About to take off.
Showing excellent form in the air.
The old fold-out couch had done it’s time in the patrol shack atop Red, and had to go. Fortuitously Jordy and had decided to finish our day with a couple of runs on Red, so were able to witness and help out as the [...]
Lunch break atop the Bonney Glacier
Although I’ve still got loads of great unused pics, this is probably the last post from my recent Roger’s Pass trip. For the final day of the trip we packed up early and skied out of the Wheeler hut, drove down the Trans Canada a short distance, and skinned up [...]
Andrew – Checking out the line from Dome Saddle.
Another classic run at Rogers Pass – dropping into the steep wind-roll from the Dome Saddle (accessed from the Asulkan side) onto the Lily Glacier, skiing West facing slopes lit up by the afternoon sun, on easy open terrain and a series of huge rolls, breaking right [...]
It’s been well over a week since I skied the lifts at Red, and anecdotes of hard chattering snow and huge bumps had me less than enthusiastic. But yesterday I woke to a reported 12cm of new snow and clear skies on the web-cam, so I waxed my skis and checked it out. The [...]
Cam – Dropping in to the Double Hour Glass
After a week of incredible skiing at Roger’s Pass, we figured Kirk from Vermont needed to try out our local touring, so yesterday we skied Old Glory. A short intense blizzard was just finishing dropping 5cm of heavy powder atop mostly refrozen snow, making for balling-up (bring [...]
Alison on Kill the Banker.
Before heading to Roger’s Pass I got a chance to ski at the new Revelstoke Mountain Resort. Unfortunately my visit corresponded with both Alberta’s Family Day and President’s Day in the US, so the lifts and the especially the parking were overwhelmed, but it was a sunny day with 20cm of [...]
Plenty of Fresh Lines.
The 4000′ North-East facing lines on the Asulkan Glacier off the Dome Saddle and Sapphire Col always seem to always deliver exceptional skiing. With steep rolls, exposed ice, and more than a few drops to add excitement, and enough terrain to always find fresh lines, you could easily spend an [...]
The Forever Young Couloir
I’m back from 5 days of skiing in stable easy-skiing powder, cloudless skies, and light winds at Roger’s Pass. Andrew, Kirk and I made the most of the perfect conditions by putting in big days and ticking off lots of classic lines. Rather than try to summarize any further, I’m going [...]
Avalanche on 50s Ski Move Peak
After a couple of low visibility days and snow-cat issues at Wildhorse, and the continuing problems with the lifts at Red, yesterday both Jordy and I were stoked to be walking free on a sunny day in the Rossland Range. This recent slide on a South-East aspect of 50s Ski [...]
Campbell Spooner – Extreme GT-ing.
It was November of 1992, and I was working on the run-down 6 bedroom house I’d just purchased for $27,000, washing dishes in the bath, trying to make it habitable for winter. Although there was plenty of snow the ski-hill wasn’t open yet, so we were riding our GT Sno-racers around [...]
