Beaupré (QC), Canada – Quebec’s Mont-Sainte-Anne launched a new on-mountain activity last Saturday with two dedicated ascent routes for alpine touring and telemark skiers, as well as splitboarders. Alpine touring arrived in the Quebec area over the past few years and is rapidly increasing in popularity. Skiers can now climb to Mont-Sainte-Anne’s summit with skins and skis or a split … Continue reading Mont-Sainte-Anne Sells Uphill Touring Tickets
Golden (BC), Canada – Rescuers dangling from a helicopter plucked skiers and snowboarders from Kicking Horse Mountain Resort’s gondola Sunday afternoon after a major power outage disabled the lift and stranded 75 lift riders. The incident began at around 3 p.m. on Sunday. Lift operators were unable to transfer the Golden Eagle Express Gondola to auxiliary … Continue reading Helicopter Rescue from Kicking Horse Gondola Caught on Video
Beaupré (QC), Canada – A jewel of the Côte-de-Beaupré region northeast of Québec City celebrates a half century of operation this season. Mont-Sainte-Anne, well known to skiers in Québec and across Canada, will host festivities this winter to honor its 50th anniversary. Mont-Sainte-Anne first opened on January 16, 1966 with 10 trails and four lifts, including the first gondola in eastern Canada. On … Continue reading Quebec’s Mont-Sainte-Anne Turns 50
Whistler (BC), Canada – Whistler Blackcomb has signed an agreement with the Whistler Blackcomb Freestyle Ski Club (WBFSC) and the Canadian Freestyle Ski Association (CFSA) to build a national training center for freestyle skiing on Blackcomb Mountain. The facility will consist of a permanent mogul and airbag training area and event site, built to International Ski Federation … Continue reading Canadian National Freestyle Training Center Planned for Blackcomb
Mont-Tremblant (QC), Canada – A new contract is in place for members of a labor union that represents approximately 1,200 employees of Quebec’s Tremblant Resort, after 95 percent of the employees voted to ratify the agreement reached with the ski area this week. The new contract, which will be in effect through fall 2020, provides wage increases … Continue reading Union Workers Reach Tentative Agreement with Tremblant
Comox Valley (BC), Canada – A 15-year-old snowboarder died on Tuesday while snowboarding at Mount Washington Alpine Resort on Vancouver Island. Authorities began searching for the yet-unnamed victim, who was staying at the mountain with his family, at around 5 p.m. on Tuesday after he failed to return to the base of the ski area … Continue reading Teen Dies While Snowboarding Mount Washington
West Vancouver (BC), Canada – A 42-year-old backcountry skier was rescued late Sunday night after becoming lost near Cypress Mountain Ski Area. Cal Nairne, of Vancouver, was skiing alone when he phoned his wife at around 1:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon to say that he was lost in unfamiliar territory near Hollyburn Mountain just east of the ski … Continue reading Backcountry Skier Rescued Near Cypress Mountain
