Rogers Pass

After more than a year in Canada, a winter full of powder right in the heart of Revelstoke’s freeride scene, and her return to her adopted home of Davos, Regina Grill is taking over the editorial reins. Time for a quick introduction!

The journey has gone well and the accommodation situation has been sorted - now the exciting part begins: the snow, the endless nature, skiing, touring and exploring the resort. In this article, I'll take you on a journey through Whitewater, a real love letter resort. I'll show you my favorite touring areas, the road trips we took over the winter and the vibrant community life in Nelson. I'll just say: deep snow to the horizon, swimming in January, dancing, sauna and the making of a second home overseas.

In unison with the sensitive PowderAlert, the VdW also warns of the approaching "mid-season blues". We are countering this with everything YouTube has to offer and hope for a mild course and a speedy improvement.

We have put together 25 trailers of films about freeriding for you and have also skilfully commented on most of them! Just take a look! The anticipation is building, the stoke is real and the order is in favour of underdogs.

Like the weather, like the VdW. It's been a while since the first hopeful snowfalls, so early winter video production has come to a bit of a standstill. Apart from a fresh patrol, we take a look back: in two season edits and in a gem from the old days. Ordered by ascending sight, with the best at the end. Have fun!

As the freeride bible says: "If Ullr doesn't come to the Oracle with powder, the Oracle has to go to British Columbia". Or something like that. Because in contrast to a normal El Niño winter (where it would be dry and warm here), it snows non-stop in BC and the northwest of the USA.

After our first stop at Kicking-Horse, we continued over the Rogers Pass to Revelstoke two days ago. The first surprise: halfway through the 120 kilometers, we crossed a time zone border, which extended our day by an hour.

A snowstorm greeted us when we arrived in Calgary on Saturday evening. Without any local knowledge, we were glad that a Banff Airport cab pulled out of the airport exit directly in front of us, so we simply followed it in good faith. And as we all know, trust is rewarded, we left the city limits with less than 10 meters of visibility and took Highway 1 west. Shortly before the Rocky Mountains, the snowstorm fortunately cleared, so that we reached the Kicking Horse River Lodge in the small town of Golden shortly before midnight, our accommodation for the next two days.

Fog. Gray, dreary weather, long faces. Everyone absorbed in themselves. Welcome to the bus heading to the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Unlike the many students, however, it is supposed to take Michi and me to the "Museum of Anthropology". Museum of Anthropology? Never heard of it! And anyway, what does this have to do with our sport of powder skiing?