
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 →
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Archive for the ‘News’ Category![]() 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 → ![]() 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 → ![]() 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 → ![]() 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 → ![]() One man is dead after being caught in an avalanche while commercial cat-skiing on Meadow Mountain near Kaslo, BC. The victim was with a group of 10 skiers and two guides when the avalanche occurred at around 11 a.m., Read More → ![]() Montreal’s Kaya Turski came from behind to win her third-straight gold medal at the X Games, and she did it by landing a trick that no woman has ever landed in this competition. Coming into the third run of Read More → ![]() In honour of her contribution to winter sport and in respect to her pioneering attitude, WinSport Canada has announced it will establish the Sarah Burke Performance Award. The award will be given to any Canadian athlete that reaches the Read More → ![]() Groundbreaking Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke passed away at 9:22AM January 19, 2012 at the University of Utah Hospital from injuries sustained in an accident on the Eagle Superpipe at Park City Mountain Resort on Tuesday, January 10, 2012. Read More → ![]() Kye Peterson won the Revelstoke Freeride/Freeskiing World Tour Today. The Mackenzie Face was prime and the word is that the boys and girls threw down and went big. The longest running and most prestigious competitive big mountain skiing tour Read More → ![]() Kate Eidger is this year’s lucky recipient of the 2012 Powder Highway Contest. As you can see by the following video, this girl eats, sleeps and breathes powder! We can only imagine that three months of shredding BC’s best Read More → ![]() Skiers both in backcountry and in-bounds areas are advised to use extreme caution this week as the avalanche danger soars. Both backcountry and in-bounds skiers face heightened avalanche dangers this week, according to the latest bulletins from the Canadian Read More → ![]() 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 → ![]() If you want to ride safely over the Christmas holidays, you’ll need to do some work to get a handle on conditions and you’ll need to stay on top of things as the next cycle of stormy weather progresses. Read More → ![]() 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 → |
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