Avalanche Canada Asks Backcountry Users to Report Conditions Did you play in the snow today — then say what you saw. Avalanche Canada is looking to skiers, snowboarders, and snowmobilers for help with reporting snow conditions across the country. For those not aware, Avalanche Canada (‘AVCAN’), is responsible for avalanche forecasting across all the mountain ranges of Canada. With such a huge area to cover, and only a […] Avalanche Ben Davies | January 26, 2024 0 Comments
Whitewater Ski Resort, BC, Report: A Few Inches of Quality Snow and Zero Liftlines This report is from January 21, 2024 Whitewater Ski Resort is a five-lift (one rope tow and four chairlifts) ski hill 12 miles from Nelson, British Columbia. Six miles of that is a plowed logging road, taking you to the base lodge, overlooked by Ymir Peak, an iconic mountain that tops out at 7850 feet. The drive can be interesting […] Conditions Report Ben Davies | January 23, 2024 0 Comments
Supreme Court of Canada Ruling Allows Jumbo Glacier Rethink The Supreme Court of Canada made a ruling today regarding the Ktunaxa Nation’s claim that building a year round ski resort at Jumbo Glacier, near Invermere, in southern BC, would infringe on their religious rights. These rights are guaranteed to indigenous people in Canada, under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Ktunaxa believe that the project would drive the […] Ben Davies | November 3, 2017 0 Comments
Video: Tom Wallisch and Sherpas Cinema show Imagination [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YVQ5s6ePeI"] Ben Davies | November 1, 2017 18 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
VIDEO: Olympic Snowboarders Kelly Clark & Mike Schultz Will Be Featured On Kellogg Cereal Boxes [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueP7EEYsEGQ"] Ben Davies | November 1, 2017 12 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
Grand Canyon Tram Proposal Goes Before Navajo Council Next week Navajo lawmakers are voting on the “Grand Canyon Escalade” project. According to the New York Times, the only agenda item for the special session on Tuesday is the plan to build a gondola from the rim to the floor of the Grand Canyon. This gondola is similar to the 8 person gondolas at places such as Kicking Horse, […] Ben Davies | October 26, 2017 0 Comments
Legendary Whistler Split board Marker, Chris Prior, Has Passed Away On October 15th, Chris Prior, the owner and founder of Prior died. A professional windsurfer, turned snowboard and ski shaper extraordinaire, who believed in the 20cm rule, and enforced it in his Function Junction ” manufactory”. Chris took his experience shaping windsurf boards, and brought it to the custom snowboard industry, shaping boards for the alpine race scene, freeride, and […] Ben Davies | October 25, 2017 0 Comments
North Face and Columbia stores in Breckenridge to be bought by Vail resorts The Vail Resorts name is synonymous with company expansion, at least up here in British Columbia, after buying Whistler. They are not just buying resorts though, also adding retail stores to their portfolio. North Face stores in many other resorts, including Whistler, and resorts in Colorado, California and Utah, are already under their banner. Now, in an extension to their […] Ben Davies | October 17, 2017 1 Comment
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