The low season generally tallies with the winter months (June to August), though this is still a busy time for airlines ferrying ski bunnies and powder hounds.

It's renowned for some of the best mountain cuisine too, so if you're a powder hound and a foodie, this may well be the resort for you.

As powder hounds begin morphing into mud-seeking mountain bikers, ski resorts put on their biggest blowouts and serve up their wackiest attractions.

While heavy snowfall and gusty winds may be nirvana for powder hounds, they can make for treacherous travel.

The annual snowfall of 700 cm of Okanagan champagne powder makes the resort a vacation destination for families, powder hounds and international tourists alike.

Perhaps it's time for dogs to reclaim the term "powder hounds" from the avid skiers who appropriated it to describe themselves.

Along with the downhill runs are meadows left untouched for powder hounds.

Under a windless, cobalt-blue sky, powder hounds were feasting on the newly opened runs and dropping off cornices into waist-deep powder.

Minty Clinch witnesses the birth of the next dream destination for powder hounds.

Alagna, when it has snow, caters to international powder hounds and weekending Italians.