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TOONIE THURSDAYS ARE BACK! Ski and ride for just $2 at Banff Norquay on the following Thursdays in 2013: January 17th February 21st March 21st April 11th For those of you who aren’t Canadian, a “toonie” is a name we use to refer to a $2 coin. Hope you get chance to enjoy this incredible [...]

Mt. Norquay in Banff National Park (Western Canada) OPENS TOMORROW! This is the earliest ski resort opening in Canada as a result of the incredible early season snowfalls we have been receiving. Banff Lake Louise Sunshine is already on track for another record smashing ski season – let’s hope it continues… Mt. Norquay is leading [...]

I can’t say how pleased I was when I heard that Banff Norquay were reopening their tea house after decades of closure. The owners are doing a fantastic job making Banff Norquay even better than before with additional activities such as tubing, sightseeing from the tea house (you don’t need to ski down), snowshoeing and a [...]

Guest Blogger: Phil Purdie The meteorite is en route and Bruce Willis’ gang of pro-drillers are not proving up to the task. We have 24 hours to live and I have some decisions to make. Suffice it to say, my final meal will be steak with every known variety of potato (chipped, mashed, roasted, dauphinoised etc) [...]

Firstly, HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all. I know we have not been blogging as frequently as we would like to, but it is the ski season! In the last 12-24 hours, ski resorts in Western Canada have been receiving a nice bit of fresh. January is a great time to ski the Canadian Rockies [...]

Please note that Sunshine  Village, Banff has now extended it’s lift hours for spring skiing and riding!  Lifts times have been extended to run until 4:30pm (Jackrabbit 5pm) until season close (May 24 2010). Also, the double black diamond Wild West run opens at noon today (MST) – in just half-an-hour – indicating the snow [...]

PHENOMENAL SPRING SNOW AND GUEST INPUT PROMPTS WHISTLER BLACKCOMB TO REVISE SPRING CLOSING DATES Spring skiing/riding continues to April 25 2010 on Whistler Mountain and May 24 2010 on Blackcomb Mountain Whistler Blackcomb has announced the decision to extend skiing and riding on Whistler Mountain by one week. Whistler Mountain’s last day of operations will [...]

Goat’s Eye Mountain opened on Friday December 7th 2007 at 11am. All of Sunshine’s lifts are now open. Excellent conditions through-out on 125cm base with 72cm fresh powder in the previous 6 days. Skiers and boarders were raving about the deep powder on Goat’s Eye Mountain! To get to Sunshine Village and for Ski Holidays [...]

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