The B.C. towns of Rossland and Nelson,  and correspondingly Red Mountain Resort and Whitewater Resort, are in the running for the prestigious title of top powder town in Powder Magazine’s annual Ski Town Throwdown competition.

NELSON, BC — It can be awfully hard to leave your home resort sometimes. Amidst everything pulling you towards your home mountain, you can often overlook all the other amazing locations to shred some white fluffy stuff.

NELSON, BC — For the past few years, the community of Nelson, British Columbia, and Whitewater Resort have banded together to organize the annual Kootenay Coldsmoke Powder Fest. Taking place over a weekend in February, …

NELSON, BC — Mountains are the foundation of the skiing and boarding experience, and the Coldsmoke Powder Fest—held at the beautiful Whitewater Ski Resort in Nelson, BC—celebrates them like no other event.

NELSON, BC — There is a ski destination in British Columbia where time almost stands still, where there is no cell reception on the chair lifts, where people look you in the eye and say hello — every …