National Ski & Snowboard Day weekend was on January 26th and 27th, and the results were outstanding! Over 100 ski areas participated, over 1800 guests took to the slopes, Over 1000 people participated in Canada's Largest Lesson, Tremblant held the Moguls World Cup, and Blue Mountain held the World Cup Ski Cross! Needless to say, it was a packed weekend full of some amazing experiences.
Scientists divide the Earth’s 8.7 million species of life into five kingdoms. Using statistical regression and advanced gene sequencing, we’ve done the same with Canada’s 2.5 million skiers. Here’s our field guide to the five kingdoms of skiers and where they should migrate this spring.
Ahhh, spring skiing. The perfect mix of sun, soft snow and…slush? Slopes heat up around this time of year, altering the snow’s texture from “powder” to what skiers call “slush,” “sugar” or “corn snow.”
Spring snow can be challenging at times, but it can also be
A continuation from “Getting back on the slopes after joining motherhood”.
Read previous blogs of “THE FEAR” series.
So I’ve done a little bit of work on “The Fear” since my last blog post but not as much as I had hoped
I promise I know what I’m doing out there on the slopes, even though I really don’t look like it. I’m a snowboarder who works in the ski and snowboard industry and I have a new hurdle
When you’re a child and you’re taking up skiing and snowboarding for the first time, it’s usually a given that lessons are the best way to go, but did you know that the same goes for adults?
I know you’re thinking “Lessons are for babies! You would never find me at a ski/snowboard school, My friend
Bennett Ford, age five, returns to COP for another private lesson and learns his “pizza” - a.k.a. how to stop - in Part 2 of our series.
LISA KADANE
CALGARY, AB – It’s my son’s first ski lesson and I’m nervous. Bennett, age five, has been born into a family of skiers and as such he’s expected to tow the party line (or, grab