Ride Guide TV, North America’s premier ski, snowboard and mountain bike television series, launched on February 19, 2009, on Shaw Video On Demand, into 950,000 VOD enabled digital households across Western Canada.

Ride Guide’s “Powder Highway” episode, (Ride Guide Snow 136), is now available to view 24/7, on Shaw Video on Demand. The “Powder Highway” locations include; Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, Island Lake Catskiing, Powder Cowboy Catskiing and Red Mountain.

Ride Guide content is available to view through Shaw Video On Demand, free of charge, at any time of the day. It’s as simple as hitting the Shaw On Demand button on your remote, or Menu, then VOD. The Ride Guide channel is listed under the “Included” section off the Shaw Video On Demand Main Screen.

Throughout 2009, Ride Guide fans can see fresh content on Shaw VOD, from Ride Guide’s Snow 2008 and 2009 seasons. Island Lake and Powder Cowboy Catskiing can be seen on the following two Ride Guide episodes:

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Ride Guide Snow Episode 136 – “Powder Highway”
Ride Guide Snow Episode 138 – “Heli and Cat Skiing”

Ride Guide is a mountain travel TV series, where the hosts and guest pros, share their travels of skiing, snowboarding and mountain biking from locations throughout the world.
Ride Guide is also available on OLN Canada, every Sunday at 11:30 am Eastern, as well as Rush HD on Sundays at 8pm Eastern. Ride Guide can also be seen on Men TV and Rogers On Demand. Ride Guide is broadcast exclusively throughout the USA on The Ski Channel. Check out details on the Ride Guide schedule at www.rideguide.ca and Shaw Video On Demand at www.shawondemand.ca.

Island Lake Catskiing near Fernie, B.C. is one of three operations in The Island Lake Resort Group; the others being Powder Cowboy Catskiing near Fernie B.C., and Mica Heliskiing near Revelstoke B.C. Island Lake Lodge, Powder Cowboy Catskiing and Mica Heliskiing are all members of HeliCat Canada and the Canadian Avalanche Association.

For press inquires or media visits please contact Darryn Shewchuk
darryn@deeppow.com 1.877.837.6191 x 2002 in Revelstoke B.C. or Mike McPhee mike@deeppow.com 1.888.4CATSKI x 3002 in Fernie B.C.
Journalists on assignment are welcome to visit!

Ride Guide TV, North America’s premier cat and heli ski, snowboard and mountain bike television series, is now featuring the “Powder Highway” episode on The Ski Channel into 15 million households throughout the USA.

The Ski Channel is an original ad supported network delivered via VOD (Video On Demand), web, wireless, and other means of distribution. It is the only cable television network devoted to the variety of year round mountain activities such as skiing, snowboarding, mountain biking, hiking, backpacking, climbing and many other off slope activities.

Starting on January 25, 2009, free of charge, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, Ride Guide’s “Powder Highway” episode; featuring Kicking Horse, Island Lake Catskiing, Powder Cowboy Catskiing, and Red Mountain, is now being distributed VOD on The Ski Channel through Time Warner Cable, Cox, Charter, Brighthouse, Verizon FiOS and DirecTV. Ride Guide’s “Powder Highway” episode is a road trip through the Kootenay Rockies region of British Columbia.

Ride Guide is a mountain travel TV series, where the hosts and guest pros, share their travels of skiing, snowboarding and mountain biking from locations throughout the world.

Check out Ride Guide’s at www.rideguide.ca and The Ski Channel at www.theskichannel.com.