Steep in Nelson

After an incredible last couple of days of skiing 40cm of light new snow at Red, I’m packing away my hill skis and resting up for the Purcell traverse. We leave on Thursday. I just found out that the movie Steep is playing this Wednesday night (April 2nd) at the Capitol Theater in Nelson. [...]

Endless Winter

My yard – March 28th.
It’s nearly the end of March, there’s still over a meter of snow in my yard, and we’re still skiing cold, dry powder on the ski hill. It seems we’re not going to be getting any Spring skiing on the hill this year, and it might be a late [...]

Inspiration.

Thoreau wasn’t a skier, but I think he would have empathized with those of us who devote our lives to this indulgent whimsical passion.
“I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits unless I spend four hours a day at least—and it is commonly more than that—sauntering [...]

Easter Skiing

Jill – catching some air at the end of the day at Wildhorse.
Late season powder skiing continues in the Kootenays.  After a couple of great days  skiing at Red, showing guests from Salt lake City and Whistler a few of our secrets, I was back up at Wildhorse with a group of Red Mountain lifties. [...]

Broken Dynafit Insert Post

I thought it was just the attachment screw working itself loose, but the issue with Dynafit heel insert in my Garmont Mega-rides is actually a broken locater post. I’ll call Garmont tomorrow and try to sort something out in time (15 days and counting) for my ski traverse.

Record Mountain – North Face.

Stewart – Dropping the cornice.
After 3 hectic days of charging fresh lines on the hill, it was actually a relief to wake up to no new snow. Looking to stretch the legs and enjoy some smooth turns, Jeff, Denis, and I made quick time out to Record, and dropped into the North side for a [...]

Red Mountain – March Powder

Cam – Orchards Cliffs.
With 43cm of new snow in the past 72 hours, and coming up to our third powder day in a row, it’s good times at Red Mountain.

Mt Roberts – The Hourglass

Pete – Dropping his knee through the pinch in the Hourglass.
With free skiing on offer at Red today, I thought touring away from the crowds would be a better way to enjoy the 6cm of new snow. But the crowds didn’t arrive, and the line-ups were non-existent, so I skied a couple of runs on [...]

Kootenay Pass – Four Chutes in a day.

Andrew – Heading towards the Rampart from Twin Lakes. 
The snow gods don’t seem to be blessing the Rossland Range at the moment, but only a hour away at Kootenay Pass it’s a different story. With good stability and dry, boot deep powder on Northern aspects, Andrew and I linked together four classic chutes for a [...]

Elgood Creek

Michelle – taking it easy on her knee in Elgood Creek. 
Michelle and I wandered up Elgood Creek this morning, checking out the snow conditions and just enjoying being in the forest. We found consolidated but still dry and consistent snow on protected Northern aspects below 1800m. At higher elevations everything was wind effected, and the [...]