Writer Vince Shuley reports on the upcoming KMC sponsored Kootenay Coldsmoke Festival this weekend at Whitewater Winter Resort. Check out his article in the Whistler-based Pique Magazine. It’s a beaut!
Skiing road trips refine the search even further, the aim being to ski your chosen resort in the most desirable of conditions – fresh powder. So where to drive a vehicle rammed with bodies and ski equipment on a late February weekend?
Nelson, B.C. checks all the boxes —the snow is light, dry and plentiful, it is far enough from Whistler to gain a few cramps from the 10-hour drive, and the surrounding mountains of the Selkirk Range are enough to make any Coast Mountain skier quiver in their boots.
And the best time to visit in the winter? This weekend.
To read the whole article go here.
To visit the Kootenay Coldsmoke Festival site go here.

Mitchell Scott
Mitchell Scott is the longtime Editor-in-Chief and co-publisher of both Kootenay Mountain Culture and Coast Mountain Culture Magazines. He's been in the writing/publishing/media business for over 20 years and currently lives in Nelson, BC where he tries to keep up with his two teenage sons with aching futility.
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