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Let us show you around Lake Louise

Showing a visitor how to ski The Lake on a windy day.

October 20, 2022
3 min read

The Best of Spring Skiing

Grab your sunscreen and retro gear and meet some friends out there to squeeze the last bit of fun out of this ski season. The month-long ski party starts this weekend.

April 20, 2022
4 min read

January conditions... Are GOOD!

All the nearby resorts are in fantastic shape, and the temperatures have warmed back up to seasonal.Even better than the mellowing temperatures, the snow is good. Actually, it's historically good!

January 10, 2022
3 min read

Sherpas Cinema has a new release, La Liste: Everything or Nothing, so we wanted to look back at the filmmakers’ formative years in Calgary. We had no idea how impactful those times were or that an entire group of school friends had forged parallel and equally impressive careers in skiing. Thanks to Ross McKimmie for sharing this remarkable story of perseverance, success and skiing after tragedy.

November 28, 2021
11 min read

The 21/22 Season Has Begun

It’s snowing! Ski areas have started to open, and we’ve been out sampling the early season conditions.

November 12, 2021
4 min read

Opening Days

Would you want to relive opening day over and over again for two months? What if it ended with the best opening day ever?

November 08, 2021
10 min read

Legends: Guy Mowbray

For over a decade, Guy Mowbray was an icon in the Bow Valley ski scene. In lift lines at Lake Louise, his blonde ponytail would identify him, and skiers would whisper to each other, “that’s the guy I told you about.”

May 13, 2021
3 min read

Hoji on Mt. Victoria

May is prime time for skiing steep lines in the Rockies. So, to get everyone in the mood, here’s a local tale from Fresh athlete Eric Hjorleifson about his descent of Mt. Victoria back in May 2012.

May 04, 2021
5 min read

Springtime in the Rockies

Springtime is magic in the Rockies. Don’t let the weather in the city fool you either; there’s still plenty of skiing to be done.

April 28, 2021
5 min read

The Covid Tailgate Party

During this, our winter of Covid, it’s time to perfect the art of parking lot apres-skiing. So here’s our advice for the greatest skier’s tailgate party.