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A Skier In Search Of Powder

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By Greg Hill on December 31, 2010 It started off as it should, I got to the parking lot first, dilly dallied around till a few girls got ahead. Passed them and then I broke trail for 2 thousand Read More →

Ski Touring has Experienced a revolution

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by Dan Savage Photos by Chris Fraikin In the early years of ski touring there were Giant Slalom or Slalom skis to mount with your Reimer or Emery bindings. More recently there has been snowboard influenced mid-fat skis and Read More →

Northern Escape Heli Skiing Launches SnowCats!

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Northern Escape Heli-Skiing launched their back up snowcat population this weekend with great success. NEH’s new snowcat terrain Late last summer NEH purchased two snowcats and worked hard all fall to open their long-awaited snowcat area. The work included Read More →

Blake Jorgenson's Early Season at Whistler Blackcomb

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Whistler-based ski photographer, Blake Jorgenson, shows us what Early Season is about at Whistler Blackcomb.

New Avalanche Bulletin Widget

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A new avalanche bulletin internet widget has developed by Savage Marketing in partnership with the Canadian Avalanche Centre. A widget is a compact application designed to display information on a website or web based media device. The objective of Read More →

How to Go Heli-skiing Free

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Most people haven’t seen a magazine ad for Crescent Spur; they don’t turn on the radio to hear a jingle about heliskiing here; and, it sort of goes without saying, that they aren’t thinking about running a heliboarding commercial Read More →

The Strategy of Powderchasing

New terrain is opened every year at Baldface

Powder chasing has become a new gig for many die hard obsessive powderchasers like me who strive to grab the deepest days of the season, even if it takes playing hookey from work. My strategy? Grab the powder while Read More →

The Powder Highway: Perfect for A Skier's Roadtrip

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This winter, journey British Columbia’s Powder Highway! Look no further than the southeastern corner of BC and Alberta to discover one of the most concentrated nests of winter resorts and backcountry lodges on the planet: ten full-service alpine resorts, Read More →

Castle Mountain Opening Day!

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I was one of the fortunate to have skied at Castle Mountain on opening day! Over 130 cm of snow has fallen the week prior and lots of deep deposits were to be found in the trees. My good Read More →