The snow might be melting in some parts of North America, but don’t put those skis away just yet. With holiday crowds done for the winter and active weather patterns rolling through week after week, spring is the perfect opportunity to grab your best turns of the season.
For those who like their deep powder turns with a side of eclectic culture, Nelson, British Columbia, is a mountain-town haven. Nestled deep in the Selkirk Mountains, the village sits on picturesque Kootenay Lake, an hour north of the U.S. border. Once a silver-mining town, Nelson now attracts ski bums, artists, and musicians from around the world looking to enjoy the secluded beauty of interior B.C. … More
Hybrid ski/board race event attracts speed demons, adrenaline junkies
Think the World Cup downhill was intense? That Olympic snowboardcross was the craziest thing you’ve ever seen? Well, it’s time to blow your expectations out of the water with the Rahlves’ Banzai! Tour—the wildest race ever to hit the snow.
The demented brainchild of former Super-G World Champion Daron Rahlves, the Banzai! Tour is a string of skicross and snowboardcross races … More
Dan Sculnick, who is the snow-school director in Revelstoke, British Columbia, turns and looks at his altimeter after our first run. “Five thousand six hundred twenty-three feet,” he says. “And it’s only nine o’clock.”
Welcome to Revelstoke, home of the most vertical ski terrain on the North American continent, where you’ll pass through four different climate zones (alpine, sub-alpine, coniferous, and deciduous) all on the same run and campaign for the footrest every lift ride. Of course, all this vert comes at a price. It’s a skier’s mountain, meaning no furs or high-end stores and that the gender ratio … More
Congrats to Marcel Hirscher on an outstanding season! A race that came down to a few hundredths of a second led to Hirscher clinching his 3rd straight overall FIS World Cup. Check out Hirscher training with his GoPro.