A "Remarkable" Ski Season: How Banff Beat the Odds and Saw Powder Days Aplenty

It isn’t a good idea to paint any ski season with too broad a brush. One-off storms, hidden swaths of wind-buff, microclimates, and a good attitude can all go a long way, even during winters that don’t add up on paper. And yet, if you were to ask many skiers living out West, they probably wouldn’t sugarcoat their answer: this past winter sucked, and it’s time we go ride bikes or something. At the very best, they’ll call it weird, and shrug.That wouldn’t b