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Par for the Ski Course
Reading Time: 7 minutes Craving a good walk glorified by grade-A mountain scenery? Golf at a Canadian ski resort between winter seasons. Verdant greens, ice-cold creeks, sandy bunkers, in-your-face peaks—it’s all par for the […]
Read more »SKI GOOD OR EAT WOOD
Reading Time: 7 minutes Finding White Grizzly’s Powder Den Deep In The Kootenays There are a few places in the ski world that have almost mythical reputations, Little Cottonwood Canyon in Utah for the […]
Read more »BOOK AHEAD
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 […]
Read more »SHOWDOWN: RED VS. BIG WHITE
Reading Time: 7 minutes A TRIP THROUGH B.C.’S SOUTHERN INTERIOR ANSWERS THE PRESSING QUESTION: BIG WHITE OR RED, WHICH IS RIGHT FOR YOU? Here’s an interesting fact: Red Mountain and Big White both have […]
Read more »Ski Canada’s 2023 Readers’ Trip
Reading Time: < 1 minutes JOIN US IN SWITZERLAND? Photo:Switzerland Tourism/David Birri It’s been 12 years since Ski Canada’s first “Readers’ Trip to the Alps” started the annual parade of Canadian skiers making new friends on […]
Read more »24h Blue Mountain
Reading Time: < 1 minutes 24-hour team relay challenge for charity (skiers and snowboarders welcome) 2020 EVENT VIDEO
Read more »Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Online February 25 – March 27. In Person February 25 – March 6. Snowsports Show –. The best Snowsports films of the year for all the powder lovers out there! […]
Read more »Gear & Gadgets – Vol 49 #3
Reading Time: 6 minutes You’ve reached the summit, the sun’s gone, the wind’s picked up… You know that cold, clammy feeling, especially on your lower back, whether it’s after a huffy-puffy skin uphill or […]
Read more »What happened when a ski racer was thrown into the Chamonix backcountry
Reading Time: 3 minutes Trust is timeless What happened when a ski racer was thrown into the Chamonix backcountry When Helly Hansen invited Erin Mielzynski to climb and ski big mountain lines in the […]
Read more »Best of Skiing 2019
Reading Time: 9 minutes Our annual look at what’s new, improved, funny and downright worthy of praise about skiing at home. Here are our ‘Best’ awards for 2019: from: Winter 2019 issue NOT QUITE THE GREYHOUND We’ll […]
Read more »Test 2019 women – Blizzard Firebird SRC
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ski Canada Test 2019 On-Slope Reviews FREE THE BIRD Not quite FIS but not far off, the Blizzard Firebird SRC skis are designed for ex-racers and anyone else who craves […]
Read more »Test 2019 – Deviation The Matrix
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ski Canada Test 2019 On-Slope Reviews GET LOST IN THE MATRIX The Matrix may be Deviation’s most groomer-focused ski, but it’s no one-trick stick. Handmade at Deviation’s Portland, Oregon, factory, […]
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