In “Heli-Skiing Is the Best Drug I Have Ever Taken,” Huffington Post writer Blake Fleetwood waxes poetic on “floating down on clouds of my own creation”
Read more Heli Skiing: The True Canadian Drug?
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!
Read more Greg Hill’s 2014 March Madness
Three backcountry skiers survived after being fully buried by an avalanche for 10 minutes on Sunday.
Read more Three survive full burials in Kananaskis
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,
Read more Expedition Hope
A majority of avalanche deaths in Canada involve heli-skiers.
Read more CMH heli-skier dies in avalanche
A helpful young woman in her 20s advised, as she sped past, “You wouldn’t get cold if you weren’t so slow.”
Read more Synchronicity in Colorado
Disclaimer: I am not an avalanche professional, just an old man who has skied a lot of lines over many decades. I have also been involved in tragedies.
Read more Recent Avalanche Cycle
The ski resort said Thursday that so far this month, they have received 160 inches of snow -- over 13 feet!
Read more 13+ feet of snow in February!
The Dogtooth Dash is the most exciting, scenic and challenging event in the Ski Mo calendar
Read more The Dogtooth Dash Returns to Kicking Horse
Aside from her friendly personality and kind smile, there is something unique about her that may not be noticeable immediately.
Read more Paralympian joins Northern Escape staff
Canadian skiers and snowboarders racked up a dozen medals during the Sochi Games, nearly half of the 25 medals won by Canadian athletes. They also took home four of Canada’s 10 gold medals. All that helped Canada rank fourth in the overall medal count, and third in the gold-medal count, just ahead of the U.S. …
Read more Canadian Skiers, Riders Shine in Sochi
There’s no substitute for knowledge when heading into the backcountry, but even then danger lurks
Read more Anatomy of an avalanche
