Tag: Ski Canada

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen visitors arrive at Revelstoke Mountain Resort (RMR), they quickly discover one of British Columbia’s premier ski destinations, designed for every kind of mountain adventure. Set against spectacular Selkirk Mountain […]

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe arbitrary reality of ski shopping We test skis to rationalize ski buying. It’s why we gathered dozens of new skis and nearly as many testers at Revelstoke Mountain Resort […]

Reading Time: 6 minutesSeveral readers responded to my article of two years earlier (Is it all doom and gloom? – Fall 2007) that had circumspectly raised questions about (okay, joyously heaped scorn upon) […]

Reading Time: 6 minutesA Hard Day’s Night If skiing non-stop for 24 hours straight sounds exhausting, you can always team up with friends and alternate relay-style like thousands of others do at Tremblant […]

Reading Time: 5 minutesSlide of the century March 4 will be a somber date for anyone around Rogers Pass between Golden and Revelstoke, B.C. It was 100 years ago that Canada’s worst avalanche […]

Reading Time: 9 minutesA century of capital skiing It’s been a while, about 100 years, since Ottawa’s posh Rockliffe Park suburb has seen a ski jump tower, but the Ottawa Ski Club (OSC) […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s just after 10:00 a.m. at the Sunburst Lodge at Sun Peaks and the teenage racing throng is lining up for another warm-and-sticky cinnamon bun break. With fingers too gooey […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesThere’s nothing like a quiz to get me stoked on winter. Devised through years of consultation with Austrian ski-psychologists, Swiss statisticians and snow scientists from Nelson and Smithers, the following […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom politics to powder, George Koch and I often end a discussion by agreeing to disagree. But his diatribe that starts on page 22 this issue on the frustrations of […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn edge on the competition Felix Ski Services, Calgary * Neck deep for Knee Deep Whitewater BC * Louise on ice Ice Magic Festival * Porter Class to Tremblant * […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesby Chris Lennon If you’ve already read Ski Canada’s Buyer’s Guide last issue, you will have noticed that reverse camber skis (their tips and tails don’t touch when the ski […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen my wife collected me at the hospital, the look on her face went from incredulous to amusement. I was still groggy from a general anaesthetic after having my right […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen Managing Editor Anne and I read manuscripts destined for these pages, we often write margin notes to each other questioning style, clarification or fact checking. Sometimes a facetious comment […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesArt Director Norm and Managing Editor Anne were giggling on a conference call the other day when I had to leave the conversation briefly to chase a black squirrel out […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile Ski Canada staff slaved away another hot summer in the city preparing the annual Buyer’s Guide, our writers, photographers, ski testers and other latch-ons continued to lead some pretty […]