Supreme Court of Canada Ruling Allows Jumbo Glacier Rethink The Supreme Court of Canada made a ruling today regarding the Ktunaxa Nation’s claim that building a year round ski resort at Jumbo Glacier, near Invermere, in southern BC, would infringe on their religious rights. These rights are guaranteed to indigenous people in Canada, under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Ktunaxa believe that the project would drive the […] Ben Davies | November 3, 2017 0 Comments
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Grand Canyon Tram Proposal Goes Before Navajo Council Next week Navajo lawmakers are voting on the “Grand Canyon Escalade” project. According to the New York Times, the only agenda item for the special session on Tuesday is the plan to build a gondola from the rim to the floor of the Grand Canyon. This gondola is similar to the 8 person gondolas at places such as Kicking Horse, […] Ben Davies | October 26, 2017 0 Comments
Legendary Whistler Split board Marker, Chris Prior, Has Passed Away On October 15th, Chris Prior, the owner and founder of Prior died. A professional windsurfer, turned snowboard and ski shaper extraordinaire, who believed in the 20cm rule, and enforced it in his Function Junction ” manufactory”. Chris took his experience shaping windsurf boards, and brought it to the custom snowboard industry, shaping boards for the alpine race scene, freeride, and […] Ben Davies | October 25, 2017 0 Comments
North Face and Columbia stores in Breckenridge to be bought by Vail resorts The Vail Resorts name is synonymous with company expansion, at least up here in British Columbia, after buying Whistler. They are not just buying resorts though, also adding retail stores to their portfolio. North Face stores in many other resorts, including Whistler, and resorts in Colorado, California and Utah, are already under their banner. Now, in an extension to their […] Ben Davies | October 17, 2017 1 Comment
Private Colorado Ski Resort for the Uber Rich About To Launch | $3 Million to Enter Then $50,000/Year So, you’ve got the Bugatti, the G6, and you like to slide down snow. Then Jim Aronstein, the owner Cimarron Mountain Club CO, has the place for you. This place is so exclusive, they won’t even let you look at their website without approval… In 2005, Aronstein, a retired lawyer bought 2000-acres of former logging company land in the San […] Ben Davies | October 17, 2017 4 Comments
Worth the walk! British Columbia delivers again. “ I can’t see you, lodge” Coming up through the notch in the mountains below Powder Creek Lodge, the helicopter pilot sounded calmer than it seemed he should be. The machine puts down in a cloud of powder and as the rotors slow, we can see our home for the next week. A lodge building, sauna, and outhouse, perched on […] Ben Davies | October 16, 2017 0 Comments
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