This past Saturday Queen Street in downtown Rossland B.C. was the royal grounds of the third annual Ontic Rail Jam Competition, “the Game.”

Yesterday marked the first official junior Canadian Freeskiing Championship of the season. Held on the slopes of Red Mountain Resort an abundance of young skiers poured in from all over British Columbia, Alberta, Washington, Idaho and even slopes as far away as North Carolina.

Friday marked the first day of full operations at Red Mountain ski resort located in Rossland B.C.

Do you realize how lucky you are to be in such an embracing lifestyle and sport such as skiing? For me, a small town Rossland girl, it has taken 3 months of travelling and meeting other snow junkies to appreciate life as a skier.

Are the months leading up to your ski season leaving you in ski denial? The perfect antidote to cure the dismal fall days is an overseas surf session.

Numerous pairs of argyle socks and tremendous intakes of coffee, have twenty one year old Rossland native Mike Hopkins rocking both the bike and ski competitions scenes at full force.