Lisa Richardson Bylines

Winter 2011.12:

Summer 2011:

Winter 2010-2011:

A look at what really happened in the worst avalanche in Canada's recent history - Code Black, Kootenay Mountain Culture, Winter 2011

Exploring Whistler's Underhoused - Skid Cribs, The Ski Journal, Winter 2011

The demise of the Dave Murray Downhill - End of an Era, Whistler the Magazine, Winter 2011

On the inner conflict of being an ex-pat Aussie in the midst of Whistler’s Australia Day celebrations – When Colonials Go Colonising, SBC Skier, Winter 2011

The curative effects of Kootenay pow - Hot + Cold Therapy, Just for Canadian Doctors, Winter 2011

Absolute Mt Currie, SBC Skier 10.3, Winter 2011

Two-Wheeled Religion. Whistler is where people come to ride. Whistler the Magazine, Summer 2010

Vernon's freeskiing supernovas - Astral Projection, SBC Skier, Winter 2010

A probe of Mike Douglas - Last Man Standing, SBC Skier, Winter 2010

Elbows Deep in Mud, Blood and Type A Personalities, Just for Canadian Doctors, Summer 2009

More story links and writing samples are below.

OLYMPIC HANGOVERS: WORSE AT ALTITUDE? Kootenay Mountain Culture When the five-ring party comes to town, do mountain communities get anything apart from a clean-up bill and a headache?

Mountain Life Winter 2010 Olympic Souvenir Issue SHOOTING GUNS Jackrabbits and big game hunters shoot it out at Pemberton’s gun range TEST KITCHEN A Poacher’s Guide to Eating Like a King  + NATURAL BORN HUCKERS With new DNA research coming to Whistler, thrillseekers can get ready to spit for science. It’s gonna be a rush.

Whistler’s 100-Mile Bookshelf The Vancouver Sun Strong personalities, institutional amnesia, careful message management and parochialism may explain the eclectic array of Whistler-themed books released to coincide with the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

Sustainable Tourism is Frog Pose A TEDx Whistler Talk: Why sustainable tourism is not a drop-in class, a package or a carbon offset.

VANCOUVER OLYMPICS WON’T BE THWARTED BY FICKLE SNOWGODS The National Post The Winter Olympics have been thwarted by the fickle snow gods too many times for organizers to leave the condition of the venues to prayer alone. Instead, they are deploying the Snow Generals; men obsessed with white stuff, men who will lead a legion of snow guns, snow blowers and volunteers into battle.

Whistler the Magazine GROOMED FOR GOLD Tapping into the motherlode – a town full of performance experts can take anyone to optimum performance  + PUTTING CULTURE ON THE PODIUM Trading “faster, higher, stronger” for love songs, a theatre of snow and ice, and a stroll through the Hall of Characters

Mountain Life Fall 2009 The Hometown Issue GEAR UP FOR THE GREAT ESCAPE Adventure outfitter celebrates 20 years of gear-porn and public service  + BECOMING SUPERHUMAN The importance of movement, metrics and a motivator

03_TSKJ24_Shambala THE ROAD TO SHAMBHALA  The Ski Journal An encounter with an ancient ski culture in China reopens the debate: where did skiing originate?

NORTHERN HIGHLIGHTS : FINDING LIFE AT THE END OF THE EARTH Just for Canadian Doctors No skinny-dipping when you’re sailing in the Arctic.

The unofficial history of mountain fashion, Kootenay Mountain Culture magazine

Rise of the She Bum, Kootenay Mountain Culture. Without them, the mountains would be truly inhospitable.

A regular contributor to Kootenay Mountain Culture, Whistler the Magazine, Skier, Mountain Life, Just for Canadian Doctors and the Pique, Lisa Richardson has written more than 150 stories for publications including  SBC Business, SBC Resort Guide,  Freeskier, Enterprise, Grocer Today, The Tyee, the National Post,and the Vancouver Sun. A community reporter for CBC radio for four years, she also contributed to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games Souvenir program, and covered the Winter Olympics for NBCOlympics.com.