I LOVE skiing and skiing in Gudauri in Georgia has to be one of my new favourite places to ski. I’e been fortunate to have started skiing when I was younger and then skied on and off once a year until I moved to Grenoble in 2011/2012. There I skied at least one day per…
While living in Vancouver we’d often go up to Whistler at the weekend, whether to go on some of Whistler’s best hikes, to do things other than skiing at Whistler, but, my favorite, to actually go skiing at Whistler Blackcomb! One of my favorite days was recently when we spent more time on Blackcomb Mountain…
The Kees and Claire hut in Whistler is one of the best backcountry huts in BC. It’s pretty new and has some great facilities and incredible views. Whether you’re visiting Whistler in summer, or are looking for things to do in Whistler in winter, this hut is open all year round. That means it’s ideal…
Embarking on a multi-day ski touring trip can be an exhilarating and daunting experience, especially when it comes to knowing what to pack. You’re going to have to carry all that gear on your pack while touring uphill and skiing down it. While you want to be as light as possible, you still need quite…
The Whistler Blackcomb backcountry is beautiful and relatively accessible thanks to lift-aided access. The jewel of this backcountry area is probably the Spearhead Traverse which takes you on a U-shaped ski traverse from Blackcomb Mountain to Whistler Village (or the other way around) passing glaciers, summits, and passes along the way. It’s one of the…
Since we moved to Canada, we’ve been keen to get our AST 1 (Avalanche Skills Training) so we could go off and more safely explore outside of the ski resorts! Last year, while living in Sun Peaks, we completed our course and took our first ski touring trip to Zoa Peak along the Coquihalla highway…
When you tell people you’re going to go skiing BC’s Powder Highway over Christmas they kinda screw their face up and go; “Ooo, good luck making it over the Coquihalla”. Their faces screw up even more when you mention your car isn’t a 4×4 but a big van. For our first Christmas away from home,…
Once hiking season is over and the campsites switch to ‘winter season’ after Canadian Thanksgiving it’s time to get planning the ski season! Bike stores in Vancouver are now ski shops selling new skis, boots and all the accessories you’ll need to pack for a day of skiing. In Vancouver, skiing is something we take…
After a skiing weekend where you can combine some city culture with skiing adventures. Look no further than skiing near Quebec City. There are several places to go downhill skiing near Quebec City and all of them offer something different. Whilst eastern Canada isn’t known for mountains like its western cousins (with the likes of…
Skiing is fun. It’s fast, it’s frightening and addictive. It’s also bloody expensive. Ski passes alone cost upwards of £150 for a week and that’s before you’ve factored in the costs of getting there, accommodation, ski hire, ski gear, all the food you’ll be eating after all that exercise, and of course the alcohol consumed…