Stewart – Ridgewalking on Qua.
Saturday was supposed to be a staff and friends day of catskiing at Wildhorse, but that was cancelled due to rain up to 1700m. However the sun was shining, and I figured we could find some decent snow at higher elevations, so took a snowmobile into Qua.
Andrea – Dropping in off [...]
Andrew atop Lightning Strike (with the line Jeff and I skied last week on the Muffin in the background).
I spent the last couple of days up at Kootenay Pass, skiing steep powder lines in the Twin Lakes area. We had a few sunny breaks in the afternoon yesterday, but it snowed all day today. It [...]
I received the following request from Matt Gunn. Whatever you think of the Canadian Avalanche Association’s avalanche hazard rating system (I’ve got some issues with it) here’s a chance to provide some feedback. Check it out.
“Hi there, I was wondering if you would be willing to post a plug for a survey the CAA [...]
Everybody loves Whitewater.
I’m all for making the most of what you’ve got, but it’s difficult to understand why Whitewater skiers express such fervent devotion to their little mountain. I woke yesterday to report of 12cm at Red, and an invitation I couldn’t refuse to ski 35cm at Whitewater. Sure there were some deep turns to [...]
John Falkiner (with mic) and the Verbier/Clambin Crew
It’s rare that we get to engage with celebrity in our little Kootenay backwater, so although baffled by the concept of the Gathering I was looking forward to rubbing shoulders with a few of the names (John Falkiner, Marc Shapiro and Ace Kvale) I’ve been seeing in ski [...]
Kirk sent this photo of me skiing from a trip we did earlier in the year. This zone has dozens of 5-15 ft cliffs with perfect powder landings. My idea of skiing perfection. It’s dumping in Rossland today …… a powder day tommorrow.
Cam – OK Mountain.
Another cold clear windless morning. Cam and I dropped a car, rode the lift, and headed out to ski the obvious chute on the East face of OK Mountain.
Cam – OK Chute (Rossland in the background).
It’s such a beautiful line down the OK chute, though I only seem to ski it once [...]
Dave – Mt Kirkup @ 9.00pm.
Last night – Clear skies, windless, a full-moon, and minus 15 degrees – perfect conditions for an evening lap on Mt Kirkup. Nothing quite like powder skiing in the moonlight (sans headlamp) with the lights of civilization flickering below. Skinning up the moon shaded north-face we actually encountered another group [...]
Mt Roberts East Ridge – From Rossland.
It’s an obvious skiable line, visible from most of Rossland. I look out onto it from my bedroom window every morning. That it requires a car-drop and usually ends in tight steep trees and poor snow keeps the number of tracks to a minimum. But given that strong winds [...]
Stewart – Twin Lakes.
March skiing has so far been incredible. Yesterday I had one of my best skiing days of the year – touring at Kootenay Pass with sunny skies and over 40cm of new snow from the day before. I then woke this morning skiing to an unexpected dump of the lightest fluff, which [...]
