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Save a Marmot! The cute and cuddly Vancouver Island Marmot is one of North Americas most endangered species. It makes it's home in the surrounding meadows of Mt. Washington Alpine Resort and various other mountainous areas of Vancouver Island. It is a unique species that s found nowhere else in the world. In an effort to give something back to the environment which provides us with our joyous lifestyle, Section 8 Ski Institute has decided to donate a portion of all tuition fees for our 2009 Ski Leadership Training program to the the Vancouver Island Marmot Recovery Foundation. We encourage their efforts to repopulate this amazing local creature and save it from extinction. To find out more about the marmot click here.
Olympic Teams on their way to Mount Washington. - March 12th, 2008 The Swedish Olympic committee has confirmed it's decision to have their cross country and biathlon teams call Mount Washington home in preparation for the 2010 Olympics. Thanks to the world class nordic facilities here at Mt. Washington as well as weather and snow conditions similar to those of the actual Olympic venues near Whistler, teams from many other countries are expected to follow suit. What has come as a surprise is that Sweden is now looking at using the mountains alpine skiing facilities and having their freestyle and snowboard teams train here as well.
Bring On The Powder! - Dec 21st, 2007 Once again Mt. Washington Alpine Resort is having great start to the season. With another metre of snow in the past week Mt Washington regains it's frequent title of having one of the deepest all natural snow bases in North America. It appears La-Nina, Mother Nature's snow making machine is calling the mountains of Vancouver Island home for the next few months so we can expext more of the deep stuff!
Revelstoke Mountain Resort - Dec 06 I just got back from a short trip to Revelstoke to check out the to be ski hill. Right now there's a dinky, family style hill. By next season there will be a 5000' vertical ski hill with a gondola and quad chair accessing former cat skiing terrain. The hill is being built by a US real estate developer and two money bags from Toronto. Former Whistlerite Paul "Bones" Skelton is involved as well. The development is heavily real estate driven with tons of condos, townhouses and homesites planned for the base area. But no worries, the skiing is going to be just as heavy. The area gets tons of snow, 12' in Revi town this winter, and the vertical is massive. eventually, with one or two more lifts the hill will have the highest vertical in North America, fourth highest in the world. The lift accessed backcountry is going to be almost limitless and like I said the snow is sick. Remember this is heli-ski central already. We did a day of sled assisted skiing on the ski hill and hit some awesome lines. There's some nice open alpine terrain and plenty of tree skiing. There isn't the big open bowls of Whistler or Lake Louise, but the mountain is immense. Right now the upper part is cat skiing terrain and nearby is heli-ski terrain. The hill bought both, so from one base you'll be able to go cat skiing and heli skiing. In fact, they plan to offer mid-day heli trips. So, when the pow is tracked up you can sign up for a couple heli runs. The hill is going to be well worth a road trip next winter. Guaranteed quiet runs for a couple years I would think. |
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