Tag: British Columbia

Reading Time: 5 minutesThe answer has less to do with your ability, and more to do with the adventure you choose. Sooner or later, every powder skier asks the question: Am I good […]

Reading Time: 5 minutesA Main Street Home Base, And Ethos, Sets This B.C. Heli-Ski Op Apart As the throbbing of the departing helicopter picks up in tempo a cloud of dry, light snow […]

Reading Time: 4 minutesIt’s a spectacular sunny Sunday on Whistler’s Blackcomb, the snow has finally started to cooperate. It’s fluffy and dry with just enough edge. The light is bright and the rocks […]

Reading Time: 5 minutesIf you’re looking for a foodie’s guide to Whistler, this isn’t it. I’m a beer-and-nachos kind of ski town eater, and if it’s cheaper during Happy Hour, I’m there. Especially […]

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe stars are out the night Whistler turns 60, and not just the ones in the sky. More than 800 people pack into the Roundhouse at the top of Whistler […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesIn Whistler’s 60th year, Ski Canada co-editor Lori Knowles reacquaints herself with the ski town, one lift, one run, and one walk through the village at a time. Hey, Whistler! […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhistler’s Sundial Hotel features eight suites with private hot tubs, plus some mighty pretty mountain views. It’s 3 p.m. on a winter Tuesday in Whistler and you’ve just skied Flute […]

Reading Time: 5 minutesIn Whistler’s 60th year, Ski Canada co-editor Lori Knowles reacquaints herself with the ski town, one lift, one run, and one walk through the village at a time. It’s a […]

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn Whistler’s 60th year, Ski Canada co-editor Lori Knowles reacquaints herself with the ski town, one lift, one run, and one walk through the village at a time.

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe 2024 Freeride World Tour by Peak Performance hits Kicking Horse Mountain Resort

Reading Time: 5 minutesIn 1998, I hopped into the passenger’s seat of one of those new Mercedes 190 SUVs and buckled up for a dusty ride on an old logging road to what, I’d been told, would be Canada’s latest four-season destination resort.

Reading Time: 7 minutesA 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 […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter 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: < 1 minuteBilled 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 minutesMove over, Ski Canada. At 60, Tod Mountain has a decade on you. Wait, where’s that? Well, you probably know it by its more recognizable name, Sun Peaks Resort. But […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesJust before a sun is born, gravity starts pulling all the pieces together. That’s where Powder King Mountain Resort is at right now, says Jim Salisbury, the ski hill’s owner […]

Reading Time: 8 minutesRevelstoke has had its share of growing pains since it became a “resort” in 2007. It isn’t every day that you get to witness the birth of a ski area. […]

Reading Time: 9 minutesGetting the cousins together for the holidays is easy when you plan four days at Selkirk Snowcat Skiing. Being able to assess a situation, think on your feet and react […]

Reading Time: 7 minutesThere’s no better place than Callaghan Country to learn how to share. Ski fast. Take chances.” This is Guillaume Otis’s advice at the top of our first run in the […]

Reading Time: 6 minutesGet the most out of your touring day with a lift into the alpine. It’s impossible to look back on last winter without considering the ways COVID-19 impacted people’s mountain […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen Michael J. Ballingall imagines Big White Ski Resort in 2089, he envisions 17 new lifts, the number of runs increasing from the current 119 to 329, skiable terrain more […]

Reading Time: 9 minutesBY 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 […]

Reading Time: 8 minutesJust 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,” […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesMy first-ever visit to Rossland, B.C., and its mythical powder mecca RED Mountain was a quarter-century ago when buddy Steve and I were invited to stay with one of RED’s […]