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DECEMBER 2018
VOL. 47 NO. 3

FEATURES

THE BEAUTY OF BANFF
It’s the people that make a place special.
BY LESLIE WOIT

GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE
The Three Amigos of Bella Coola Heli Sports had the foresight to create a market niche in B.C.’s Coast Mountains.
BY MIKEY NIXON

8 GREAT REASONS TO HEAD TO APEX
BY SEAN KERRIGAN

RETURN TO SÖLDEN
GEORGE KOCH gained a new perspective on big Austrian skiing by saving some time for the groomers between memorable off-piste descents.

PUTTING ON A NEW FACE
The opening of Panorama’s monstrous freeride terrain adds to its well-known cruising reputation.
BY RYAN STUART

HAVIN’ A TIME
Nobody said skiing The Rock was easy, but it’s definitely worth the adventure.
BY RON BETTS

STEEPED IN LA GRAVE
Experience “a day of aerobic hell and utter exhaustion followed by a day of sheer terror.”
BY IAIN MacMILLAN

DROPPING IN AT KICKING HORSE
The Freeride World Tour made the perfect choice for its only North American stop.
BY ALEX HESSEL

QUEBEC’S CORDUROY HIGHWAY
Canada’s densest concentration of ski hills—and skier-friendly pit stops—lines the Laurentian Autoroute between Montreal and Mont Tremblant.
BY ADAM BISBY

DO SKIERS OWE SNOWBOARDERS?
ALESSIO DELPERO certainly thinks so.

REGULARS

FIRST TRACKS The editor has his run.
BY IAIN MacMILLAN

SHORT TURNS News, gossip and racy photos.

FIT TO SKI—PART 3
BY MARCY VERBURG

CROSSHAIRS A skiers’ gallery.

SKILL SCHOOL Get a grip.
BY TOBIN LEOPKEY

SKILL SCHOOL Tricks of the terrain.
BY TOBIN LEOPKEY

CAUGHT & SHOT BY STEVE SHANNON