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It’s been over 30 years since the resort opened for skiing in July, but the late-season snowpack had resort operators asking “why not?”

This La Niña season delivered generously in some regions, especially during the spring. Better late than never.

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.

During the pandemic, Whistler Blackcomb was transformed into a place that barely felt familiar to one avid local. This season, she hopes to get reacquainted with her home mountain.

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.

No, resorts cannot buy their way into the rankings, and other questions answered about our annual reader survey.

The Indy Pass just added four new resorts, and now offers 144 days of skiing for $279. Are you up for the challenge?

Two vastly different tourism proposals are competing for the right to operate on the same territory, jockeying both for First Nations partnership and provincial approval.

Great views without all of the hard work. Here are our favorite summer hikes at ski resorts throughout North America.

The pass wars heat up this spring as the Ikon Pass includes First Tracks access with all of its 2021-'22 season passes.

SKI's brand-new, highly opinionated list of the scariest terrain in North America that all skiers should add to their agendas this season.

The only Canadian skier to win the World Cup Overall title to date is still going strong more than halfway through her seventh decade.

A pandemic ski-season update from coast to coast, plus what’s going on with our neighbors to the north—even if we can’t visit quite yet.

Looking for a rugged, high-alpine backcountry experience away from it all? This place might be your best bet.

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

European style skiing with delicious food and divine slopes.

If you can’t find your favorite terrain here, you can’t find it anywhere.

Lake Louise offers a vast terrain for all levels of skiers and is down home, warm, and friendly.

Ski deep glades, bowls, and long cruisers.

The heli skiing operation has one hell of a deal for our readers up north. We’re wishing we moved while we had the chance.

From seemingly impossible rail tricks in Finland to deep powder in the backcountry of British Columbia, there isn’t much the 21 year old phenom can’t do.

Amie Engerbretson releases a dreamy new edit from her trip to Bella Coola.

We’ve broken down everything you’ll get with the Mountain Collective Pass so you don’t have to read the fine print yourself.

Jackson Lebsack knows his way around Whistler Blackcomb, so he tried some new things while there for "work."

Chasing BC Pillows with the Canadian Hosers Riley Leboe, Mike Henitiuk, and Matt Margetts.

The women crushed the Canadian venue with plenty of air and speed.

Now in the middle of season three under Vail Resorts' ownership, Whistler Blackcomb's true colors are shining through.

The best freeride skiers are set to send it on the famed steeps of the gnarly Canadian resort.

Looking to get stoked for ski season? Watch the pros huck themselves off monster cliffs.

Will cannabis tourism drive more skiers to Canada’s slopes this winter?

Watch the kick-off of the World Cup and get pumped for ski season.

Set inside one of the world's most beautiful national parks, this Canadian Rockies town is bubbling with charm and authenticity.

For the price of a lift ticket, you are smack in the middle of Mother Nature's playground.

Does a resort that amasses 45 feet of crystalline pow a year and boasts more moose tracks on its slopes than ski tracks need a heliskiing op? Hell yeah.

Never say no to a trip to Mica Creek.

The best way to ski Canada's notoriously amazing big mountain paradise.

The Bugaboos-to-Rogers traverse, pioneered by Briggs and Co. in 1958, is a serious undertaking in the best conditions. And high ambition is no match for bad weather.

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It's official. SKI Magazine's resort rankings are in, and Whistler Blackcomb has been named North America's #1 Resort for the 2016-17 winter season.

Maybe it’s those nice girls from the bar knocking on your door in the parking lot at 2 a.m. Maybe it’s the cops. Do you answer? An RV ski safari is all about choices.

Ski in British Columbia and Alberta in a single run.

From groomers to backside bowls, Lake Louise has zones for everyone.

Kicking Horse is no joke, with, in places, high exposure but very high reward. You get out of it what you put in.

When an employee tells you, “If it looks like a roller, it’s probably a cliff,” you listen.

Ski the second largest area in Canada, from peak to parking lot.

Ski. Party. Eat. Sleep. Rinse. Repeat.

The answer is: it depends whom you ask (and we’ll see).

Dig into Canadian roots with hockey, fine food, and blower pow skiing.

Whistler Village, as recently as the mid-1980s, was a black-bear-infested dump. But that didn’t prevent it from being one of North America’s first replicas of a European ski village.

Here are enough reasons to put Alberta’s most iconic town on your to-do list.

If this outdoorsy Canadian town isn’t on your map, it should be.

Venture to this Eastern Canadian crowd-pleaser.

Spicy, smoky, and stuffed with snacks: Ski country's tastiest Bloodys are right here.

Here are the ski resorts with the best on-mountain food, because brown bagging doesn't always cut it.

Because after a good day on the mountain, it's your right to celebrate with a drink.

A Lake Louise land swap proposal stirs up serious controversy. By Connor W. Davis

A ski resort proposal sparks debate before anything’s officially approved.

A while ago, we posted a video of this guy skiing a jaw-dropping line in Glacier National Park and it blew peoples minds. So we decided to find out a little more about him. By Leslie Hittmeier

It’s like Europe, but you can drive there from East Coast cities.

The village at the base of Tremblant (an Intrawest-owned resort) could be Whistler.

Fernie’s a big-kid playground. Now go play.

Marmot Basin is now a modern resort full of high-speed lifts.

A bare-bones lift network means lines can be long on powder days and weekends, but the place feels empty on the upper mountain. There, explore the expansive upper bowls and chutes.

Find late season pow, or at least some corn, at these resorts that haven’t closed yet.

On sustaining 50 years of business off heli drops and pillow pops.

The web series kicked off in memory of Andreas Fransson, with an Icelandic adventure, and now takes you from deep B.C. pow, to Japan, and beyond.

Find your ski pass for next season—and the best deals—here.

Slopeside live music, wacky costumes, and tons of beer? Sign us up for these spring festivals.

Owned by the same family since it opened in 1960, Mont Sutton is known for its glades.

A margarita on a sunny deck is a ski-town rite of spring. Here’s a list of greats from our highly opinionated testers.

Time to revisit these ski-town lodges, where recent renovations mean things don’t look quite like they used to.

The best skiers compete for slopestyle and big-mountain glory.

Big White’s position in the Monashee Mountains above desert-like Okanagan Valley serves up lots of sun, relatively mild temperatures, and copious, dry powder.

Whistler Blackcomb is a leader in every aspect of the skiing experience.