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Road Reports
Teach the teachers
Turning a holiday into a lifestyle
Kate Irwin / 22 Feb 2012
Anyone lured by the call of the slopes has dreamed of stretching their fleeting ski vacation into a powder-packed season. Read more »
Fall Lines
FALL LINES: Crashes, Powder 8’s
Hart Golbeck / 22 Feb 2012
Crashing into the snow zone Well, there aren't any skis or snowboards involved, but with its high-energy blend of hockey, downhill skating and boardercross, Red Bull Crashed Ice is a Snow Zone-worthy sport. Read more »
Toll for thee
Winter climbing tests the mortal edge
Jeremy Derksen / 15 Feb 2012
On their recent first ascent of Helmcken Falls, BC in December 2011, ice climbers Will Gadd and Tim Emmett faced 20-foot icicles on a sheer overhang, with freezing…. Read more »
Fall Lines
FALL LINES: Jasper deals, Slopeside parties
Hart Golbeck / 15 Feb 2012
Deals to be had in Jasper Jasper in January is a distant memory but the hoteliers in Jasper are in the mood to continue rolling out some amazing…. Read more »
Sitting on top of the world
Disabled skiers finding freedom on the slopes
/ 15 Feb 2012
It's a Wednesday night and the top of Rabbit Hill ski area is dark, obscuring the skiers above from view. Read more »
Get your skates on
Edmonton's biggest winter fest gets underway
Kate Irwin / 15 Feb 2012
Fire sculptors, athletes, orienteerers and snow artists make for strange bedfellows—but that eclectic blend helps form the core of this weekend's Silver Skate Festival, which gets underway tomorrow. Read more »
Fall Lines
FALL LINES: About Edmonton, Season in style
Hart Golbeck / 08 Feb 2012
All about Edmonton The Canadian Birkebeiner weekend is here! On Saturday February 11, the Cooking Lake-Blackfoot Provincial Recreational Area will be abuzz with cross-country skiers. Read more »
For the record
The long and short of the Birkie
Jeremy Derksen / 08 Feb 2012
In the Birkebeiner legend, set in Norway in 1206, two warriors ski across 55 kilometres of mountainous terrain to rescue an infant prince. Read more »
Telemark it
Free your heels and take the lunge
Kate Irwin / 08 Feb 2012
With telemark skiing the real question seems to be, how low can you go? Well certainly that's the question for me as I take my first wobbly lunges…. Read more »
Freestyle: the next generation
It turns out tricks are for kids
Kate Irwin / 08 Feb 2012
Skiers fly through the air with the greatest of ease from the ramps midway down Marmot Basin's mogul course. Read more »
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- 01.04.2012 Hot frozen
- 01.04.2012 Surviving the lean years
- 01.04.2012 Reinventing ski porn
- 12.23.2011 Fall Lines: Sun peaks, Kingsbury and freeskiing
- 12.23.2011 On the edge
- 12.23.2011 Storm chasing
- 12.23.2011 Let the Sunshine in
- 12.21.2011 Fall Lines: Ski hill happenings
- 12.21.2011 Do it for the kids
- 12.21.2011 Reaching the summit
- 12.14.2011 A piece of Paradise
- 12.07.2011 Simple ski games for kids (and big kids)
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- 12.07.2011 Road warrior reboot
- 12.05.2011 Avalanches and BC resorts
- 12.05.2011 SPY Optic Bias
- 12.05.2011 100 for 100
- 11.30.2011 Cold Winter?
- 11.23.2011 Fall Lines
- 11.23.2011 Keep it fun
- 11.23.2011 Baby, it’s cold outside
- 11.16.2011 Snow guns working overtime
- 11.16.2011 New lifts at Marmot Basin
- 11.16.2011 The return of La Niña
- 11.16.2011 Into the winter
- 11.16.2011 The best of the fest
- 11.16.2011 The trickle down
- 10.26.2011 Winter Guide 2011
- 10.26.2011 Sonic Suggestions
- 10.26.2011 Preparing to get physical
- 10.26.2011 Making sure your gear is ready
- 10.26.2011 Stayin’ alive
- 10.26.2011 How to keep cool
- 10.26.2011 Squeeze another winter out of your jalopy
