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Mount Cain Snow Reports are real!

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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 →

Girl's Powder Trip of a Lifetime

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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 →

Tantalus Range Legends

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By Johnny Foon April 1,1999, Eric Pehota and I felt that the latest wave of late season storms pounding into the Tantalus range from the pacific may have left the East Face of Tantalus in rideable condition. Bruce Rowles Read More →

La Nina Holidaying in Terrace

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La Nina spent the holidays here at her home in Terrace. Over the past four days she blessed them with well over 1.5m of new snow and it’s deep up there! Northern Escape helicopters arrive in a few days Read More →

Shames: My Mountain Co-Op

Shames Mountain

Shames Mountain, the ‘little ski area that rocks’, tucked away near Terrace BC, is up for sale. The asking price? A cool $1.5 million. When locals were faced with loosing their ski area a community initiative was started. My Read More →

Mount Cain Opening Day Dec 10

Mount Cain

Mount Cain will be opening this Saturday December 10th. They have a 140cm mid mountain base with good early season conditions. The forecast looks like sun through the weekend so everyone can enjoy the opening day full moon after Read More →

Revelstokes Much Anticipated Opening

Revelstoke Opening Day

What a great opening day at Revelstoke with super conditions and amazing weather! 45cm of fresh powder on top of a really good base made for a lot of smiles and positive vibes. Here is a POV video soon Read More →

Island Lake Catskiing Surprise Opening Dec. 3rd

Island Lake Catskiing

The thursday morning email was brief, call to reserve before 1PM. I quickly called and booked myself and Rocky, a friend visiting from Comox, for Saturdays opening of Island Lake Catskiing. The plan was one cat with no frills Read More →

Whitewater Sneek-a-Peak

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Pure, simple & real..Deep Dec 3 & 4 Sneak-a-Peek Details So it is only 3 more sleeps until the first spinning of the lifts for the public for the 2011/12 season. The sneak-a-peek weekend is upon us! With the Read More →

The Balance of Powder

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This past year Island Lake Catskiing and Mica Heliskiing partnered with Sherpas Cinema to produce a T.V. show called The Balance of Powder. The Sherpas are a youthful group from Whistler with creativity and originality and are creating award-winning Read More →

Friends of Shames: A Skier's Journey

Shames Mountain

If your beloved ski hill ran out of money and had no choice but to close, what would you do? With time running out for majestic Shames Mountain in Northern BC, local skiers from Terrace, Prince Rupert, and Kitimat Read More →

Mike Douglas EMBEDDED - The Master Cut

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Whistler’s own Mike Douglas spent last week living up at the top of Whistler Mountain and filing daily video dispatches chronicling the experience for a project called “Embedded: The Inside Story of Whistler Blackcomb.” This is the final installment; Read More →

Early Season Powder Turns on Blackcomb

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It’s official: La Niña is back. Early October, local pro skiers, Mike Douglas and Callum Pettit, and pro snowboarder, Mercedes Nicoll, had a chance for some pre-season product testing on the Blackcomb Glacier: Powder Turns on Whistler Blackcomb Oct Read More →

Eric Pehota's little Logan

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Certain factors can prove advantageous for a young freeskier in his pursuit of a pro career. Living a short drive from Whistler-Blackcomb is one of them. Growing up with big-mountain ski pioneer Eric Pehota as your dad is another. Read More →

Small Group Catskiing at Big Red Cats

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Small Group Catskiing is now available at Big Red Cats. They still will have their standard cats running groups of 12 but now will offer a cat that will take two smaller groups of 5-7 skiers at a time. Yes, the Read More →