School of Powder

Boot camp for big mountain skiers

photo by mike aucoin

Apr 8, 2013

*Editor’s note: Canadian outdoor lifestyle journalist Paul Karchut, whose first post as a Toque & Canoe correspondent took him into the frozen Yukon wild, is back – only this time with a report from the mountains of Western Canada where…

Swanky Panky in the Okanagan

Getting your sparkle back Swarovski-style

sparkling hill resort, okanagan / photo by toque & canoe

Sep 27, 2012

Privacy. A little exercise. A memorable meal and some decent wine. This is all my husband and I were after when my folks offered to take our children for three (not two, but three!!!) nights this summer – giving us the…

Eight Memorable Whistler Moments

From fresh tracks to fois gras

image by lara kroeker

Apr 3, 2012

We’d like to introduce Toque & Canoe’s first “guest” blogger - our Webby-award winning West Coast friend Lara Kroeker. She hung out in Whistler, B.C. over the spring break and emerged – lucky for us – with her most memorable Whistler moments.…

All.I.Can.

The real snow show

Skiing "The Freshfields" / Canadian Rockies / photo by david mossop

Dec 19, 2011

It was the JP Auclair Street Segment gone viral that got our attention. The mind-blowing clip from All.I.Can. which was produced by Sherpas Cinema and won ”best feature length mountain film” at this year’s Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival.…

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