Katie Brinton

This week, Kendra sits down with Katie Brinton, senior editor at SAM Magazine and a PSIA-AASI alpine examiner, to explore a lifelong relationship with winter. What began as childhood ski school days in Vermont evolved into a career rooted in instruction, education, and industry storytelling. Katie reflects on how early family ski trips shaped her love for sliding on snow, how a winding path through theatre, writing, and the film industry eventually led her back to the mountains, and how becoming an instructor revealed the ski industry as a deeply connected and complex ecosystem.

What is it you love about winter? Is it the thrill, the beauty, the stillness? As Canadian’s winter is part of our DNA. The snowy season is something that unites from coast to coast. For The Love of Winter, is a podcast that celebrates Canada’s longest season.