Do you have a powder lover on your Christmas list? Usually these people have all the gear they could ever need and always seem to find their own stuff anyways. Why not take a different approach this Christmas and give the gift of powder skiing at Big Red Cats in Rossland BC. Big Red Cats is offering a few different gift certificate options this season:

• $299 plus tax for pre-purchased Stand-by day (date confirmed 24 hours in advance)
• $350 plus tax for scheduled date before January 15th, 2012 and after March 11th, 2012
• $430 plus tax for scheduled date between January 15th, 2012 and March 11th, 2012

For more details or custom Gift Certificate, contact Big Red Cats directly at 250-362-2271 or email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

In BC, the highways can be unpredictable. They can close, some trucker could jack-knife his truck... who knows. Having lived in the province our whole lives, we have seen many ski trips cancelled or 'modified' because of unexpected closures. So why not rise above all that?!

Eagle Pass Heli Skiing and Mustang Powder Catskiing have teamed up to offer you exclusive helicopter transfers this season. You can choose from a variety of different services: you can package a trip together with a mix of heli-skiing at Eagle Pass, a few days of epic catskiing at Mustang Powder and then top the adventure off with some world class pampering at Sparkling Hill Resort. Or you can simply take advantage of the convenience of a helicopter and fly to the base of Mustang Powder Lodge. Your choice.

If you have a custom adventure in mind, Eagle Pass is up for it. They can work with you to get the most out of your flight time and your powder hunting escapades!

For more information on how this heliskiing, catskiing combo works, check out both the Mustang Powder site and the Eagle Pass Heli Skiing site below:

Helicopter Skiing to Mustang Powder >>>

Helicopter Transfers from Eagle Pass Heliskiing >>>

We want to say thank you to all of the service Men and Women serving at home and abroad. You help make this country great. It is a priviledge to do what we do here in the mountains of BC and we never want to take that for granted.

Thanks from Catskiing.ca

We woke up this morning to a nice little email from our friend Mark at Mustang Powder. Apparently things are looking pretty sweet today (as you can see in the photo above!) This picture was taken on November 10th, 2011 from the deck of the Mustang Powder Lodge. They are sitting around a 1 Metre base and climbing. According to Mark's report, they have the cats tracked up, the guest passenger boxes are getting installed and the finishing touches on a few lodge upgrades are nearing completion. All to create the best guest experience possible!

Mustang Powder Catskiing has their first trips heading out in about 3 weeks. We have skied early season at Mustang and it does not disappoint. The range they are in seems to get copious amounts of snow even if there aren't any signs of the white fluffy stuff in the valley.

Stay up to date on the snow progress at Mustang here: www.mustangpowder.com

There, now try getting some work done now that you have seen this photo! It's coming...LET IT SNOW!

If you are in or near Kelowna BC today, make sure you join us at the premier of Warren Miller's 62nd film ...Like There's No Tomorrow. We will be at the show talking catskiing with all the powder hungry skiers and boarders of the Okanagan and during intermission we will be giving away a day of catskiing for 2 people to Big Red Cats! You have to be there to enter and you must be in the crowd to win.

If you need a ticket, click here to purchase it online. Freshair.ca

For more info on where you will ski if you win, go here: www.bigredcatskiing.com

It is pretty simple, all you have to do is follow this link:

http://www.skimovie.com/index.php/contest/

Enter your email address and you can win a 2 day catskiing trip to Selkirk Wilderness Skiing! Pretty low commitment eh? Oh, and here is a list of all the other stuff they are giving away:

• 5 day trip to Alyeska with 2 days heli skiing with CPG for 2 people
• 2 days/2 nights of skiing/snowboarding at Selkirk Wilderness Skiing
• 1 day of guided skiing & 1 day heli skiing at Silverton Mountain for 2 people
• 2 days/2 nights to Crested Butte Mountain Resort for 2 people
• $1,000.00 shopping spree to ColoradoFreeSkier.com
• A pair of Salomon Rocker 2 skis
• Custom MSP swag pack

Good luck and let us know if you win!!

All pre-season we have been going to the movie premiers in hopes of seeing some sick segments documenting this past season's La Nina storms. Although we have seen a few little snipits here and there, the footage in the Legs of Steel - Nothing Else Matters is the one to be topped! It features some DEEP powder shots from BC's very own Selkirk Wilderness Skiing, Stellar Heliskiing and Monashee Powder Cats.

One warning, there is a fair amount of park stuff in this video but if you can make it through, the powder is worth it! Hey, it's FREE!

Enjoy.

When we saw this we knew we had to post it. Jon Olsson is known for driving supercars as his daily driver and has had Lamborhinis in the past. But this one trumps all of those! He was waiting for the all-new, much anticipated Aventador but decided to get an interim ride instead of renting all the time. Here is what he had to say:

"As you all know I have been debating on winter cars for a quite a while. As the seems Aventador seems to taking a while and there has come a few other alternatives into the picture I decided to get something temporary. When I saw the "temporary car" I was actually stoked that the Aventador was running late!  I think this this thing tuned out sick! Best of all, no more rental cars!!!!  This thing is 100% ready to be driven 50 000km this winter!"

We don't know about you but I think we will stick with our cars and spend the $100,000 + in saving on chasing storms and Catskiing all winter!

Here are a few more pics for your drooling pleasure:

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Island Lake Catskiing has announced a few special tours for the 2011 – 2012 ski season. Family Christmas tours will take place between December 24th - 28th and will include an extra guide in the cat, turkey dinner and a festive, decked out lodge. Children under the age of 18 will receive 10% off the tour price.

Ladies Only catski tours will take place March 11th - 14th and March 27th - 29th.
The tours will have all female guides and cat drivers. The guides will provide powder skiing tips.  Ladies will also receive a complimentary treatment in our luxurious full spa.

Island Lake Catskiing is located in the Lizard Range of the Canadian Rocky Mountains - 10 km from Fernie B.C.  Island Lake has been offering catskiing for 23 years and is considered by many to be one of the preeminent luxury lodge experiences in North America.