It was bluebird today, and skied just as fast as yesterday. I (with my fine partner Armin) took out a fine couple for a tour today. Originally from Iran, they came to Canada less than a decade ago, and took up skiing only 4 years ago (because, as they said, “winters in Canada are long, […]
First off, apologies for the short hiatus. I had a problem with my back that turns out wasn’t as serious as first thought, so I ended up with 12 days off skiing. But I’m back now… If you have read this blog for any length of time, you’l have seen me write: “There are powder […]
The nice part about bluebird days is you get to see what happened in the last few days to the snowpack (which I couldn’t see yesterday). And what I could find was not only the ~4 cm that fell yesterday but the ~8 cm that fell on Thursday. It looked like this: Yeah… I shot […]
I’m an idiot. I’ve know it for a long time, and proved it today. I remembered my goggles but forgot my spare lenses. So I only had my full sun, dark lenses in on a day that looked like this: It was like skiing in a giant bowl of cauliflower soup anywhere above treeline — […]
This is a VERY abbreviated report, as due to work commitments, I got all of 6 runs in today, all on Standish or Strawberry. Any time it’s -1° at 2 PM, in beautiful sunshine, with lovely snow, it’s a good day — and that was today. My work prevented me from getting photos, but it […]
Mostly overcast skies with hints of sunshine made for a day that was fun but not nearly as spectacular as yesterday. Often, on days like this, I won’t take photos when it’s grey and claggy (who wants to see photos of nothing?) so don’t make any assumptions about how great the day was from my […]