Looking to Start Skiing or Snowboarding?
Once you learn the basics, skiing and snowboarding are great ways to enjoy the Canadian winter. Follow the link below to our Go Skiing Go Snowboarding website and get the information you need to know before getting on the hill.
Ski Industry News and Insights
Northern BC Heliskiing at its Finest: Watch Above and Beyond
Last Frontier Heliskiing recently released a new promo reel highlighting massive Northern BC snowfalls, small groups of 4 and unrivaled terrain. If this video doesn’t get your blood flowing, you might need to see a doctor.
Shredding before the shred: 5 best exercises for ski fitness
Whether you’re hitting cruisy groomer runs or extreme backcountry adventures, skiing and snowboarding demand considerable fitness, strength and stability from your legs and core. Here are 5 of the best exercises to keep you in tip top slope shape.
A Guide to Backcountry Skiing in Quebec
Ski hors piste*. Backcountry. Ski aventure. Alpine Touring. Randonnée Alpine. Sidecountry. Ski sauvage. Slackcountry. Ski randonée. Ski Touring. In Quebec, there are almost as many ways of saying ‘backcountry skiing’ as there are ways of doing it.
Growing Up On A Ski Hill: The Scurfields of Sunshine Village
What does it mean to live, work, and raise your family on the slopes of a major Canadian ski resort? What are the joys? The sacrifices? The consequences of committing your work and family life to the sport of skiing? In this series, Lori Knowles interviews generations of families living “the dream”. This week she talks with the Scurfields —Ralph and daughter Kendra — owners of Banff’s Sunshine Village.
Ski Family Profile Series: Living the Dream – The Mordens of Whistler
What does it mean to live, work, and raise your family in a Canadian ski town? What are the joys? The sacrifices? The consequences of committing your work and family life to the sport of skiing? In this series, Lori Knowles interviews generations of families living “the dream”. This week she talks with Nancy Morden, Mayor of Whistler, and her daughter Sarah — part of a prominent family working, living, playing in Canada’s most notorious ski town.
SEXY APRÈS-SKI
What does a salt cave in France have in common with a cold sauna in Vernon, British Columbia? Sexy après-ski treatments, of course.
