skier’s dream. BY IAIN MACMILLAN PHOTOS BY RAY O’REILLY My dad got hot […]

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A B.C. Beer Run

Reading Time: 6 minutes The first time I ordered up a Kokanee lager (with the tagline “It’s the beer ’round here”) was at après ski on a Kootenay road trip on what was much […]

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Naming Louise

Reading Time: 7 minutes It’s tougher than you think filling in the blanks on a resort trail map. The single best run name anywhere, in my opinion, is at Lake Louise Ski Resort. You […]

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One Sweet Rivalry – Québec vs. Vermont

Reading Time: 7 minutes Quebec vs. Vermont: whether or not the border is open this season, you can still weigh in on who’s the best in the East. A word to the wise: when in […]

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Selling Québec – Chic Chocs

Reading Time: 6 minutes Promoting winter travel is a cold job in a heart-warming province Three Germans, a Netherlander and a Canadian walk into a bar… There we were, meeting in the historic Chateau […]

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On The Road Again – classic BC boys trip

Reading Time: 10 minutes Attaining a good nickname is a bit like the process of losing a ski: it arrives unwelcome, unexpected and it’s funny to everyone but the recipient. The best, like the […]

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