Noteworthy: Don’t Be That Guy

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Reading Time: < 1 minutes     How did we meet up with ski buddies or family before cellphones? More important, how do you check your phone on the lift without worrying about dropping it? The […]

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Noteworthy 2020: Leki BOA glove

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Reading Time: < 1 minutes Leki BOA glove BOA FOR BETTER POLE PLANTS  To improve the connection between its Trigger S pole system and matching gloves, LEKI teamed up with BOA. Everything from ski boots […]

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Dropping into Revy

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Some skiers think Revelstoke can be hard to reach with roads to and through town often covered in all that pesky snow. Most people fly into Kelowna and Kamloops two-and-a-half […]

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Buyer’s Guide 2019 gear intro

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Reading Time: 2 minutes What’s the coolest thing you’ve seen at the show?” This question is the ski show equivalent of “How’s the weather?” When your job description includes keeping up with every new […]

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Posh Powder – The Josie

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Reading Time: < 1 minutes Hip resort, even hipper hotel. Soon to be looking more like accomms in St. Moritz than Rossland, B.C., Red Mountain welcomed in March North America’s latest slopeside boutique hotel, The Josie […]

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RYAN REPORT – Resorts of Canadian Rockies chooses Epic Pass

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Reading Time: 2 minutes In the battle for the ultimate season pass the Resorts of the Canadian Rockies have chosen a team. The Calgary based resort conglomerate adds its roster of Canadian hills – […]

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RYAN REPORT – Powder porn to help ease the angst of spring

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Reading Time: < 1 minutes Not ready for winter to end? I feel your pain. I spent far too much of my ski season in the office and not enough – never enough – on […]

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RYAN REPORT – Day cat skiing rules

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Reading Time: < 1 minutes I’m on my way to the interior of British Columbia, on assignment for Ski Canada Magazine, as I write this. My job this week is to check out three of […]

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RYAN REPORT – Gear of the Week – Intuition turns 25

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ask just about anyone that works on skis and they’ll tell you their most important piece of equipment is their boots. Their the connection between body and ski and unhappy […]

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RYAN REPORT – Women’s Day: The X factor in skiing

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Reading Time: < 1 minutes Skiing is a male dominated industry. We make up more than half of skiers on the slopes and that ratio skews even farther when it comes to the employees, both […]

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RYAN REPORT – Spring Gloves

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Last weekend at my local ski hill, Mount Washington Alpine Resort, it was classic March schizophrenic weather. Saturday started cold and quickly warmed up to full spring slush under a […]

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RYAN REPORT – Gear of the Week: Caffeine on the go

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Early mornings. Late nights. Long days. Coffee and skiing go hand in mouth. For many skiers caffeine is essential to a good day on the slopes, but stopping in for […]

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RYAN REPORT – Look like an Olympian, take 2

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Reading Time: < 1 minutes Want to channel a little Darcy Sharpe or even Mikaël Kingsbury? Try a Columbia Sportswear jacket. The outdoor gear company founded in 1938 is supplying the uniforms to several Olympic […]

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RYAN REPORT – Dress like an Olympian

Reading Time: < 1 minutes If you’ve watched any Olympic skiing or snowboarding you’ve seen Oakley’s limited edition goggles. They just about fly off the snow and right out of the screen. Every Oakley athlete […]

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RYAN REPORT – Canadians podium at only home stop on Freeride World Tour

Reading Time: 2 minutes Logan Pehota won and Kylie Sivell took the bronze at the Kicking Horse Mountain Resort stop on the Freeride World Tour. It was supposed to be the only North American […]

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RYAN REPORT – See top ski film this Friday in Vancouver

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Reading Time: < 1 minutes Kye Petersen was destined for ski movie greatness. His dad, Trevor Petersen, was an iconic Canadian extreme skier, starring in movies and responsible for dozens of first descents. Kye grew […]

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RYAN REPORT – Highlights from the snow show

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Over four days at the end of January the ski industry unveiled the future of skiing. I checked it all out at the annual retail buying show in Denver, previewing […]

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RYAN REPORT – Cool backcountry gear for next year

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Backcountry is still hot. At last week’s Outdoor Retailer Snow Show backcountry gear continued to dominate innovation in the ski industry. The annual gear show in Denver was dominated by […]

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RYAN REPORT – Bollé Nova II

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Reading Time: 2 minutes With a cloud hanging out around mid-mountain, snow pounding down, humidity near 100 percent and the temperature just below freezing the conditions last week at Mount Washington Alpine Resort were […]

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RYAN REPORT – Help break snow angel world record this weekend

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Be part of an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most snow angels at the same time on Saturday February 3. Taking place at multiple locations across […]

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RYAN REPORT – Too much snow closes Mount Washington

Reading Time: 2 minutes Apparently it can snow too much. Just ask Mount Washington Alpine Resort where 80 centimetres overnight on Saturday, January 20 made it impossible for the mountain to open on Sunday. […]

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RYAN REPORT – Scary Chairlift Rides

Reading Time: < 1 minutes I think ski lifts are one of the world’s great inventions. Ninety nine percent of the time they whisk us to the top without drama. But every now and then […]

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RYAN REPORT – Elan Ripstick 106

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Reading Time: 2 minutes As a gear reviewer I see products long before they make it to stores. I see a lot of new gear. Through all the noise of new skis, jackets, helmets […]

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RYAN REPORT – Panorama’s Monster Expansion

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Six days after the last snowfall I drop into The Monster and sink up to my waist. For the next 10 minutes I work my way down the steeps, trees […]

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