Best buns on the hill
It's just after 10am at the Sunburst Lodge at Sun Peaks and the teenage racing throng is lining up for another warm-and-sticky cinammon bun.

- from Winter 2010 issue
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Big-mountain life
For as long as I can remember I've dreamt about flying - or falling anyway.

- fromTravel Guide 2010 issue
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Is that your final answer?
The following test is an accurate assessment of your future on-hill level of enjoyment.

- from Fall 2009 issue
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The hazards rewards of winter driving
I’m always agitated by weather forecasters
who at the first sign of a flake scream: “The
skies are falling! Don’t get in your car!”

- from Buyer's Guide 2010 issue
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Where to now?
Where to now?

- from Spring 2009 issue.
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Who's in the driver's seat?
...my pants aren’t baggy enough to use as an emergency shelter but on the other hand, I also don’t set the waistband up to my armpits...

- from Winter 2009 issue
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Knee Canada
When my wife collected me at the hospital, the look on her face went from incredulous to amusement.

- from Buyer's Guide 2009 issue
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Split Decision
Partway into the dog and pony show, the scene was interrupted by one of those “Did I hear him correctly?” moments. It came so abruptly I stopped writing in my pad and looked up vacantly at buddy on the mike, then relaxed a little after seeing all the other stunned expressions in the room that appeared to have maybe heard it wrong, too...

- from Spring 2008 issue
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Our readers write
When editing a particularly bold statement by a writer, we often wonder how many readers will comment on what has been written.

- from Travel Guide 2008 issue
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Adaptation comes naturally to skiers

Art Director Norm and Managing Editor Anne were giggling on a conference call the other day when I had to leave the conversation briefl y to chase a black squirrel out of my office.

- from Fall 2007 issue.

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The hills are alive
While Ski Canada staff slaved away another hot summer in the city preparing the annual Buyer’s Guide, our writers, photographers, ski testers and other latch-ons continued to lead some pretty enviable lives.

- from Buyer's Guide 2008
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But the brochure said ...
My parents bought a funky little condo, or townhouse I guess they're called now, t our ski hill in 1969.

- from Winter 2007 issue
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Time to take the plunge
The greatest schism between eastern and western Canadians ins't about politics or power - it's about powder.

- from November 2006 issue
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The politics of skiing
Why is it that all of our recent prime ministers of the Liberal faith have been skiers, indeed good skiers, while none of the Tory PMs or leaders of the Conservative/Reform/CA history will wear a ski jacket for what it’s intended?

- from Winter 2006 issue
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Top 10 reasons why it’s going to be a great winter
Every autumn I partake in the spreading of all sorts of ridiculously entertaining prophecies about why it’s going to be a great winter for skiers.

- from December 2005 issue

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Garage sale:one slightly used snowboard
Most skiers now grudgingly accept that snowboarding has positively influenced our sport in certain ways.

- from November 2005 issue
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One man's trash ...
Surprisingly, technical editor Martin Olson, who writes half of this Buyer’s Guide issue and most of the instructional stories every season, is as good with his hands in the summer as he is on his feet all winter. With a bit of prodding, he e-mailed me a photo showing the recent fruits of his labour, something no household should be without, a hunting bow made from his wife’s cross-country skis. “I thought it would snap before I could finish my first quiver,” said the Golden, B.C., tinkerer, and added without a trace of derision, “but I’ve been bringing home supper all summer with my new Atomic Bow Flex 2000.” Martin is currently perfecting an aerodynamically better arrow from ski poles scavenged from the Kicking Horse Lost & Found bin.
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Uplifting Conversation
Growing up, I remember my parents always telling me not to talk to strangers--except, of course, when riding a chairlift. Funny, but these chairlift conversations are some of my earliest memories of skiing.
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That '70s magazine
Where were you in '72? I admit I don't remember spending much time poring over the mostly black and white racing news offered by Ski Canada Journal, as the country's voice of skiing was called in its early years.
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