Moolynaut, a 96 year old Koryak shaman, conjured up the storm that brought us to Vvenka.<br><br> OK, you don't believe that one. You think that I'm a crystal-watching, ohm-chanting, new-age crackpot.<br><br> OK, I'm...

One of the world’s most prestigious Big Air competitions for snowboarders and freeskiers, not to mention one of Europe’s biggest action-sport events, is now all set for its seventh season. The 2004 edition of Red Bull Big Air is actually...

The summer of 2003 saw huge forest fires wreak havoc in Alberta and British Columbia. For many of us here in Western Canada it meant daily updates in the papers and spectacular images on TV—plus that familiar campfire smell, even in the...

One for Ten: Cabin Fever in Haines Alaska by Adam Longnecker <b>Mountains,</b> massive piles of rock and earth shaped by glaciers, erosion, and weather; can conjure feelings of awe, enlightenment and fear in people. For millions of...

It was 1998. I was 53 years old, and I’d made somewhat of a name for myself as an expedition sea kayaker. They say that if you’ve rounded Cape Horn under sail you’re allowed to toast the Queen with your feet on the table. Well, I...

On Friday, April 16th Puddles Promotions will be leaving Calgary <b>bound for Panorama Mountain Village for a weekend of skiing, partying and outright good times.</b> Mountainside accommodations, lift tickets, transportation and other...

Time. The skier’s enemy. Every situation we experience seems to be affected by the timing of a million factors. Whether it’s getting up at 6 AM in order to snake first chair or sitting out 7 days of grey weather for the heli to fly, time...

<b>Fate</b> has brought me to heaven this year in the form of the Kootenays. Nelson, B.C. is swimming in snow from last weeks' double whammy of systems that rolled through leaving a grand tally of 130 cms. Tuesday and wednesday (the 27th...

<b><i>"There's skiing in Japan?"</i></b> That's the reaction I received from friends and family, when I announced a spur of the moment decision to set out in search of an epic powder experience in the land of the rising sun. The Island's of...

Over the past week, Sunshine Village has received large amounts of snow. This has allowed the patrol at the Shine to open up <b>the Dive.</b> It opened yesterday and there will be a tonne of freshies to be had. If you have the day off...