Making Tracks in Northern BC

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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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High In The Caucasus

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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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Naming Louise

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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

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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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Keep The Dream Alive – Italy

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Reading Time: 11 minutes At 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 […]

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How We Spent Our Coronacation

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Reading Time: 4 minutes by 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 […]

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Buyer’s Guide 2021 – Freeride

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Reading Time: 5 minutes If 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 […]

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Trends – Buyer’s Guide 2021

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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 […]

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China – World Domination

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Reading Time: 7 minutes As 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 […]

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Revelstoke – Good Move

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Reading Time: 7 minutes How 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 […]

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Ski By RV

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Reading Time: 10 minutes There’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 […]

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When Worlds Collide: Whistler and Mt. Baker

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Reading Time: 7 minutes The 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 […]

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Visions of Castle – Castle Mt. Alberta

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Reading Time: 7 minutes by 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 […]

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The Beauty of Banff

Reading Time: 9 minutes It’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 […]

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Take The Plunge – Val d’Isère, France

Reading Time: 3 minutes The 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 […]

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North of 70

Reading Time: 9 minutes Skiing 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 […]

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In Awe of the Eiger – Switzerland’s Jungfrau Region

Reading Time: 6 minutes Watching 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, […]

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What Were We Thinking?

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Reading Time: 10 minutes Before 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 […]

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Best of Skiing 2019

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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 […]

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Putting on a New Face – Panorama BC

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Reading Time: 7 minutes The 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 […]

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Steeped in La Grave

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Reading Time: 7 minutes Experience “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 […]

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Dropping in at Kicking Horse

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Reading Time: 7 minutes After 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 […]

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Groups Dept. – Crans-Montana, Switzerland

Reading Time: 8 minutes Despite a wet welcome, Crans-Montana maintained its reputation of providing a signature sunny week for another Ski Canada Readers’ Trip. by RON BETTS in the Fall 2018 issue When you’re climbing onto a […]

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Randonnée Days – Québec’s Chic-Chocs

Reading Time: 8 minutes Alpine touring in the Gaspé’s Chic-Choc Mountains left three boys from Ontario in awe of Eastern powder. STORY AND PHOTOS BY ADAM BUITENHUIS Chest-deep in powder and struggling to pull […]

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