By kingco on January 25, 2009
Kimberley Alpine Resort is part of the Purcell Range of the Canadian Rockies, located just minutes from the city of Kimberley. Kimberley is a German influenced city, and you will find plenty of gingerbread style architecture, accordions and the largest cuckoo clock in Canada, amidst 1800 acres of terrain, 80 named runs and glades and [...]
Posted in British Columbia | Tagged 2009 IPC Alpine Skiing NorAm Cup, accordian competition, alpine skiing, Bavarian City of the Rockies, Black Forest, Canada's largest cuckoo clock, Canadian Rockies, cross-country skiing, german, glades, glading, Kimberley Alpine Training Center, Kootenays, longest lit trails, off-piste, paralympics, resorts of the Canadian Rockies, Rockies, sun vacations
By kingco on January 25, 2009
Mont Sutton is the legendary Quebec major ski and snowboarding resort. Only 90 minutes from Montreal in the Eastern Townships you’ll find a lot of snow and a lot of hard trails. With 60 trails, Sutton offers a multitude of choices for beginner or expert skiers and snowboarders alike. They’ve got at least 15 extreme [...]
Posted in Quebec | Tagged Appalachian Mountains, Eastern Townships, extreme trails, glades, Mont Sutton, Quebec, tree-planting
By kingco on January 25, 2009
With 41 tracks to explore, all skiers and riders from the very beginner level to the super experienced expert will be happy at Mont Shefford. Mont Shefford demonstrates an incredible respect for the environment, by incorporating the natural landscape into their trails as much as possible. Mont Shefford has a nearly 1,000ft vertical drop and [...]
Posted in Quebec | Tagged glades, half pipe, Mont Shefford, naturalized landscape, night skiing, zone ski
By kingco on January 25, 2009
Red Mountain Resort has 87 runs across two mountains with features everyone would love. The terrain on Red and Granite mountains run the gamut from wide-open groomed slopes to crazy steep and powdery glades. There is an incredible 3000 ft vertical and champagne powder with great staff and no wait time. The terrain park is [...]
Posted in British Columbia | Tagged Canadian Rockies, Canadian Rocky Mountains, extreme riding, extreme skiing, glades, Granite Mountain, Grey Basin, Kootenay region, Kootenays, Koots, off-piste, Paradise Basin, Red Mountain, Rockies, West Kootenay
By kingco on January 25, 2009
To ski fabulous snow in the Okanagan Valley, look no further than Big White, where “the snow” is even their motto. With an average of 750 cm of that great Okanagan champagne powder, spectacular scenery and a mild average temperature of -5°C (23°F) you’ll love hitting these 2500 acres of terrain. There are about 140 [...]
Posted in British Columbia | Tagged Big White, British Columbia, champagne powder, glades, it's the snow, Kelowna, Okanagan, Okanagan Powder, Okanagan Valley, snow ghosts, snowghosts, Telus terrain park