Let's Go — by interest, coast to coast
Skiing.
Powder days only. Everything else is a warmup.
Whistler gets the headlines, but the country runs deeper: Interior BC steeps, Québec's Chic-Chocs, Banff sidecountry, and every dad hill worth the two-hour drive.
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3 picksQuarry Rock at 7 a.m.
Deep Cove trail, done before the parking lot fills. Coffee at Honey after.
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Kananaskis in shoulder season
Late September, mid-week, before snow. The larch turn yellow and the trails empty out.
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Mont-Royal at 6 a.m.
Before the tam-tams, before the tourists. Just the drummers packing up and the runners going up the mountain.
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