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Teams, solo skinny skiers shuffle over 80 km in four hours Cross country skiing is widely considered to be one of the best activities for your health. It builds muscle tone, core strength, and cardiovascular fitness.

One of Whistler’s longest and most enduring traditions, the Fairmont Chateau Whistler Cup Cross Country Ski Loppet, turns 25 this year.

The sun was shining and the conditions were rock hard for the third giant slalom and fourth race of the Kokanee Valley Race Series on Blackcomb on Jan. 17.

Canadians on various podiums, including Miss Europa Cup

Skiers from the Whistler Mountain Ski Club dominated the Merrill Lynch Coast Zone competitions at Mt. Washington last weekend, with both K2 (ages 11 and 12) and J1 (ages 13 and 14) racers participating. In the men’s giant slalom on Jan.

Forsyth seventh Canadian Alpine Ski Team member Genvieve Simard had a career day on Jan. 19, capturing the first World Cup medal of her career in Berchtesgaden, Germany, and stepping up to Canada’s second World Cup podium of the season.

Whistler’s Morgan Titus received the Junior Male Road Runner of the Year award from B.C. Athletics on Jan. 19 at a banquet in Delta.

When she got home from work and heard the message on her answering machine from Triathlon British Columbia saying she was up for a major triathlon award, Mae Palm erased it. "I though somebody was joking, or trying to sell me something.

Although the terrain park was socked in by fog throughout the day, 72 knuckle-draggers and two-plankers managed to fit two runs into the halfpipe on Jan. 20 during the second event of the Sprite Park Rider Series. Only the best run would count.

B.C. team nets most podiums The B.C. Ski Team emerged from the first stop of the Pontiac GMC Cup alpine racing series at Mount Norquay in Banff, Alberta, with its share of the hardware.