Stoke your Olympic spirit this winter with help from Canadian Geographic
Travel’s sporty guide to fun on snow and ice. Follow Jerry
Kobalenko to Calgary’s Olympic Oval for a speed skating lesson
with two-time gold medallist Catriona Le May Doan, join Lisa Gregoire
for a crash course in luge, skeleton and bobsled in Lake Placid, New
York, and let Masa Takei guide you through Whistler and the powdery backcountry
of Vancouver Island. To wind down, hit a relaxing yoga retreat outside
Montréal, or hunker down and wait out the weather at a pair of
cozy resorts in Nova Scotia.
PLUS: Find out when the Olympic torch relay is coming through a town near you, see how
the two longest skating rinks in Canada measure up and read our expert’s list of the
country’s 10 best sports shrines.