Member News & Features Archive
TECK RACE RECAP: Apex battles weather and deliver quality races
TECK OKANAGAN ZONE SL - Hosted by Apex Ski Club and Apex Mountain Resort On January 14th and 15th, the Apex Ski Club hosted the Teck Okanagan Zone Race for U12-U16. This year’s race weekend will certainly be one to remember! Despite significant technical and...
TECK RACE RECAP: Lightning Creek and Troll races a big success
Lightning Creek Ski Club held the first race of the 2022/2023 North Zone Season at Troll Resort on January 14 and 15. These dates were a bit earlier than we usually endeavour to hold a race, but with a tight season calendar we knew we had to make it work. And we did!...
TECK RACE RECAP: Perfect conditions at Whistler U16 opener
U16 TECK COAST ZONE GS & SL - hosted by Whistler Mountain Ski Club Photo of coaches above courtesy of Adrienne Bouris Whistler Mountain Ski Club was happy to welcome back athletes for Teck’s first U16 Coast Zone race of the season. After a soggy week the weather...
Alpine Women in Sport – Webinar with Johnny Crichton
The Alpine Women in Sport is about to kick off another 3-part Webinar Series. We are very excited to start our Series with Johnny Crichton, Vice President, BC Alpine. “A Little Bit of Everything, Coaching-Wise”Monday January 16th @ 5pmThese Webinars are all eligible...
Safe Sport: Do you understand the process?
If the answer to the headline question is no, this article is intended to shed some light on BC Alpine’s Safe Sport process and support. Background: BC Alpine follows Alpine Canada’s Safe Sport guidelines which are committed to providing environments that ensure that...
“Caring and talented” ski coach remembered
The BC Alpine community was deeply saddened to hear of the passing of long time ski coach Floyd Gniewotta in mid December.
BC Alpine launches e-store in support of athletes & programs
BC Alpine launched bcalpine.store, an e-commerce shopify website where users can directly support BC Alpine athletes and programs.
Activate your Sporting Life Rewards Card for great deals
If you are a BC Alpine member, by now you should have received your Sporting Life Rewards Card in the mail from BC Alpine and Sporting Life. Use this card to gear up for the season in the latest and greatest outerwear, apparel, equipment, and more from now until...
BC Ski Team “eager to put all their hard work to the test”
The top skiers in the province are ready to roll and hungry for ski racing. Racing starts this week.
BC Alpine hosting Virtual Race Administrator Meetup
Working together with Phyllis Kennedy to complete a BC version of her "So you want to be a Race Administrator!" handbook, Keven is inviting any and all Race Administrators for events across British Columbia to join them for an overview of the new handbook. They hope...
Conflict Management & Effective Communication Workshop
"Now What Facilitation" is offering a free workshop to BC Alpine clubs on how to manage conflict, and how to communicate efficiently and effectively. Thank you to viaSport for sponsoring this workshop! We have reached out to our Club Executives and Program Directors...
Apex Ski Club to host viewing of Warren Miller’s new film
In hopes of building up excitement for ski season, the Apex Ski Club will be hosting a special viewing night for Warren Miller's newest film. Daymaker is the 73rd annual film, with shooting locations from British Columbia’s Monashees to Greece’s Olympus Range and...
Three-time Olympian Emily Brydon joins BC Alpine Board
VANCOUVER, BC (Friday Oct. 21, 2022) – Former World Cup medallist Emily Brydon, of Fernie, B.C., joins the BC Alpine Board of Directors, adding to the stability of the provincial ski association. The winner of 9 World Cup medals, the Fernie executive looks to "give...
Rally Together Fund: Apply for Sport Participation Grant
Rally Together (comprised of the Sport Participation and Sport Volunteer Grants) was developed to provide one-time recovery funding for amateur sport organizations that have seen a decrease in membership and volunteerism due to COVID-19. This fund will help B.C.’s...
Athletes, Coaches & Volunteers Recognized at Summit in Sun Peaks
With the spectacular backdrop of the Sun Peaks Grand and the legendary ski coach rock band “The Batterheads”, BC Alpine presented 26 awards to deserving recipients in the categories of Bursaries, Athletes, Coaches, Volunteers, Officials, Resort and Clubs.
Canadian ski racing receives a huge boost from record-breaking donation
The Canadian Olympic Foundation and Alpine Canada announced today a gift of $1.3 million dollars from Tim Dattels, Chair of the Board of Alpine Canada. This donation represents the largest personal philanthropic gift towards alpine ski racing in Canadian history, and...
Canada West All Area Passes application forms for the 2022-23 Season
The following list of members (by club) have been approved for a CWSAA All Areas Pass for the 2022-23 season. These members need to complete the online waiver and upload their pass photo as soon as possible. Links to the waiver and photo uploader are...
SAFE SPORT WORKSHOP: Introduction to Mediation Skills
After a successful workshop last month on complaint management, ViaSport is inviting BC Alpine members to continue building your comfort-level with handling potential conflicts in sport.