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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 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: 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: 9 minutesConjoining 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 […]

Reading Time: 7 minutesIt’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 […]

Reading Time: 7 minutesQuebec 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 […]

Reading Time: 11 minutesAt the age of seven I was a ski-god. And to prove it, I still have my gold Scuola di Sci badge from one of our annual family holidays to […]

Reading Time: 4 minutesby PAUL OSAK * photography STEVE SHANNON On March 18, at the height of what was arguably the best ski season in recent memory, my wife, Megan, and I decided […]

Reading Time: 5 minutesIf you’re a freerider, you’re a searcher, an explorer. You aren’t content with what’s on the map. The runs are just the approach to the main event. You take the […]

Reading Time: 6 minutes    Performance boots and wide feet used to be mutually exclusive. Higher-flexing boots typically were only available in skinny lasts. But manufacturers are starting to realize that people with high-volume […]

Reading Time: 7 minutesAs Beijing prepares for 2022, can the world’s most populated country really become the biggest snowsports nation on the planet? For the Winter Olympic Games, host China is pulling out […]

Reading Time: 7 minutesHow one small-town reporter learned to love Revelstoke. It was the perfect welcome to a new mountain: 25 cm of new snow. A blank canvas crumpled up, its nooks and […]

Reading Time: 10 minutesThere’s a whole world of winter beyond the Walmart parking lot. The RV had me at “changing room.” A couple hours after picking up a nine-metre winterized motorhome in the […]

Reading Time: 7 minutesThe contrast between Mt. Baker and Whistler proves skiing is the least and most elite sport. Scrubbing toilets, flipping burgers or ensuring beginners don’t fall off the Magic Carpet doesn’t […]

Reading Time: 7 minutesby DOUG FIRBY from Fall 2019 issue As we stand on the cat track at Castle Mountain’s Haig Ridge, the snow on more than 350 hectares of terrain before us […]

Reading Time: 9 minutesIt’s the people of a place that make it home. A little town in a big place, Banff is chock full of dreamers and schemers and lovers of all things […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe classic French Alps resort of Val d’Isère is truly a destination of distractions.  Drysuit, dry mouth. Full rubber face mask, moon-landing screw-on gloves. With a final thumbs-up, I clamp my […]

Reading Time: 9 minutesSkiing and sailing Norway means practicing avalanche rescues as well as man-overboard drills Cameron’s and my plan to keep our cabin tidy went awry much faster than anticipated. As the […]

Reading Time: 6 minutesWatching the striking scenery roll past a train window pretty much anywhere in Switzerland, it’s easy to understand why the country has inspired artists, poets and travellers. I mean, c’mon, […]

Reading Time: 10 minutesBefore cellphone bewitchment, liability fears and political correctness, skiers used to be a wild and crazy bunch. The cardinal rule of ski vacations dawned on me one night as I […]

Reading Time: 9 minutesOur 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 […]

Reading Time: 7 minutesThe opening of Panorama’s monstrous freeride terrain adds to its well-known cruising reputation. Three turns in The Monster rears its head. The boot-top fluff is so good, so predictable, I […]

Reading Time: 7 minutesExperience “a day of aerobic hell and utter exhaustion followed by a day of sheer terror.” Now you tell me… “That’s the traverse where my husband fell,” Jenny, my friend […]

Reading Time: 7 minutesAfter four days of unrelenting snowfall, three days of visibility-related delays and near-constant safety concerns, the sun returned to the skies above Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, revealing a deep, dazzling […]