FreestyleXtreme Magazine Issue 10 | Page 32

O VER THE WINTER MONTHS the facility offers guests guided cat boarding/skiing tours across 10,000 acres of some of BC’s finest backcountry powder fields. Deep snow is pretty much guaranteed with an average annual snowfall of around 14 meters! Retallack is renowned for being one of the best heli/cat boarding locations in the world. As such, it attracts a large amount of pro skiers and snowboarders, who come to get a big, fat powder fix and film their latest video parts. The area also plays host to the epic Red Bull Cold Rush event. When spring comes around and the snow melts, the playground transforms into a 1.5 million acre MTB dreamland, featuring a mix of downhill singletrack, all-mountain/enduro and freeride descents. As of 2011, Retallack Lodge introduced the world’s first guided backcountry mountain biking program, and were able to offer their guests a ride truly like no other. The build crew are constantly developing new, epic trails, accessed via a combination of helicopters, off-road shuttle vans, and boats. For the second year in a row, Kurt Sorge hosted a round of the notorious Fest Series at Retallack Lodge this summer. The 2015 Hoffest was simply insane, and saw the guys absolutely boosting off some of the nicest-looking MTB jumps, we’ve ever seen. We highly recommend you check out the GoPro and highlights videos on YouTube, if you haven’t seen them already. u