Matt Coté

B.C. based heli-ski guide Tyson Rettie lost his vision in 2019. Now, he's the blind leading the blind.

Welcome to RED Mountain Resort and idyllic Rossland, B.C., where skiers live perfectly storied lives—and more are on the way.

The resorts along the so-called Powder Highway serve up plenty of the fluffy white stuff during any winter road trip. To understand how it all came to be is a different type of journey altogether.

When the skiers returned each day, their Captain, a born-and-raised Alaskan, would have a warm meal and beer ready, along with endless stories of the mountains and sea.

The entire earthly world of plastic skis boots spawned from these two original sinners.

La Grave's Derby de La Meije is an 800-person, 6,000-vertical-foot downhill race through some of the gnarliest lift-accessed terrain anywhere.

If skiing’s part of your mental health routine, losing it is legitimately wrenching.

The freeskiing faction of our sport proudly dubbed itself a “counter-culture”—erecting a giant, collective middle finger to "the system."

Home to rowdy terrain and family-friendly slopes, hippies and CEOs, Fernie Alpine Resort is a place of seemingly impossible contradictions.

The way to a skier’s heart is through dented bumpers, rusted floorboards, and most importantly, heat that works