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QUESTIONS FOR QUINN

DO LOOK UP

ON PATROL FOR MENTAL HEALTH

BEING QUEER IN A SKI TOWN

SENDING OUT AN S.O.S.

TOUCH-BUTTON TOURING

QUEBEC'S HIGHEST GETS BIGGER

GEAR & GADGETS

COULD VAIL EVER NOT FAIL?

A CALL FOR ALLIES

CROSSHAIRS

It's Bormio Baby! • DOES YOUR FAVOURITE SKI AREA OFFER AN ALMOST UNDISCOVERED SKI-TOURING PARADISE AND A CRAZY-TOUGH WORLD CUP DOWNHILL THAT ENDS IN A MEDIEVAL STONE TOWN FILLED WITH RESTAURANTS, RENAISSANCE CHURCH FRESCOES AND ANCIENT ROMAN SPAS?

THE ABCDs OF BORMIO

GETTING THERE

Welcome to the Hotel Cortina • SUCH A LOVELY PLACE, THIS LITTLE JEWEL IN ITALY’S DOLOMITES, HOME OF THE NEXT WINTER OLYMPICS

IF YOU GO

FROM THE SUBLIME TO THE RIDICULOUS • DENIS SEGUIN VISITS JACKSON HOLE TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER THERE IS SUCH A THING AS TOO MUCH POWDER

WHERE TO STAY

TAKE OFF… TO THE POWDER RUNWAY • DROP INTO CANADIAN ROCKIES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR THE IDEAL GATEWAY TO BIG-MOUNTAIN SKIING ALONG B.C.’S POWDER HIGHWAY

IF YOU GO

EVERYTHING CHANGES, EVERYTHING STAYS THE SAME • NIGEL HARRISON LETS THE PAST GUIDE THE FUTURE AT MIKE WIEGELE HELI-SKIING.

IF YOU GO

A MATCH MADE IN POWDER

MURDOCHVILLE: THE BEST SKI TOWN YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF • WHY TWO B.C. SKI BUMS TRAVELLED 5,000 KILOMETRES TO GO CAT-SKIING IN QUEBEC.

IF YOU GO

REACH FOR THE TOP • IN QUEBEC’S EASTERN TOWNSHIPS, SKIERS ARE TAKING TO THE A.T. UPTRACKS IN DROVES. FOR THE CONVERTED, ALPINE TOURING IS THE BEST WAY TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS.

RUSTIC RETREAT

AT IN THE E.T.

The Father of Freeride • HE HELPED LAUNCH WHISTLER AND POPULARIZED EXTREME SKIING. NOW 82 YEARS OLD AND LIVING OUT OF AN OLD SCHOOL BUS ON THE SIDE OF SILVERSTAR MOUNTAIN, DAG AABYE CONTINUES TO REDEFINE WHAT HUMAN BODIES CAN DO.

Succession in the Selkirks • A NEW GENERATION IS TAKING OVER B.C.’S BACKCOUNTRY LODGES

IF YOU GO

PILLOW TALK

D'OH! I BROUGHT THE WRONG SKIS

CAUGHT & SHOT