Blower Pow and Disappearing Pants
B.C.’s iconic Island Lake Lodge overdelivers on expectations and keeps ‘em coming back yearafter year Island Lake Lodge, Winter 2022Words :: Erin MorozPhotos :: Matt Kuhn Photography Tucked away on…
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The Underworld: What’s Going on Beneath our Skis and Snowboards?
Is there a correlation between the mogul-making by skiers and snowboarders and a congregation of prey beneath them?
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The Soul of Skiing Defined: Ski Big 3
Want to win a luxury vacation to access to the best skiing and riding in Banff National Park? Explore 3 unique resorts making up 8,000 acres of terrain across Banff…
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Spring at Sun Peaks
by Leslie Anthony It’s not hard to figure out how longer days, warmer temperatures and a place whose name already singles it out for great weather might add up to…
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Friday Flick: Precious Leader Woman
The holy grail of snowboard movies has always been the quest for "story." Precious Leader Woman not only tells an excellent story—of athleticism and drive, of identity and passion, of family and strength—but it does so with a cinematic sense of style, grace, and courage to match its incredible protagonist: Olympian Spencer O'Brien.
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New Normal at Tremblant
Words & photos :: Colin Field You want proof there’s a new normal? I saw it. I saw the post-pandemic world. It was at Tremblant. I wasn’t expecting it, but…
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Feet First: Silver Linings & Staying Alive
It’s important to remember that the mountains are in charge out there, and the deeper you push, the more in charge they get.
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The Hidden Gems of the B.C. Backcountry
Tucked away from the mainstream, the Backcountry Lodges of B.C. beckon wanderers off the beaten path. Words :: Erin Moroz. Article sponsored by Backcountry Lodges of British Columbia. If you…
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Pow’er Up: Five Tips to Maximize the Fresh
A brief, no-nonsense guide to the Ontario pow day. words & photo :: Colin Field. We’ve all got one of those friends, you know the type: their social media feed…
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Friday Flick: Snowed In: Photo Adventures BTS
Snowed In is an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at how pro photographer Erin Hogue captures her breathtaking photographs. Following an expedition for five days of winter camping in one of British…
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ML Coast Mountains: The Optimism Issue – Out Now
ML Coast Mountains – The Optimism Issue – is out now.
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Snowboarder Megan Farrell: Finding Motivation, Managing Stress
Megan Farrell is one of the few Canadian alpine snowboard athletes to balance competition and university—finishing her degree on the Queen’s University honour roll no less, while being crowned overall NorAm Champion.
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Part of a Family: Skiis & Biikes Employees, Past & Present
Words :: Kristin Schnelten // Sponsored by Skiis & Biikes. Chris Vanderknokke has a standard answer to the ubiquitous So what do you do? question: “I just tell people I’m…
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Mackenzie Top Peak Contest
Words :: Kristin Schnelten Click into your ski boots and hit the snow-packed dance floor with your team—the Mackenzie Investments Top Peak contest is back! A cowbell-ringing success in 2021,…
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Sporting Life 2.0
words & photos :: Kristin Schnelten. Article sponsored by Sporting Life. January 27, 2020: Sporting Life store general manager Andy Hotson was just returning from a day on the hill…
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Chasing Dream Runs at Sun Peaks
Words :: Leslie Anthony I have a recurring dream. In it, I’m skiing an endless fall-line screamer set at the perfect angle, with light, shin-deep powder billowing overhead as I…
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Five Reasons to Visit Simcoe County this Winter
Words :: Kristin Schnelten. Article sponsored by Tourism Simcoe County. Snow season has arrived! And, if weather predictions hold true (they always do, right?), we’re in for a winter chock-full…
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How to Go Heli-Skiing and Not Be a Climate-Changing Jerk
Welcome to a new era of carbon-neutral heli. Imagine endless miles of big-mountain terrain as far as the eye can see, and a perfect slope of untracked powder below your…
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Friday Flick: Testing Grounds
What drives the inquisitive mind to create? And how long do we endure failure to uncover success? Achievement looks different to every human and sometimes looks unfamiliar, even to those…
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Communist Powder
Powder for the people? Almost a decade since they went community-owned, how are things going at Shames Mountain, BC?
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