Under the Surface

 Competitors Battled Deceptive Conditions at the Freeride World Tour's only North American StopBy Ian GreenwoodAfter navigating around a particularly stubborn crowd of bighorn sheep, I'd neared the end of a seven-hour drive from Missoula, Montana, en route to Golden, British Columbia, for the Freeride World Tour's (FWT) event held at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort. As the clouds surrounding my car slowly cleared, I caught glimpses of seemingly boundless, snow-clad peaks.Golden—adjacent