Edmonton-born Deborah Best first skied Grouse Mountain in 1992, just after moving to North Vancouver with a psychology degree from the University of Manitoba. She remembers how her friend, a local, skied the Cut in three minutes, then waited as Best snowplowed down in 20. “She said she didn’t want to ski with me because I was too slow,” Best says wryly. “Last year I took her again… and she’s like, Wow, what happened to you?” Read More.
