Snow Conditions

Northern B.C. is home to GIANT snowfall records. This is Doc Pow @SnowSeekers, and having been up along the Yellowhead Highway more than 20 times over my ski writing career, I can confirm the most record-setting snowfalls can be found here. 

Yahoo! It's time to get out and have some fun. Get your skis and boards tuned up, because the ski resorts in Alberta and British Columbia are open for the 2019/2020 season.

Kamloops, B.C. – The lineup was already out the door by the time we arrived at Hello Toast, the kind of breakfast joint that hipsters swarm to like a savannah in the desert – but it’s so much more. Families, coffee chat groups and those fuelling up for the ski hill, congregate over Dirty Chais (espresso-spiked Chai) served in generous, two-hands-required mugs in this downtown Kamloops hot spot.

Did you know that Edmonton isn’t even 50 per cent of the way north across the top of Alberta? There’s so much more north of the capital. 

When winter comes and the temperature drops and the snow starts to fall, all you need to do is bundle up and get excited, then you’ll be all set to enjoy one of the best things about Canada — our winters.

I have had the good fortune as a photographer and videographer based in Fernie, B.C. to capture the beauty of a number of cat skiing destinations over the years, and to work in the industry as a photographer for the past eight years. Last winter was my first taste of cat skiing in Alberta, where there a couple of hidden gems and one of them is at Castle Mountain Resort in southern Alberta.

Here at SnowSeekers we are open to any kind of winter pursuit. Hook yourself into Newell, for the chance to land yourself a new way to achieve winter zen. In this story, we take to the ice, to see if we can hook into lunch via an ice fishing adventure.