59 Ski Areas Are Open In North America This Weekend | Time To Take Some Spring Turns Don’t give up on ski season yet because it’s definitely not over. There are still 15 open ski resorts open in Canada and 44 open in the United States. Substantial snow is headed to the Whistler-area and the Western US this weekend, which will freshen things up and prolong the snowpack. Some resorts will stay open all year, but you can ski all […] Industry News Chris Wallner | April 21, 2017 3 Comments
15 Ski Resorts Are Still Open In Canada | Plenty Of Time To Get Some Turns In Don’t give up on ski season yet because it’s definitely not over. There are still 15 open ski resorts in the Canada and snow continues to fall. Substantial snow is headed to the Whistler-area this weekend, which will freshen things up and prolong the snowpack. Some resorts will stay open all year, but you can ski all over the place through April. […] Industry News Chris Wallner | April 20, 2017 4 Comments
Whistler B.C. Conditions Report: Alpine Filled In and Ripping Whistler continues its winter streak with 40cm over the World Ski and Snowboard Festival week, and more snow in the forecast this week. In case you have not heard, Whistler has had an unreal winter this year and it still does not seem to be done with us yet. Conditions Report Peter Wentz | April 17, 2017 0 Comments
For the Best Food in Whistler, You Have To Go To Pemberton With Whistler’s closing day on April 23rd and Blackcomb’s not until May 22nd, get out there if you can, you will not regret it. I was lucky enough to arrive for one of their best weeks of the season. Each day we were hit with at least 7” of amazing, pristine powder. Both Whistler and Blackcomb blew my mind. Mixed […] Trip Report Angelee Aurillo | April 16, 2017 0 Comments
KSL Capital Partners & Aspen Skiing To Acquire Intrawest For Nearly $1.5 Billion According to Nasdaq, Aspen Skiing and KSL Capital Partners, owners of Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, are expected to acquire Intrawest Resort Holdings for about $1.5 billion, including debt. Intrawest stockholders are expected to receive $23.75 in cash for each share of Intrawest common stock, which adds up to the $1.5 billion purchase price, including debt. The compensation of $23.75 per share […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 10, 2017 1 Comment
Whistler B.C. Conditions Report: Winter Continues w/ 20cm Overnight Winter has not stopped up in Whistler. We had a small weather break on Monday with the first sun in a long time, however the snow came back in and will continue through until the weekend. Today we saw about 20cm of new snow overnight with a freezing level just above the Blackcomb Gondi. This meant the snow was pretty good in the trees in the morning and really good in the alpine. As the day progressed it started to warm up and things got a little heavy even up high. Conditions Report Peter Wentz | April 5, 2017 0 Comments
Whistler B.C. Conditions Report: 10 Straight Days of Snow Whistler has seen a crazy start to the Spring season with constant snow over the past few days. In the morning it has been snowing in the valley and as temperatures increase during the day it has been turning to rain on the lower bit of the mountain. But today it has been snowing pretty constantly to just above the valley floor. Up high the snow is awesome and with snow at the treeline warming up by the end of the day. No matter what though the snow is soft and fairly deep everywhere on the upper mountain. Conditions Report Peter Wentz | March 29, 2017 1 Comment
VIDEO: 25 Years of Matchstick Productions | Best of Jumps In their 25 years of making ski films, Matchstick Productions has some incredible jumps and this video shows the best of them. “It all began in 1992, and now 25 years later we felt it was time to release our collection of Greatest Hits. To kick things off we dove deep into the archives and combined our favorite jumps from […] Chris Wallner | March 21, 2017 0 Comments
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