Vol. 53, Issue 1

$9.99

2025 Buyer’s Guide

(100 pages)

Your go-to resource for the season’s top gear, with in-depth reviews, expert testing, and must-know trends from editor Ryan Stuart. Beyond the gear, explore powerful features on skiing’s rising costs, Swiss resort takeovers, and the creative rise of Fernie’s Dylan Siggers. Plus, insider looks at Aspen’s enduring allure, balance tips and drills to kickstart your season, and a tribute reme long-time publisher Paul Green. Packed with essential reads and stunning photography, this issue is a must for passionate skiers looking to stay informed and inspired.

2025 Buyer’s Guide

(100 pages)

Your go-to resource for the season’s top gear, with in-depth reviews, expert testing, and must-know trends from editor Ryan Stuart. Beyond the gear, explore powerful features on skiing’s rising costs, Swiss resort takeovers, and the creative rise of Fernie’s Dylan Siggers. Plus, insider looks at Aspen’s enduring allure, balance tips and drills to kickstart your season, and a tribute reme long-time publisher Paul Green. Packed with essential reads and stunning photography, this issue is a must for passionate skiers looking to stay informed and inspired.

FEATURES 

BUYER’S GUIDE 2025 Gear editor RYAN STUART’S illustrated guide to the innovations and trends sure to shape skiing in 2025 and beyond. 

SKI CANADA TEST Every year we test the best and tell you what you need to know about the year’s new ski designs. BY RYAN STUART 

WHO GETS TO SKI? Skiing has never been a cheap sport, but is it getting beyond the reach of the middle class? ADAM BISBY crunches the numbers. 

TRIPLE THREAT Fernie’s Dylan Siggers never lacked ways to express himself. Now that he’s all grown up, he has even more. BY ANDREW FINDLAY 

ANDERMATT GOES EPIC Are the ever-neutral Swiss ready for an alliance with Vail Resorts? Envoy NIGEL HARRISON visits Andermatt to find out. 

WHY WE SKI ASPEN Overpriced? Yes. Celebrity-strewn? Maybe. Still, LORI KNOWLES considers the whole and asks, how can you afford to not ski Aspen? 

REGULARS 

FIRST TRACKS Our editor-in-chief has his run BY IAIN MacMILLAN 

SHORT TURNS News, gossip and everything in between. 

SLOPE ANGLES Remembering Paul Green, the skier’s publisher. BY STEVEN THRENDYLE 

CROSSHAIRS A skier’s gallery. 

SKILL SCHOOL Start the season right with a refresher on basic balance and drills to help you get to know your new skis. BY NIGEL HARRISON 

CAUGHT AND SHOT BY MATT POWER