Why do we go wandering in the backcountry? The freedom, to go wherever one wants. To explore new runs and see new peaks. And the lure of fresh tracks. The chance to put your signature down on a huge piece of clean snow, with you...

Is couch-surfing, hitchhiking and meals created solely from packets of ketchup in the daylodge not your idea of living the dream? Want to ski every day next winter but can’t bring yourself to quit your ‘real job’ and rent the crawl space...

Gapers, wankers, tour-ons. They ski in jeans, Starter jackets, and rear-entry boots. Who are these weirdoes and where do they come from? They are tourists, usually beginner to intermediates that likely live in outer space where wearing...

The <b>Anarchist with Avalung from Black Diamond</b> is a new backpack out this season and one of 2 offered by BD that incorporate an Avalang. True to BD’s design principles, it is built to be functional and durable, so read on to get a...

We’ll Remember This Finally! A season where people aren’t grumbling about how good previous winters have been. When you’re in the right place at the right time, there’s no need to talk about anything else. With the bulk of...

<b>The North Face</b> have some pretty sweet cards up their sleeve for next year. The first ace in the hole is the 1-piece ski suit that look like 2 piece. Yeah, that's right. Stylish cuts for apre and fabrics for the worst conditions makes...

Mt Aberdeen is one of the crown jewels out of the giant collection found in the Lake Louise group. Although not as obvious, and tucked away behind fairview and Hadoe, it offers the adventure skier quite a fabulous day in the mountains....

Anchoring the TELUS World Ski and Snowboard Festival from April 13-22, live music reverberates throughout Whistler Village and up onto the slopes, turning the mountains into the ultimate ampitheatre. And it doesn’t end there. After all,...

Mother Nature occasionally parts her skirt and allows adventurous souls to taste the best of what she has to offer. There are times, glorious times, when no matter where you drop in, you find yourself balls deep in the stuff that makes us...

The final stop of the Subaru U.S. Freeskiing Series and second stop on the International Freeskiers Association (IFSA) World Tour finished off today with an extraordinarily exciting day of skiing on the permanently closed “Cirque” at...