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By kingco on January 25, 2009
Being a little less touristy than Banff, Jasper’s Marmot Basin is a ski destination that won’t disappoint. It is part of Jasper National Park and skiers enjoy all that comes with the Park including the incredible scenery. Only 20 minutes from the town of Jasper, Marmot Basin offers 3,000 vertical feet of skiing and snowboarding [...]
Posted in Alberta | Tagged Athabasca range, Athabasca Valley, Canadian Rocky Mountains, Jasper, Jasper National Park, off-piste, off-piste adventure, Rockies, Rogers Terrain Park, unpatrolled terrain, woodland caribou
By kingco on January 25, 2009
Sunshine Village Ski and Snowboard Resort is located just 15 minutes from the town of Banff and gives you over 3300 acres of terrain spread over 3 mountains. With 80 years of history, Sunshine can deliver the ski or snowboard vacation you want. It is the only time you’ll have the chance to ride or [...]
Posted in Alberta | Tagged Banff National Park, Canadian Rockies, Delirium Dive, Freeride terrain, freeride zones, Goat's Eye Mountain, Lookout Mountain, off-piste, off-piste adventure, ride the continental divide, Rockies, Silver City, ski the continental divide, Standish Mountain, Wild West, world's fastest gondola
By kingco on January 25, 2009
Le Massif de Charlevoix overlooks a spectacular view of the St. Lawrence river and boasts the longest skiable vertical in Eastern Canada. People say that when you are skiing Le Massif, it feels as though you may ski straight into the St. Lawrence river. The area experiences a natural snowfall of more than 6 meters, [...]
Posted in Quebec | Tagged great views, highest vertical drop east of the Rockie, Le Massif de Charlevoix, Marie-France Roy, national Alpine downhill training center, off-piste, off-piste adventure, Quebec City, snow filled weather patterns, St. Lawrence River, top 3 best canadian powder destinations, Unesco World Biosphere Reserve, Whistler of the East Coast
By kingco on January 25, 2009
A member of the Resorts of the Canadian Rockies, Fernie Alpine Resort is part of the Lizard Range in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia and is famous for its legendary snow. Fernie has been known to get as much as 1,118 cm of powder (average is 8.8 m or 29 feet) and at Fernie, [...]
Posted in British Columbia | Tagged 24'mailbox, alpine skiing, Canadian Rockies, deepest snow in Canadian Rockies, ghostrider, house box, Kimberley, Kimberly, kink boxes, Kootenai Tribes, legendary ski resort, Lizard Range, most improved, Mount Hosmer, off-piste, off-piste adventure, resorts of the Canadian Rockies, Rockies, ski BC, The Ghost Rider, the Griz, top ten in North America
By kingco on January 25, 2009
Shames Mountain is one of the best kept secrets of Northern B.C, and is located just west of Terrace in the Coast Mountain range. It’s been operating for more than 19 years and holds the record for more snow than any other lift-served ski area in North America. There are 28 marked trails with all [...]
Posted in British Columbia | Tagged back country, back country skiing, backcountry skiing, backcountry snowboarding, Coast Mountain Range, Coastal Mountain Range, off-piste, off-piste adventure, Prince Rupert, Terrace, unlimited off-piste adventure
By kingco on January 25, 2009
Kicking Horse Mountain Resort is a huge resort with 2750 acres of skiable terrain, only 2.5 hours west of Calgary, next to the Rockies in the dogtooth range of the Purcell Mountains. Kicking Horse Mountain Resort was the first all-season resort to open in the Rockies in 25 years, but as we do best at [...]
Posted in British Columbia | Tagged avalanch training, Banff, Banff National Park, big mountain, Calgary, Dogtooth range, Glacier, Glacier National Park, Golden, hidden gem of the rockies, Jasper, Jasper National Park, Kootenay, Kootenay National Park, Kootenays, Mt. Revelstoke, National parks, off-piste, off-piste adventure, Purcell Mountains, Revelstoke National Park, Rockies, Rocky Mountains, the Selkirk Mountains, the Selkirks, untracked mountain, Yoho, Yoho National Park
By kingco on January 25, 2009
Sun Peaks Resort is centrally located only 45 minutes from Kamloops in the British Columbia Interior where the region is known worldwide for its light, dry, easy-to-ski powder. Sun Peaks Resort averages about 559 cm of this great powder! Sun Peaks is the second largest ski area in British Columbia and the third largest in [...]
Posted in British Columbia | Tagged back country, back country skiing, backcountry, backcountry skiing, backcountry snowboarding, British Columbia Interior, Kamloops, large resort, Mt. Morrisey, multi-mountain resort, Nancy Greene, off-piste, off-piste adventure, rockstar energy, rockstar energy terrain park, second largest ski resort in BC, ski-through village, Sun Peaks, Sun Peaks Resort, third largest ski resort in Canada, Thompson-Okanagan area, unlimited off-piste adventure
