CONTENTS -- Issue Highlights

Originally published September 1, 2004


FEATURES

Gear Guide '05
Skis '05
.. all you need to make the right choice
2005 Ski Listings
Boots '05 .. has the market for soft gone flacid?
Ski Canada Test 2005
Part 1: High performance off-piste and all terrain
This season's new crop of skis was put to the test on the slopes of Fernie Alpine Resort in B.C. ... by Martin Olson

Fortress Mountain
.. 1967 - 2004 RIP. by George Koch

Now Hiring
.. There's no job like it. So why do ski resorts have such a tough time finding and keeping good help? by Ian Merringer

Fight Club
.. It's a long, hard, costly battle to create a new ski resort in Canada. Will we ever ski Jumbo, Brohm Ridge and Cayoosh? by Mark Mallet

The Cat's Meow
.. Chatter Creek is a wonderful example of the kind of adventure that lies beyond the tracks of a snowcat. by George Koch

The Cheap Bastard's Guide to Skiing
.. Tightwad, stingy, thrifty .. In the honey-moneyed world of skiing, the original form of freeriding isn't back - it never went away. by Leslie Woit.


REGULAR COLUMNS

First Tracks - editor Iain MacMillan takes his run - Fall Like a Star

Letters to the Editor - your run

Short Turns - news, gossip, events

Western View - George Koch - Is Castle Mountain Really 'Too Big' Already?

seen@whistler by Chris Lennon - Under Construction you ain't seen nothin' yet!

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