While many areas of Canada have already felt the first wallop of winter, warm weather has some ski hills in Alberta praying for snow.
Chilling out in Quebec
Susan Pigg
Morin-Heights, Que. – Linda Shore and her gal pals are up to their necks in an unusual Zen zone, surrounded by ice and snow and oblivious, it seems, to the bite of the minus 13C air on their damp shoulders.
Susan Pigg
Morin-Heights, Que. – Linda Shore and her gal pals are up to their necks in an unusual Zen zone, surrounded by ice and snow and oblivious, it seems, to the bite of the minus 13C air on their damp shoulders.
Valley of the stars
susan pigg
It's hard to know if it's the biting cold or the surrounding scene that has stopped me in my snow boots.
susan pigg
It's hard to know if it's the biting cold or the surrounding scene that has stopped me in my snow boots.
It's the cat's meow for skiers and snowboarders
Colin Field
Rick Emerson, our silver-haired guide, lets out an enthusiastic yodel as he drops into a perfectly pitched slope. We watch as he elegantly carves through trees spaced widely enough that you could drive a ...
Colin Field
Rick Emerson, our silver-haired guide, lets out an enthusiastic yodel as he drops into a perfectly pitched slope. We watch as he elegantly carves through trees spaced widely enough that you could drive a ...
The fire's on, the wine is chilled – so are ...
Susan Pigg
It's hard to imagine a more relaxing airport in the world than Tremblant's little log chalet where a fire is crackling in the stone fireplace, an almost empty bottle of wine sits on the mantelpiece ...
Susan Pigg
It's hard to imagine a more relaxing airport in the world than Tremblant's little log chalet where a fire is crackling in the stone fireplace, an almost empty bottle of wine sits on the mantelpiece ...
The hill of a lifetime
Gerry Wingenbach
Even in the European Alps, where ski lifts as varied as the blades of a Swiss Army knife scale mountain after mountain, the 60-passenger téléphérique to the summit of the Aiguille du Midi leaves you breathless.
Gerry Wingenbach
Even in the European Alps, where ski lifts as varied as the blades of a Swiss Army knife scale mountain after mountain, the 60-passenger téléphérique to the summit of the Aiguille du Midi leaves you breathless.
Taking a powder
Dan Leeth
To powder partisans, these are Warren Miller-like conditions. A half-metre of fresh flakes have fallen overnight, and the Colorado Rockies around Steamboat Springs lie blanketed under a duvet of deep, unrumpled white.
Dan Leeth
To powder partisans, these are Warren Miller-like conditions. A half-metre of fresh flakes have fallen overnight, and the Colorado Rockies around Steamboat Springs lie blanketed under a duvet of deep, unrumpled white.
Kimberley goes cuckoo
Susan Pigg
Happy Hans has definitely seen happier days. But then, so has this former mining town and Hans' humble home, touted as the biggest cuckoo clock in the world.
Susan Pigg
Happy Hans has definitely seen happier days. But then, so has this former mining town and Hans' humble home, touted as the biggest cuckoo clock in the world.
CaliFernie dreamin'
Susan Pigg
Robin Siggers has a badge of honour hanging on his office wall and a horseshoe tacked over his door.
Susan Pigg
Robin Siggers has a badge of honour hanging on his office wall and a horseshoe tacked over his door.
Top spots to hit the slopes
The West is best when it comes to skiing as Western states and British Columbia took the top 10 spots in the annual SKI Magazine rankings of best resorts in North America.
The West is best when it comes to skiing as Western states and British Columbia took the top 10 spots in the annual SKI Magazine rankings of best resorts in North America.
Loon Mountain offers value for loonies
Jim Byers
Mike Simons has been coming to the Toronto ski show every year for five or six seasons.
Jim Byers
Mike Simons has been coming to the Toronto ski show every year for five or six seasons.
Hands up for Club Med
Dave Fonda
"Ya," Helga drawls, savouring the sound as if it were a morsel of her scrumptious crêpe au chocolat.
Dave Fonda
"Ya," Helga drawls, savouring the sound as if it were a morsel of her scrumptious crêpe au chocolat.
Ski resorts peak at turning green into white stuff
Leslie Garrett
There's little to rival the thrill of skiing down a pristine mountain, surrounded by powder and pines.
Leslie Garrett
There's little to rival the thrill of skiing down a pristine mountain, surrounded by powder and pines.
Serving up schnitzel with a side of history
Susan Pigg
When Tony Schwarzenberger and his wife Ingrid moved to this mining town from Germany almost 20 years ago, they brought four gigantic containers – two of them filled with what's now touted to be the oldest building ...
Susan Pigg
When Tony Schwarzenberger and his wife Ingrid moved to this mining town from Germany almost 20 years ago, they brought four gigantic containers – two of them filled with what's now touted to be the oldest building ...
Himalayan high
Colin Field
As we near the top of Mount Apharwat, the gondola grinds to a halt and we stare at each other in wide—eyed horror as the capsule swings back and forth.
Colin Field
As we near the top of Mount Apharwat, the gondola grinds to a halt and we stare at each other in wide—eyed horror as the capsule swings back and forth.
In search of all the white stuff
Tamara Cherry
CALGARY–About four hours after leaving Toronto, a man is explaining to his young daughter the difference between prairies, foothills and mountains, as their plane touches down in Calgary.
Tamara Cherry
CALGARY–About four hours after leaving Toronto, a man is explaining to his young daughter the difference between prairies, foothills and mountains, as their plane touches down in Calgary.
Snowboard ban makes for pure ski experience
Ian Cooper
TAOS, New Mexico–Tucked away in the southern Rocky Mountains just north of Santa Fe, Taos Ski Valley is one of America's most charmingly quirky resorts.
Ian Cooper
TAOS, New Mexico–Tucked away in the southern Rocky Mountains just north of Santa Fe, Taos Ski Valley is one of America's most charmingly quirky resorts.
A mountain of history at popular resort
Roberta Avery
George Weider was just three years old in 1941 when his father Jozo Weider brought him to live on a farm at the foot of Blue Mountain.
Roberta Avery
George Weider was just three years old in 1941 when his father Jozo Weider brought him to live on a farm at the foot of Blue Mountain.
Discovering rare retreats
Dan Leeth
From ice hotels to yurts, at these unusual resorts, there's often more excitement in the rooms than on the slopes.
Dan Leeth
From ice hotels to yurts, at these unusual resorts, there's often more excitement in the rooms than on the slopes.
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Rondeau
Rondeau Provincial Park is one of southwestern Ontario's true gems, filled with stunning nature and wildlife.
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