FEATURES
POWDER BUYER’S GUIDE 2023
Dropping off the backside? Taking a backcountry tour? On a fresh powder hunt? Consult our gear guide first. We’ve got all the goods to keep you safe and up-to-date when you’re way off-piste.
BY RYAN STUART,
TECHNICAL EDITOR
SKI CANADA TEST PART II
Don’t approach ski shopping as you would a blind date. We tested 18 new models meant for the deep stuff. When you find your match, it’ll be love at first turn.
BY RYAN STUART
SKI GOOD OR EAT WOOD
RON BETTS takes a snowcat to find White Grizzly’s powder den deep in the Kootenays.
ZEN IN THE LAND OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
A hard-pack skier makes peace with Utah powder.
BY DON GILLMOR
FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN
It takes more than an opening-day arson attack to keep this community on the ropes.
BY DENIS SEGUIN
RED MOUNTAIN VS. BIG WHITE
A mountain town and its legendary lines? Or, family fun with a slopeside village? Here’s what you need to know to choose between two B.C. mainstays.
BY IAN MERRINGER
NO BUSTLE, JUST HUSTLE
Pralognan-la-Vanoise is out of the way—and an ideal place to see how high a French ski-randonée can take you.
BY IAIN MacMILLAN
REGULARS
FIRST TRACKS
Our editor-in-chief has his run.
BY IAIN MacMILLAN
SHORT TURNS
News, gossip and racy photos.
SLOPE ANGLES
If powder’s so soft, why’s it so hard to ski?
BY STEVEN THRENDYLE
CROSSHAIRS
A skier’s gallery.
SKILL SCHOOL
How to fall and how to ski trees. (The two need not be related.)
BY NIGEL HARRISON
CAUGHT & SHOT
BY Yan Kaczynski
