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Ben Davies

Ben Davies has been involved in the ski industry in Europe and Canada for almost 30 years. He now resides in Nelson BC, and can be found mountain biking and hiking in the summers, and roaming the Kootenay backcountry in the winter.

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
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Private Colorado Ski Resort for the Uber Rich About To Launch | $3 Million to Enter Then $50,000/Year

So, you’ve got the Bugatti, the G6, and you like to slide down snow. Then Jim Aronstein, the owner Cimarron Mountain Club CO, has the place for you. This place is so exclusive, they won’t even let you look at their website without approval… In 2005, Aronstein, a retired lawyer bought 2000-acres of former logging company land in the San […]

Ben Davies | October 17, 2017
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Worth the walk! British Columbia delivers again.

“ I can’t see you, lodge” Coming up through the notch in the mountains below Powder Creek Lodge, the helicopter pilot sounded calmer than it seemed he should be. The machine puts down in a cloud of powder and as the rotors slow, we can see our home for the next week. A lodge building, sauna, and outhouse, perched on […]

Ben Davies | October 16, 2017
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Video: Cody goes wild in Bodie

Cody Laplante, Everybody! Cody was born in 2002, in California, and is now based at Squaw. This has always seemed a good choice for a ripping young skier, following in the footsteps of legendary free skiers. At just 15, Cody’s list of achievements reads like a manual for how to progress in the industry. Starting competing at 9 years old, […]

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Ben Davies | October 1, 2017
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Friends don’t let friends HAPE.

Although not as well known as avalanches, HAPE ( high altitude pulmonary edema), otherwise   known as HAPO in the Indian regions of the Himalayas ( the British spelling is Oedema) is in fact the number one killer of people at altitude. Although not strictly correct, the same issues with breathing at altitude are known as altitude sickness, or sometimes Acute […]

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Ben Davies | September 16, 2017
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