Kootenay, BC, Powder Roadtrip Report – 3 Powder Filled Days With Big Red Cats Continuing with theย Powder Highwayย theme we wanted to experience mechanized skiing Rossland-style. Sometime over the summer, I had talked toย Big Red Catsย about getting a group together. One group became two groups and so we somehow ended booking two private cats dividing the 24 skiers (12 per cat) into one group of Advanced/Expert and another group, Intermediate. Any ski trip is always […] Trip Report Lee Lau | January 21, 2022 0 Comments
SnowBrains Powder Highway 2022 Report: Day #7 Revelstoke, BC Pow Rippin’ on 306″ of Snowfall This Season! Report from January 20, 2021 Revelstoke Mountain Resort, BC, has already gotten 306″ of snowfall this season! “The new snow on top of the groomed runs was the winner today.” – Duane We woke up today expecting a dusting of snow. But there was 6″ on the car! We got out there early and lined up for the gondola at […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 20, 2022 0 Comments
SnowBrains Powder Highway 2022 Report: Day #6 Sunny Backcountry Pillow Madness! Report from January 19, 2022 Yesterday we got up early and charged out into the backcountry. The sun was out, making us freak out… I had been in an avalanche just the day before, so we knew we had to keep it mellow. I spent 2+ months in this area back in 2018, and I knew the perfect, mellow, happy, […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 20, 2022 0 Comments
SnowBrains Powder Highway 2022 Report: Day #5 Epic Revelstoke, BC Backcountry Powder & an Avalanche… Report from January 18, 2021 We started the day zipping around at Revelstoke Mountain Resort, BC before cruising out into the nearby backcountry. The snow was great. The sun was out – which is always a gift in BC. We were pumped after our first run. Powder, little spines, sunshine, good friends. We hiked back up for another. By then […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 20, 2022 0 Comments
Kootenay, BC, Powder Roadtrip Report; Deep Snow at RED Resort and Whitewater British Columbia has started strong this winter, and our home base of Whistler was no exception. Even Vancouver had a pile of snow, including the first dump of snow in the city for over a decade! But there’s always time for road trips. Flooding in BC had cleaned out a lot of highway infrastructure so it was with some sense […] Conditions Report Lee Lau | January 20, 2022 0 Comments
SnowBrains Powder Highway 2022 Report: Day #4 Ripping Powder at Revelstoke, BC Report from January 17, 2021 On Day #4 of the SnowBrains Powder Highway adventure woke up to 5″ of new snow at Revelstoke, BC. I’ve skied here quite a bit over the years and I know that they underreport snowfall totals. Not everybody knows this but Gnorm the Gnome is liar… We zipped up to the hill and were in […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 17, 2022 0 Comments
SnowBrains Powder Highway 2022 Report: Day #3 Finally Found Powder in the Revelstoke, BC Backcountry! View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) Report from January 16, 2022 On Day #3 of our Powder Highway adventure, we finally found powder, dammit! We woke up in Revelstoke today damn tired after 900-miles of driving in 2-days and a bit of skiing at Red Mountain, BC yesterday. Follow along with us on ourย Instagram […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 16, 2022 0 Comments
SnowBrains Powder Highway 2022 Report: Day #2 Spokane, WA to RED Mountain, BC to Revelstoke, BC = 300 Miles Report from January 15, 2022 Day #2 of the SnowBrains Powder Highway 2022 trip was a rowdy one. 7 hours of driving, 300-miles, 2 hours of skiing, 1 ferry ride, and a savior moon. We awoke at 7am in Spokane, WA, and hit the road north at 8am. Fog. Bad, filthy fog. Highway 395 north until our right turn onto […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 16, 2022 0 Comments