O ver the past 40 years, I’ve made the pilgrimage north to British Columbia to ski its legendary powder. Last season was no different. I crossed the bor- der headed to Revelstoke, BC — the mecca of powder skiing. I met up with some friends from New York on our first stop of our powder skiing adventure. My long- time friend and former US Ski Teammate John Witt brought three of his ski buddies from his home mountain in Killington, Vt.: Rob- ert Zeolla, Andrea Labarbra and Jeff Ridha.
pulled into the Sutton Hotel at the base of Revelstoke Mountain Re- sort. Our plan was to ski Revelstoke the first day, and heli-ski the next day with Selkirk Tangiers Heli as a warm up before we went cat skiing. >> Day 1 Six inches of snow fell overnight, so we made sure to be in the gondo- la line 20 minutes before first load. When we walked out of the hotel into the base area, the line was al- ready 100-people deep. You could sense the anticipation. A 20-minute ride up the Revela-
John and I have been doing a BC “pow” trip religiously for the past 15 years, and the last five winters we’ve been cat skiing with Chatter Creek outside of Golden, BC. Since John and his crew were traveling from so far away, we wanted to hit another resort so they felt like they got their money’s worth. This year we decided to meet in Revelstoke, which is home to several heli-ski op- erations and the ski resort Revel- stoke Mountain Resort. Revelstoke is the real deal when it comes to a ski-town vibe. As usual, it was snowing when I
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