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New Snow in the Mountains!

New snow at Northern Escape

Yep, snow in the mountains already… Most of you had a hot summer, but in Northwest BC home of Northern Escape, they seem to have skipped Summer and went straight to Fall. With this year’s predicted return of La Read More →

Fernie to offer biggest vertical in the Canadian Rockies

Scenic Fernie, the place Powder calls home

Celebrating 50 years of skiing with a new Polar Peak Lift will give Fernie Alpine Resort biggest vertical in the Canadian Rockies. The spectacular Polar Peak Lift, will add onto the already incredible vertical at Fernie Alpine Resort, now Read More →

Epic riding conditions continue in B.C.’s South Coast Mountains

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Mr. Coffee, Chris Ankeny and J Foon ventured into Valley X on a questionable weather day only to find cold blower pow,stable snow and way epic riding. Being closer to the Eastern side of the range and Lillooet this Read More →

Chatter about Chatter Creek

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Chatter Creek crossed my radar almost a decade ago. Tales of snowcat skiing unlike any other were circulating among my ski friends. Snowcat skiing on steroids was the description that most resonated with my powder addiction. My excuse for Read More →

Whistler Peak Chair Madness

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Record crashes of epic magnitude were witnessed the day of March 16, 2011. Just waiting in line at Peak was entertaining because everyone was hucking… Fortunately while everyone was skiing Petr Basel was documenting the whole show from the Read More →

Whistler Implements Guest Height Restriction

Whistler powder

Whistler Blackcomb has instituted a new height restriction for all skiers and riders due to the area’s prodigious, record-breaking snowfall this season. The policy is intended to prevent guests from drowning in the bottomless pow. To that end, the Read More →

Revelstoke's powder lives up to the hype

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People familiar with Mount Mackenzie have long understood the massive potential of the conical shaped giant. Revelstoke typically gets 12 to 18 metres of snow annually. The mountain and the region had long been at the centre of Canada’s Read More →

Fernie Backcountry Paradise

Fernie Backcountry

The backcountry options in and around Fernie are endless. Despite my best efforts over the last 20 years or so I have yet to ski every line that I have scoped. The last snowstorm that hit Fernie deposited 30-50cm Read More →

Northern Escape Boasts 100% Skier Days

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That’s right, 100% skier days with no down time. It’s a lofty claim, but they have skied everyday of the winter thus far and that includes doing turns right through one of the biggest storms BC has seen in Read More →

Show the Snow in Revelstoke!

Discover Revelstoke, it's the BIG ONE!

This is an edit by Kaleb Weston to show people just how good the snow in Revelstoke is and how deep it always is. This was filmed over the course of winter break and into January. The snow just Read More →

Big Snow In Revelstoke and Kicking Horse

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It’s PUKING in Revelskoke and Kicking Horse! The snow storm stayed North and delivered the biggest dump of the season. The northern resorts have had less snow that the Coastal and Southern BC resorts, so this snow is very Read More →

New Years in Nelson

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By Aaron McConnell As plans for a last minute trip to visit our friends in Nelson came together, we loaded up the kids and the skis and hit the road for Nelson right after Christmas. We’d skied Nelson’s local Read More →

Northern Escape Heli Skiing Launches SnowCats!

Northern Escape Snowcats

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.

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 →