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Cole Carey learned quickly to keep his mouth shut when skiing in the snowy wake of a galloping horse: there’s the danger of snow, ice and the occasional flavour of animal droppings dusted into the …

Cole Carey learned quickly to keep his mouth shut when skiing in the snowy wake of a galloping horse: there’s the danger of snow, ice and the occasional flavour of animal droppings dusted into the air. Carey is what's called a slider in skijoring, a winter sport that could be the seasonal alternative to water skiing — substituting water for snow, a wetsuit for a snowsuit, and a boat for a one-horsepower steed.

Cole Carey learned quickly to keep his mouth shut when skiing in the snowy wake of a galloping horse: there’s the danger of snow, ice and the occasional flavour of animal droppings dusted into the air.

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Cole Carey learned quickly to keep his mouth shut when skiing in the snowy wake of a galloping horse: there’s the danger of snow, ice and the occasional flavour of animal droppings dusted into the air.

Cole Carey learned quickly to keep his mouth shut when skiing in the snowy wake of a galloping horse: there's the danger of snow, ice and the occasional flavour of animal droppings dusted into the air.

Cole Carey learned quickly to keep his mouth shut when skiing in the snowy wake of a galloping horse: there's the danger of snow, ice and the occasional flavour of animal droppings dusted into the air.

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A growing sport in the Mountain West has Olympic aspirations

A growing sport in the Mountain West has Olympic aspirations

Nearly 44,000 vehicles entered Banff over the two-day event, not including vehicles that parked outside town limits.

Banff’s winter festival kicked off with its most popular event, skijoring, drawing enormous crowds and causing parking headaches in the town.

The event will be held Feb. 15 to raise money for Amazing Kids Foundation

Skijoring, which combines horse riding and skiing, kicks off for the Snow Days Festival on Saturday and Sunday (Jan. 17-18).

“Saturday stretched our community to and beyond its limits. We were caught by surprise by the sheer volume of vehicles and people that we experienced all at one time,” said Mayor Corrie DiManno.