Member News & Features Archive

Wednesday, October 26, Fairmont Waterfront Hotel, VancouverYou are invited to join us for this annual fundraising event in support of BC Alpine and the Canadian Alpine Ski Teams. For all the details, see the INVITATION and REGISTRATION FORM below.  INVITATION...

WHEN: December 12 and 13, 2005 (race days) and December 10 and 11, 2005 (set-up days)EVENT: NOR AM Super "G" Men's and Women'sWHERE: Panorama MountainWHAT YOU GET: Carbon Clothing Article for every 3 days worked, but if you gate keep for just 2 days you get...

Note that the Canada West Ski Areas Association All Area Pass forms must be received by BC Alpine by Tuesday, October 11th to meet application deadline. You can verify your form has been received by the office by checking the All Area Pass Received List. A link to the...

This is the last chance for you to check your club's contacts in the yellowpages before the GreenBook goes to print. If there are any changes from the attached file, have your club management section updated so that it is the way it should be, and then inform...

September 29/05 - Rossland BC - Red Mountain Racers , Kootenay-Columbia School District 20 (SD20) and Red Resort announced today that the Red Mountain Racers Ski Academy is now open and accepting applications and it will begin operations on December 12, 2005. The...

BC ALPINE FALL AGMSaturday, October 22, (8am to 3pm) at The Holiday Inn - Vancouver Centre, located at 711 West Broadway (just 20 minutes from the airport and even closer to downtown).Guest rooms (they all have great views and complimentary high speed internet!) are...

The BC Ski Team men and women seem to have hit the jackpot in South America this year. The weather has been just perfect since they arrived and an abundance of snow has made for the best possible training opportunities, with mid-winter conditions on one side of the...

Click for larger image Click for larger image The BC Alpine FIS B2B development group recently wrapped up a 4 day fitness camp in Whistler. They were joined for this camp by Dave Ellis (Alpine Canada Director of Sports Science), guest coach Ross Gardner (Vancouver Ski...

Click for larger image Click for larger image Our trip to South America involved many hours of travel in vans, planes, busses and trains. We arrived exhausted, but excited to hit the slopes in Termas de Chillan, Chile. When the bus pulled up to the hotel we were...

It is time to apply for All Area Passes, and the updated forms have been put online. Due to increased FIS numbers, BC Alpine will not be accepting application from anyone except for registered FIS athletes and their coaches. Both athletes and coaches must be...

BC Alpine is busy working on the Greenbook for the 05/06 season. As per usual, we will be placing a yellowpages section into the greenbook which will include contacts for your club. These contacts are taken from information found in the BC ALPINE CLUB ADMIN system...

Click for larger image Click for larger image As you know, the Women's BC Ski Team is hard at work in Saas Fee, Switzerland under the leadership of Head Coach Nancy O'Neill. Conditions were variable for the first few days, but quickly turned around and are now...

Click for larger image Click for larger image Eleven B2B athletes continued their mission to improve their fitness level and athleticism in Kelowna at a four day dryland training camp. Led by coaches Trevor Haaheim (Big White Racers), Hilary Lindh (Whistler Mtn Ski...

BC Ski Team members Alison Leighton, Danielle Robson and Lindsay Kraft are preparing to set off for Saas Fee, Switzerland with Head Coach Nancy O'Neill for a three-week technical on-snow training camp. "We are all really looking forward to getting back to Saas...

Cory Rublee, former BC Alpine racer and 18 year-old son of Sun Peaks coach Bill Rublee, has won 4 Gold Medals in Canoeing at the Canada Summer Games in Regina

After more than 80 days of demanding dryland training, the Canadian Alpine Ski Team's 27 athletes and 18 prospect development team athletes are back on snow for a month-long camp in Chile. Lead by World Cup medalists and Olympic hopefuls, Thomas Grandi, Allison...

Click for larger image Click for larger image Whistler River Adventures lived up to their reputation for thrills and chills as they guided the BC Team men and women through the rapids of the Squamish River Thursday. The pictures tell the story. It's their most...

Click for larger image Click for larger image Thursday is day-3 of the BC Team dryland camp and everyone is making full use of the natural resources Whistler has to offer! On the left you see the men taking a moment to recover from an almost 9 kilometer hike...