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Heli Skiing: The True Canadian Drug?

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” – the result of a day’s heli-skiing with Canada’s Mike Wiegele.

Big White Snowboard Pros on How to Wield a Lightsaber

Fresh from the Luke Skywalker Academy, Big White snowboard pro Andrew Jay offer tips on how to handle a lightsaber, including how to keep it properly balanced, armed, and at-the-ready in case of an attack from… what else? A sith. Along the way, Jay also somehow teaches us to snowboard…

Photo of the Day

With British Columbia’s March Break starting now, Mount Washington’s terrain park is ramping up. The Vancouver Island ski resort will host its Dakine Slopestyle on March 15 for skiers and snowboarders.

Photo of the Day

his week’s snowy photo comes to us from Mt Seymour, BC, where grade 5 and 6 students of Grandview Elementary School will be welcomed March 4, 2014.

PHOTO OF THE DAY

Winter delivered its goods to Whistler Blackcomb, BC, this week with 119cms / 4 feet of snow falling on the coastal mountains in seven days. Whistler Heli-Skiing is ready, offering a variety of packages to skiers and riders from intermediates to experts through to April 21, 2014.

Good Eats: BC’s Edible Ski Journey

It's easy to stoke the fire (a.k.a. work up an appetite) when carving tracks on prime British Columbia ski terrain. It's even better when mountain menus offer the perfect mash-up of local flavours and forward-thinking cuisine.