Nancy Shields

Nancy Shields

Stories by Nancy Shields

Fernie

You never forget your best-ever ski day. For me, it was on a frigid cold January day, in Fernie, B.C...

Whistler Blackcomb

You’ve hit the skiing sweepstakes when you touch down in B.C., one of Canada’s most massive ski...

winter lights festival

You can either count lights all night or take our word for it; the Nikka Yuko Winter Lights Festival...

Snowy skiier

Every time a season changes, the meteorologists, the farmers almanac and people with arthritic knees...

Fernie

Just the name of this place alone – The Powder Highway – conjures up images of you and your friends...

Shredding big mountain slopes all day, playing indoors all night. Along the Sea-to-Sky corridor that...

Whistler Blackcomb

Skiing and snowboarding on the West Coast isn’t all about steep and deep. Along with all of the...

Powder Highway

Every winter the Kootenays call, its pull all the stronger farther north as the distances between...

A region carved by the immense power of the ocean, awe-inspiring glaciers and a hidden fault line...

We snow sport fanatics are really a weird lot. Maybe it’'s the cold. Maybe it’'s the altitude. Maybe...

Smithers backcountry skiing

Smithers is known for its epic amounts of snow, but what some people might not know is just how darn...

The Christmas season is a time to relax, eat good food, and, of course, take part in the many...