Some of Brad and Tanya Pelletier’s fondest family memories have happened in the snow and cold. Skiing is one of the few activities their clan of six, with kids ranging in age from eight to 15, can enjoy together. So getting on the slopes together is a priority, and Big White Ski Resort is one of their favourite places to ski as a family.
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Read MoreLonger days, more sunshine, milder temperatures, non-existent lift lines and an excuse to sleep in. It’s easy to argue the best time to hit the slopes in British Columbia is in the spring.
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With the start of the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, less than a month away, ski resorts across British Columbia are rekindling memories of past Olympic glory and rooting for a new generation of athletes, many of whom spent their formative years on local slopes.
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Read MoreWhen Brian James moved to the Okanagan Valley in 1967, SilverStar Mountain Resort’s village comprised a few remote cabins. Much has changed in the intervening 50 years.
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Read MoreThe routine is the same at ski resorts around the world – when the chairlifts and gondolas shut down at the end of the ski day, it marks the beginning of après-ski, that time when people gather to swap stories about their day on the slopes or use the opportunity to sample other cold-season activities.
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Read Morehis route is special for more than the skiing as locals share insights and communities welcome visitors to their winter wonderland
It’s more than the skiing that makes a B.C. ski road trip unforgettable.
In the 1996-97 ski season, Angie Abdou’s boyfriend took a year off from university in Ontario to spend a winter at Fernie Alpine Resort in eastern British Columbia. In the spring, Ms. Abdou came out to visit. She planned to stay for a week, but never left.
Read MoreSkiing and spas are a perfect pairing. Post-powder, there’s nothing better than soaking overworked muscles in steamy mineral water.
As luck would have it, slopes and springs lie near one another around southeastern B.C.’s Powder Highway circuit, which also follows the Hot Springs Circle Route.
Read MoreFrom the coastal slopes of Whistler Blackcomb to the mountain resorts of the interior, British Columbia has what it takes to make the province one of the most sought-after ski and snowboard destinations in the world – perfect snow. And right now there’s lots of it!
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Read MoreJosh Dueck has won medals at two Paralympic Games, been named National Geographic’s Adventurer of the Year and appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres Show; however, the famous athlete remains closely tied to the mountains of British Columbia where he first learned to ski.
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Ski lessons are not just for beginners. Even when Nancy Greene Raine dominated the World Cup ski race circuit in the late 1960s, winning gold and silver Olympic medals in 1968, coaches dissected her every turn. After she retired, as equipment changed and technique evolved, Ms. Greene Raine kept on learning and refining her skiing. It’s one of the things that makes skiing a lifelong sport – there’s always room for improvement. “It’s OK to ski your own way, but if you’re getting tired or falling all the time, it’s time to take a lesson,” says Ms. Greene Raine. “If your technique doesn’t keep up with the equipment, you’re going to be working harder than you have to.”
Read MoreBritish Columbia’s premier ski resorts present a variety of skiing experiences, but there are also many other winter sport options and adventure opportunities.
Read MoreAt 53, Gord Martin had lost a little pop in his skiing. It was still fun to hit the slopes, but it lacked the excitement he remembered from ski trips with his parents, or even teaching his own son and daughter to turn. That all changed two years ago when he helped introduce his grandson to the sport.“It was pretty cool having my son, myself and my grandson on the chairlift together,” he remembers. “When you watch someone else experiencing something for the first time, you can put yourself in their place and feel the excitement and energy.”
Read MoreFear is something that needs to be respected – listening to it can save you problems and in some cases, it saves your life. This is what Mark Abma, one of British Columbia’s renowned park skiers, told me in an interview earlier this season. He also said that stepping into fear is where he’s able to learn more about himself, about his sport.
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Read MoreWith the possible exception of recent Canadian Olympic gold medalists Maelle Ricker, Ashley McIvor and Alexandre Bilodeau, few skiers have experienced the kind of euphoria that Whistler’s Rob Boyd did on a historic day in 1989, when he took a full-throttle approach at a course set in his own backyard and won what is still Canada’s only World Cup Men’s Downhill victory on home turf.
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Read MoreSki lessons with a qualified instructor can help visitors to British Columbia make the most of their annual ski trip. Lessons are obviously important for those just starting out, but they can also be enormously beneficial to intermediate and advanced skiers, says Jonathan Mosley, chair of the board of directors of the Canadian Ski Instructors’ Alliance (CSIA) in British Columbia.
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