The Conditions Out Here Are Apparently Bananas.

You may have heard that Ontario and pretty much anywhere east of here is getting completely smoked by a huge storm from the United States. Here in Toronto, the city was pretty much snowed in for the weekend, and we’re only digging out of it now. The storm has since moved into Quebec, and we’re [...]

Globe and Mail Travel: Follow the Snow

The Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper, is running a special travel section this weekend on skiing and snowboarding. Among the highlights:

A look at what’s up at Whistler Blackcomb (a given, due to the Olympics).
A closer look at Telluride.
How to find and ski/ride a World Cup run in Canada.
Rescue at Chamonix, a first-person overview [...]

Tremblant is Covered, and Tremblog Tells Us All About It

Tremblant is up and running, and apparently there’s snow all over the place; so says Tremblog, which is doing a fantastic job of covering the early days of the season up the 401 (and then some).
In local news, Blue Mountain is in snowmaking mode, and so is Moonstone. Moonstone is tentatively planning to open November [...]

Whistler Is Booked!

Although our “big trip” this year is to Banff, we’ve decided to spend some Aeroplan Miles on a quick trip to Whistler in January. We’re going for four nights and five days, but taking a red eye back so we can get an extra day of riding. Now that’s Highly Obsessed!
I’m particularly [...]

Ski Area Openings in North America

It’s getting cold, and there’s a bit of snow up north around Barrie; otherwise, however, the weather outlook for ski resorts in Ontario isn’t great thus far.
Of course, around North America — hell, even down the highway — this isn’t the case. Check out all these anticipated openings:

Mont Tremblant: November 21
Sunshine Village: November 15
Lake Louise: [...]

More on Mt. St. Louis Moonstone’s Improvements

I recently mentioned that Mt. St. Louis Moonstone, a popular ski area here in Ontario, had added a new lift. I recently received some additional details courtesy of Ski and Snowboard Canada’s newsletter:
“Their most recent projects will amaze everyone who visits the day ticket facility with the erection of a new high-speed six-person chair which [...]

First Planned Trip: Mont Tremblant

Once a year, for the past three years, I’ve repeated the following ritual:

With some friends, I get on a bus close to midnight on a Thursday night.
I travel overnight to a ski resort. Usually Jay Peak.
Upon arriving bleary-eyed at about eight in the morning, I get changed and snowboard… all day.
I vow never ever to [...]

My Top Ten ‘Next’ North American Ski Areas

If you read this site regularly, you know there’s a heavy dose of Whistler talk. Every time I go on vacation, it seems I end up there. Believe it or not, however, there are other ski areas I want to visit that aren’t Whistler. I just seem to keep going back because a) it’s easy [...]

Getting to Tremblant (And Their Strange Front Page)

The current front page of Mont Tremblant’s website is very interesting:

Hmmmmmm.
I’ve actually been thinking of Tremblant a lot lately, trying to figure out if there is an easy way to get there without driving. Ever since my trip early last season I’ve wanted to return; it’s great to know there’s a quality mountain within reasonable [...]

Mother Nature Prepares to Deliver in Ontario and Quebec

All I can say is: it was a long time coming.
Collingwood (where Blue Mountain and others are located) is expected to receive 15 centimetres of snow in the next 24 hours. Barrie (where Moonstone, Horsehoe and a slew of others are located) will get 10. This is a much-needed dump for Ontario resorts. If you’re [...]