Betting on Snow Predictions
Pretend someone is willing to bet you $50 that El Niño will not occur
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Category: News
Valemount ski resort proceeding
The proposed Valemount ski resort took a major step forward with the closing of investment towards 30,000 acres of resort land and 7000 vertical feet of skiing, according to people close to the project. Hunter Milborne, nationally recognized as the “Dean of Condos” by Canadian Business Magazine, and Robert Powadiuk, a Toronto-based commercial real estate …
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Baldface RaptorTRAX heli footage
The heli-footage of Ken Block driving a F-150 raptorTRAX climbing the snow-cat roads at Baldface Lodge and descending some low angle powder is entertaining.
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Sarah Burke inducted to Canadian Sports Hall of Fame
Last week freestyle skiing pioneer Sarah Burke was inducted into the Canadian Sport Hall of Fame. Sarah’s accomplishments as an athlete and a builder in freestyle skiing earned her the induction to the Hall of Fame. Sarah’s story is well known – a pioneer in the halfpipe, the first female to land a 720, 900 …
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Sweetgrass’s Afterglow Lightsuit Segement
The Canadian based crew of Sweetgrass Productions has outdone themselves again with the trailer to their new short-film “Afterglow”. AFTERGLOW – Lightsuit Segment from Sweetgrass Productions on Vimeo. Glow suits, enough lights to light up an entire city and the ambition and vision to pull this project off is what sets Sweetgrass apart. It’s time …
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Pat Morrow receives Honorary Doctorate
Pat Morrow, the legendary Canadian adventure photographer and mountaineer, received an Honorary Doctorate from the Thompson Rivers University (TRU) at their Fall Convocation. Events related to the award included a department staff gathering, Convocation, and Convocation Dinner. Pat spoke at the Convocation and presented a slide show to the dinner. This is the second Honorary …
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JP Auclair dies in avalanche
Disturbing reports are coming out of Chile that JP Auclair and Andreas Fransson were killed in an avalanche near the border of Argentine while skiing for a new film project. They were climbing a couloir on Monte San Lorenzo when something above triggered the avalanche that took them all the way to the glacier 700 …
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“Buried” by Ken Wylie
Ken's book will help understand what really happened and reopen the question of why Rudi never took responsibility for his mistake.
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Top Reasons to ski Powder
Powder is to skiing as waves are to surfing—especially for those who choose to exclusively ski powder?
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Greg Hill’s 2014 March Madness
And now the month of madness is complete and Greg climbed 100km or 328,000 feet to complete his human powered powder session...congratulations Greg!
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Expedition Hope
On April 2, long-time Fernie resident, Bernice Notenboom will be heading off on a ski from the North Pole to Canada’s Ellesmere Island,
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13+ feet of snow in February!
The ski resort said Thursday that so far this month, they have received 160 inches of snow -- over 13 feet!
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