Nspire Magazine Winter/Spring 2025 Edition

Ridha flowing through that Selkirk powder at Selkirk Tangiers.

gets old. The beauty of the Canadian Rockies, epic snow and insane terrain always makes Chatter a favorite. If you’ve never experienced snow- cat skiing or a skiing road trip, you need to do it once in your life and while you can. As the legendary ski filmmaker Warren Miller once said, “If you don’t do it this year, you’ll be one year older when you do.” N

and we had some scattered sun. Life was good and our crew was on fire. Everyone was having an incredi- ble time. With excellent visibility, we headed over into the Burn, one of Chatter Creek’s signature runs. What makes the Burn so special is that the snow is always consistent because there are no tree branches to drop onto the slope. Over the course of the next two days our guide Matt took us to some incredible zones. We skied all sorts

of terrain from tight trees, some wide-open glacier type skiing and one of my favorites, the Legendary Pillow Line at Chatter, a huge boul- der field covered in snow. The best way for me to describe it: it’s like riding a bucking bronco. The objec- tive is to get air off the rocks, land, ski and repeat all the way down this 1,000-foot vertical ride. You jump in and hang on for the ride of your life! This is my 10th time visiting Chatter Creek, and this place never

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