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Who doesn’t want to Be Like Klaus? 90 INSTA-GLAM See it. Share it. Like it. LOVE IT. Winter’s INSTA-GLAM- worthy ski fashion is as hot as social networking. 102 SHADOWLAND Hidden in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies is Kicking Horse Resort, a skier’s paradise with big mountain terrain, crowdless lifts, extraordinary locals, and ready access to heli-skiing. Wait, where is it? 110 LES ÉTOILES DE COURCHEVEL With 20 five-star hotels, a penchant for private chalets, and Europe’s highest tarmacked runway, France’s Courchevel offers la belle vie on skis to high fliers and hedge fund honchos. on the cover Jacket Sportalm Pants Sportalm Baselayer Sportalm Bracelet Lulu Fiedler this page Fur Dennis Basso Gown Pamella Roland ALEXANDER CHRISTIAN PHOTO: 18 AZTECHMOUNTAIN.COM AND FINE RETAILERS WORLDWIDE WINTER 17/18 SNOW FLURRIES 29 Art in Austria. Design your own skis. B.C.’s year-round ski resort. 50 SNOW STYLE 36 Uphill ski gear and gadgets. Warm and wild winter wear. Getting red-e for winter. APRÈS 42 A hip Hokkaido hangout behind a refrigerator door. SNOW GEAR 44 Searching for your perfect ski match. SKI TO LUNCH 48 Crisp rösti, Valais vino, and Verbier’s best fondue at Cabane Mont-Fort. SNOW SUITES 50 The stars come out at Austria’s Chalet Astberg. PERFECT PLACE 56 Vorarlberg: Land of schnapps and steeples. LAST RUN 128 The stylized ski art of Charlie Adam. 76 84 102 44 20 PUBLISHER Barbara Sanders EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Lori Knowles [email protected] CHIEF EDITORIAL AND CREATIVE OFFICER Barbara Sanders [email protected] A R T D IR E C T O R Julius M. Yoder III [email protected] EUROPEAN EDITOR ASSOCIATE FASHION EDITOR PRINT AND DIGITAL CONTRIBUTORS Leslie Woit Michael Mastarciyan ORIGINAL TYROL SKI POSTER BY MARIA REHM Christian Alexander, Lesley Anthony, HALL FROM ORIGINALSKIPOSTERS.COM. COPY EDITOR FASHION EDITORIAL TEAM Daniela Federici, Andrew Findlay, Melissa Long Carol Breen, Lulu Fiedler, Kimberly Mattias Fredriksson, Shinan Govani, PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF THE Mann, John Martinez, Joan Valentine Claire Herrington, Lori Knowles, CREATIVE DIRECTOR PENTHOUSE AT CHALET SKYFALL, AUSTRIA, Jen Laskey, Audrey Mead, Kari Medig, Julius M. Yoder III DIGITAL DIRECTOR AVAILABLE FOR RENT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH Hilary Nangle, Jules Older, BRAMBLESKI.COM Julius M. Yoder III FASHION EDITOR Peter ‘Poby’ Pobyjpicz, Everett Potter, John Martinez DIGITAL CONTENT CREATOR Gerald Sanders, David Shribman, Carol Breen EUROPEAN ADVISOR Rob Story, Leslie Woit Claudia Deneriaz-Riegler ADVERTISING SALES EUROPEAN ADVERTISING SALES Sales Director CESANA MEDIA Barbara Sanders Sales Manager (970) 948-1840 Paolo Mongeri [email protected] [email protected] Sales Manager The very finest Debbie Topp (905) 770-5959 original ski posters [email protected] Special thanks to Anne-Marie Boissonnault, Laura Doherty, and Sales Associate the Maison 1608 team for their creativity and passion for SNOW. for your Lodge or Taylor Barry (405) 808-5231 Collection [email protected] Original Ski Posters.com PUBLISHER’S LETTER HELLO EUROPE! My ski dreams and fantasies have always The Alps are timeless, but France’s stylist John Martinez were able to reveal had a European accent and I’m thrilled to Courchevel now puts uber luxury on her as the bewitching snow queen she is; debut SNOW – The Alps this winter in the the map. In Courchevel, nothing is the world’s finest clothing and jewelry, old birthplace of the sport. As a passionate unobtainable, everything is possible. In barns, snow-laden aspen trees, and a horse skier, I love exploring ski resorts around this edition, Leslie Woit’s tell-all (see Les named Dreamer all combined to help bring the world: Though snow conditions and Étoiles de Courchevel, page 110) gives a peek Shiffrin’s spellbinding story to life. trails can be similar, the experience of through the keyhole at the fabulousness of Shadowland by Leslie Anthony, with skiing in Europe is beyond compare. this tiny town in the French Alps. With photographs by Mattias Fredriksson, Alpine culture beckons — from on- more five-star hotels than almost any city is your passport to powder (see page 102). mountain dining to fabulous hotels, in the world (except perhaps Dubai), Canada’s Kicking Horse in British chalets, and over-the-top spas — leaving Courchevel is the place oligarchs, royals, Columbia is a skier’s paradise, and the little doubt that Europe offers the and celebrities make their winter dreams nearby town of Golden is as authentic and quintessential skiing experience. come true. Vive la France! as charming as the people who call it home. Like skiing, SNOW originated in the This year we shot our fashion editorial Big mountain skiing, resort skiing, Alps. While visiting Lech, Austria more at a $22 million home slopeside at Aspen heli-skiing, and a burgeoning foodie scene than a decade ago, I wandered into the Highlands. It was the perfect setting for make Kicking Horse a must ski destination Strolz boutique. I left hours later carrying 2018’s ski and après-ski fashion, as well this year. several shopping bags as well as a Strolz as stunning jewels and accessories Here’s to a great ski season! Catalogue. Later, while flipping through its (see Insta-GLAM, page 90). Photographer gorgeous pages, I realized it was so much Christian Alexander and stylist Let it SNOW ! more than a catalogue — it was the Alps John Martinez gathered a group of top experience and it inspired me to found models to showcase the latest looks. Wear SNOW. Eleven years later I am finally ‘em on the slopes or on Rodeo Drive and launching SNOW’s inaugural European you’ll look mahvelous. edition. I treasure this opportunity to place While attending this season’s round of Barbara Sanders, Publisher SNOW – The Alps in Strolz boutiques snow trade shows, I realized racing stripes [email protected] alongside its inspiration. are a real “thing” this season, with a For decades, skiing was the perfect number of top brands focused on auto medium for film, advertising, and fashion. racing-inspired styles. Our second fashion It was sexy and bold and its athletes could story was inspired by spotting Bogner’s double as film stars. I miss the days we Fire and Ice One Piece Ski Suit in their could have some fun and didn’t take latest collection. The suit simply screamed everything so seriously. for an auto racing backdrop. Our fashion Klaus Obermeyer attempted to escape editors rounded up some vintage cars — the Nazis on skis and was shot and including a “little red Corvette”— and took left to die. Fifty years later, his skiing over a Colorado race track to showcase this days are far from over. He literally season’s fastest ski looks. sparkles as he talks about how great Also in this edition, Lori Knowles’ profile the snow is on Aspen Mountain.