Tag: Invermere
Overcoming the odds
/Reading Time: 6 minutesDespite 22 years of controversy, it appears Jumbo Glacier Resort, North America’s most dramatic ski area development in decades, is at the finish line. BY GEORGE KOCH On a picture-perfect late March morning, the helicopter […]
Read more »The End of the Bilodeau Reign
/Reading Time: 7 minutesIt’s the end of an era for the only privately run ski school at a major resort in Canada. He’d ride up the mountain first thing to work on his […]
Read more »New & Improved
/Reading Time: 15 minutesA roundup of 10 top resorts on the road from Calgary (from Buyer’s Guide 2011 issue) Last fall it seemed as if Divine Intervention itself was about to lift the […]
Read more »Calgary Roundup
/Reading Time: 12 minutes10 great ski areas tempt locals and vistors alike with all that’s new and improved From Fall 2009 issue Ski resort marketing people are somehow psychologically wired to look ahead. […]
Read more »Best of Skiing in Canada 2009
/Reading Time: 12 minutesGood, better, best… We think the 2009 Best of Skiing issue is more than just the best this country has to offer, in fact, it’s better than ever! Over an […]
Read more »Two Resorts, Multi-Flavours
/Reading Time: 3 minutesNow that they’ve resolved their long-running battle as to who ranks second behind Whistler-Blackcomb for highest vertical drop in the country (Kicking Horse won), Panorama and Kicking Horse have little […]
Read more »Quality, not quantity
/Reading Time: 2 minutesWho doesn’t like watching skiers descend while they ascend comfortably perched up in a chairlift seat. Because of my interest in ski technique, I can’t help but notice a few […]
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