On Saturday, March 8, 2014 BC, Canada’s Red Mountain will host B4BC’s Shred The Love, presented by The North Face.
RED Mountain Resort will donate 50 percent of its day ticket revenue to help raise funds for several of B4BC’s initiatives, including scholarships through the Survivorship Fund to ReTreat Yourself, a yoga, ski and snowboard retreat for women who have been affected by breast cancer. Activities at RED that day will include ski and snowboard demos as well as breast cancer screening information booths. Top skiers and snowboarders including Megan Pischke, Kendra Starr and Kasha Rigby will be in attendance. The day will end with an après-ski party at Rafters bar with national recording artist Pickwick, whose recent hit song “Hacienda Motel” has been on the top of critics’ song lists over the last year.
For more info on a good day for a great cause, follow the jump.RED Mountain to host B4BC’s Shred the Love™, presented by The North Face
Women’s ski and ride benefit set for March 8, 2014 with a special performance by Seattle-based band Pickwick
Rossland, BC, February 25, 2014 – RED Mountain and Boarding for Breast Cancer (B4BC) are pleased to announce the return of Shred the Love, a ski and snowboard benefit event at RED Mountain, presented by The North Face.
The event is an inclusive ski and ride day where RED Mountain Resort will donate 50 percent of its day ticket revenue to help raise funds for several of B4BC’s initiatives, including scholarships through the Survivorship Fund to ReTreat Yourself, a yoga, ski and snowboard retreat for women who have been affected by breast cancer. Activities at RED that day will include ski and snowboard demos as well as breast cancer screening information booths. Top skiers and snowboarders including Megan Pischke, Kendra Starr and Kasha Rigby will be in attendance. The day will end with an après-ski party at Rafters bar with national recording artist Pickwick, whose recent hit song “Hacienda Motel” has been on the top of critics’ song lists over the last year.
Shred the Love is open to all who want to help raise funds for a great cause by skiing at RED that day. The event will also include raffles of top ski and snowboard gear and drink specials in the bar that will help raise funds for B4BC. For those unable to attend but that are interested in making a donation, an online fundraising page is available at www.b4bc.org/shredthelove
Boarding for Breast Cancer will spend a percentage of the funds in the Rossland/Trail community, where they were raised. With its second year in the making, RED continues to make Shred the Love an annual event.
Shred the Love is one of two Women’s events being held at RED Mountain Resort from March 7 through 10, 2014. RED will also host the second annual RED Mountain ReTreat Yourself wellness experience for ten breast cancer survivors.
For more information, visit B4BC.org or redresort.com
About Boarding for Breast Cancer: B4BC is a non-profit foundation dedicated to providing education, prevention and support programs for young people and the action sports community at large. Through grassroots events, year-round educational outreach and the Survivorship Fund, B4BC is able to further its mission of promoting early detection, plus a healthy, active lifestyle as the best means of breast cancer prevention.
About RED Mountain Resort: RED has been delivering incredible skiing longer than any other resort in Western Canada, with the first recorded powder turns in 1896. Offering incredible terrain, with 2,919 foot vertical drop (884 meters) that annually features over 300” of snow (750cm) of snowfall, the resort boasts a terrain park, easy-to-access backcountry, snowshoeing, friendly locals, fine dining and affordable luxury slope-side lodging. All this is seasoned with authentic winter enthusiasm and turn of the century charm of Rossland, minutes away.
RED Mountain Resort is a 2.5 hour drive north of Spokane International Airport, 3.5 hours from Kelowna BC airport, 30 minutes from Castlegar and 20 minutes from Trail regional airports. In 2012 70,000 Powder Ski Magazine readers chose RED and Rossland and Nelson BC as the ultimate ski town in the 2013 Ski Town Throwdown. The New York Times also chose Red as the # 8 out op the top 46 places you must visit in 2013.
