The Rogers Pass area in winter is a powder skier’s dream, but it can also be intimidating if you don’t know where or go or how to get started. Our Powder Weekend camp is new this year and is Read More →
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Backcountry Lodges Mistaya Lodge Visit their secluded tree-line lodge for all levels of hiking, skiing, [...] Read More Sol Mountain Touring Sol Mountain’s BC backcountry lodge is in the heart of the southern [...] Read More Valhalla Mountain Touring Valhalla Mountain Touring is located in the heart of the Selkirk [...] Read MoreLift Service Castle Mountain Castle Mountain. Over 3500 skiable acres. Two mountains. 78 trails. 8 [...] Read More Lake Louise Ski Area Spectacular scenery awaits at Lake Louise with uniquely beautiful terrain [...] Read More Mount Cain Situated on the north end of Vancouver Island, Mount Cain offers a unique [...] Read More Red Mountain Resort If downhill skiing or snowboarding on a mountain with epic terrain and [...] Read More |
 Featured Destinations Fernie, BC Powder. If there is one word that describes the reasons why people come to [...] Read More  Revelstoke, BC With an average annual snowfall of 12-18 metres (40-60 feet!), the [...] Read More Terrace, BC Nowhere else in Canada does the combination of varied terrain, abundance [...] Read MoreEditorials John Eaves lead a very competitive freestyle skiing career, from 1977 to 1981, where he won six world titles for Canada, three in combined freestyle and three in his specialty: aerials. He is also know for his stunt work Read More →  There is no snow report more real than a Mount Cain Snow Report. Billed as “Important Information” here is the most recent report for Thursday Mar 29, 2012. whisper whisper…. shhhhhh!!! ***** powder alert ***** I just got word Read More →  National Geographic Adventurers of the Year Award Nominees, Jon Turk, 65, and Erik Boomer, 26, made history on August 19 when they landed their kayaks in Grise Fiord (pop.141). After 1,495 miles and 104 days of skiing, walking, crawling, Read More →  “McConkey,” a 90-minute documentary to be released in 2013, is a heartfelt examination of the legacy one athlete left to the progression of his sports, and the path he paved to conquer his dreams. Shane McConkey is revered as Read More →  By Jon Turk It’s the first day of spring, crocuses are poking their purple heads out of the ground down in the valleys, ice dams are breaking up in the rivers, and April Fools Day is just around the Read More →  Come celebrate a Ten meter snowpack at Northern Escape in Terrace BC. Northern Escape is experiencing an epic year with one of the largest snowpack’s in the world. You are invited to experience this exceptional three day heli trip Read More →  By Jon Turk By sheer dumb luck, Nina and I skied up to the sign line moments after the Ski Patrol opened the coveted Snake Ridge at Fernie Alpine Resort. We followed the traverse out and now stood above Read More →  Experience a girls’ ski trip of a lifetime! Leave the boys behind and join our two day and two night, all girl Catskiing tour on March 29-31. This is a chance to treat yourself, make friends, relax, re-energize and Read More →  Three skiers died in an out-of-bounds avalanche on the back side of Stevens Pass Sunday, including Stevens Pass marketing director Chris Rudolph. The others were professional freestyle skiing judge Jim Jack and local John Brenan. A fourth person caught Read More →  By Jon Turk In my last post, I introduced the work of the Canadian Avalanche Center with a focus on the South Rockies Field Techs, Dave Tracz and Gord Ohm. On Jan 26, I decided to go out with Read More →  This intense tree well rescue of a backcountry powder skier in an inverted entrapment shows great teamwork in British Columbia’s South Chilcotin Mountains! Point of clarification – This is real world stuff, raw and flawed. Everyone in this video Read More →  Travis Rice has enjoyed his share of powder and here can be seen making his fair share of powder turns at Baldface Lodge. Rice has filmed outstanding video parts year after year, producing jaw-dropping shots like his switch 540 Read More →  The Backcountry Lodges of British Columbia Association (BLBCA) is pleased to announce the launch of its first-ever Backcountry Purist Contest. The BLBCA is seeking the ultimate Backcountry Purist; a skier/snowboarder who deserves a fully guided and catered ski/snowboard four-week Read More →  Back in 2004, a flip on skis gone tragically wrong broke Josh Dueck’s back and left him as a T11 — full paraplegic. For the past 8 years one of his dreams has been to do a flip on Read More → |
Snowcats Baldface Lodge With 32,000 acres Baldface has every type of terrain imaginable from [...] Read More Chatter Creek Cat-Skiing Chatter Creek is one of Western Canada’s largest and most [...] Read More Island Lake Catskiing For nearly 20 years Island Lake catskiing has consistently provided guests [...] Read MoreHeli Operators Bella Coola Helisports With over 2 million total acres of jaw-dropping terrain reserved for you [...] Read More Mica Heli Skiing 72,000 hectares (close to 178,000 acres) of towering peaks deep in the [...] Read More Northern Escape Heli Skiing Northern Escape Heli Skiing is located just South of the Alaska border, in [...] Read More |
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