. a blogumn by Justin Time My wife and I spent the holiday break in British Columbia, which I found to be far more British than Colombian. We skied a few days in Whistler-Blackcomb where the Olympics will be hosted next month, and I wanted my iPhone to be snow-ready. So I downloaded a handful of trail map and snow report applications from iTunes to try them out, and now you get the benefit of my wasted dollars. Some of the apps available are free, and in my tests, the winner in the free category was REI’s Snow Report. It has a slick cover-flow based UI, and it’s really easy to find and add a bunch of different ski resorts to your favorites. It even offers push notifications for condition changes at one mountain. The downside (as I learned in Canada) is that it requires internet connection, and that’s no good if you leave the country and don’t have Wi-Fi access. I usually prefer paid applications, since they tend to cost 2 bucks or less (which is like free) and generally are way better quality than free stuff. But I was surprised at the junk that developers are getting away with charging for in the snow sports category. I could tell you the names of some real stinkers that I paid for, but instead I’ll give you two solid winners – iSki Trail Maps and SnowReports. Trail Maps ($0.99) does use an internet connection to download maps, but it only needs to download the map once, so you can do that at home, then go to the mountain and use the already downloaded map. And they seem to have great customer support and update the maps often. SnowReports ($1.99) is more basic than the...