Metrosnow's blog covers all things ski and snowboard including regular features such as a travel diary from the UK's no.1 female snowboarder, Jenny Jones, updates from our resort reporters alongside anecdotes from our globe trotting editor, Henry Druce as well as photos and equipment reviews.

 When silver is just as good as gold

Jenny Jones

Last weekend I competed in the final stop of the Winter Dew Tour at Mount Snow in Wermont where, by the way, it is bloody freezing. The course wasn’t great and the park crew had to make changes to it after the practice session because lots of the riders had trouble clearing features.
However, I managed [...]

 The real X Factor…

Jenny Jones

As I headed over to Aspen at the beginning of the week I was feeling excited and nervous about competing in the X Games. How was I going to top last year’s experience (which was one of the best contest moments of my career)?  I decided to adopt the outlook of this being a whole [...]

 Five resorts in nine days

Henry

A week has already passed since I got back from Canada where I was helping to host a holiday for readers of Daily Mail Ski & Snowboard magazine with Annika Leis from Ski Independence.
Over the course of nine days our 32 strong group visited five of Canada’s lesser known resorts, in British Columbia. We got [...]

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 Saved by the Bell

Henry

As I clung to the side of the mountain in the Canadian resort of Kicking Horse I could hear someone shouting, “Yup, the ski is still hurtling down.” I’d just taken a tumble along a narrow ridge leading to a seriously steep chute that our guide Steve Fisk was planning to take us to and [...]

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 Listen to the weather girl!

Sam and Mel

Sitting at our desks one Friday afternoon pretending to work but really thinking about the weekend’s activities when our prayers are answered via email. A friend is passing through Munich and wants to go boarding – perfect! Couple of phone calls later and we’re on our way listening to the weather girl warning everyone to [...]

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 Silver at Winter Dew

Jenny Jones

I have just spent the last few days riding at Snowbasin in Utah, where we had great weather and no wind for the second stop of the Winter Dew Tour.
Friday was the competition prelims and I managed to make it through to the finals on Sunday. The course was pretty tight and you had very [...]

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 Skiing on my own private mountain

Henry

Well that is what it felt like today when skiing Kimberley Alpine resort in British Columbia, Canada. The slopes of this small, family friendly resort were all but deserted which was great news for the lucky readers of Daily Mail Ski & Snowboard magazine who are on a Canadian road trip holiday.

We spent the day [...]

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 Bowled over in Fernie

Henry

It is said that timing is everything and today readers of Daily Mail Ski & Snowboard magazine, on holiday in Fernie, Canada, got very lucky. It’s the second day of our trip to this gem of a Canadian resort, tucked away in British Columbia, and it had been snowing the previous night. There was six [...]

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 Thank goodness it’s snowing

Henry

It was a worrying moment as we arrived in Fernie, Canada. I am helping to host a holiday to for readers of Daily Mail Ski & Snowboard magazine and as the 32 members of the group arrived at our hotel, it was raining.
The mood was grim especially as we’d suffered an eight hour delay in [...]

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 Cat a tonic

Jenny Jones

So just before Christmas I competed in the first stop of the Winter Dew Tour in Breckenridge and came third which was a nice result. I then head home to Bristol for Christmas and I was surprised to see all the snow. I had a week and a half at home before heading straight back [...]