Rise and Alpine

British Columbia, Canada | Active: 2021-present | Known for: ski resort reviews, Whistler POVs, technique videos, outdoor travel | Current: independent ski and outdoor media platform

Rise & Alpine is a British Columbia-based ski and outdoor media project created by James Pavelick. It is not a freestyle athlete profile in the traditional sense: there is no FIS record, X Games result, sponsor roster, or contest résumé attached to the name. The public identity is built around skiing as lived experience, with resort reviews, mountain guides, POV laps, snow advice, summer ski missions, and practical videos for skiers trying to understand terrain before they travel.

The official Rise & Alpine site frames the project as a resource for outdoors people, with James describing a background in Surrey, British Columbia, university years at McGill, and a return to the BC outdoors before launching the platform in 2021. The ski side of the archive focuses heavily on Canada and North America, including Whistler Blackcomb, Red Mountain, Whitewater, Revelstoke, Kicking Horse, Sunshine Village, Lake Louise, Fernie, and other destinations where terrain, snow quality, access, lift layout, and backcountry options matter as much as polished resort marketing.

Rise & Alpine’s strongest fit on Skipowd is as a ski media and travel creator page rather than an athlete biography. The channel is useful for viewers who want honest resort impressions, steep-run explanations, snow-finding strategy, technique breakdowns, and POV skiing from major mountain areas. Its current public value comes from making ski terrain easier to understand: where to go, how a resort skis, what lines feel like, and how everyday skiers can progress with more confidence.