Saturday, March 12, 2011

Weather: Gorgeous! Snow: Meh...

Well, all the wind and high pressure has left us with super-beautiful weather, but unfortunately super-lousy snow. Oh well, can't have everything I guess. Here are some pics of us making the best of it...
Christine and Kim at Tincan on their inaugural trip on the new BC skis. We actually found some soft snow down lower in the trees, but was fairly flat which made for a good shakedown trip.
Group photo at the lunch spot on Tincan. Photo by Kim

I hadn't been to Hatcher's Pass in a long while, so we decides to tour up Archangel Road and see what we could find. As you can see, the weather was supreme. Photo by Kim

Heading up the Reed Lakes Trail.

Beanie and Morgan are loving it except when they break through the crust!

I headed up towards the Snowbird Mine to see if I could get a few turns and Kim stayed below, you can see her in the middle of the picture. I didn't find anything but boilerplate and variable crust.

Kim making a go at the breakable crust.
Fed up with the lousy conditions in the backcountry we decided to get the group together and do some groomer runs in the bluebird weather yesterday. In the afternoon, the sunny slopes softened up quite a bit and made for some fun skiing.
Here I am attempting to show off and spray Vicky while she takes a shot. Photo by Vicky

Look at that form! Photo by Vicky
We drug Sunny up to the top about 3 times, she did great! Photo by Vicky

Kim is loving her new skis, but what about those poles? They look like they're as tall as she is! Photo by Vicky
Look at that pathetic crew! Making good use of those expensive touring bindings!! Photo by Vicky

Tim, Vicky, and Christine enjoying the view of the inlet. Photo by Kim
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Monday, February 21, 2011

Alyeska for Christine's Birthday

I had a great time with the gang at Alyeska celebrating Christine's birthday. We took poor Dave up to the top of Chair 6 which was a bit daunting for him at this stage, but he did great.

Sunny, Julie, Dave, Christine, John, Kim, and me at the top of chair 6.

Kim and Christine showing off some of the ski ballet moves they have been working on.
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Saturday, February 19, 2011

Eddies Powder Joy

Matt & I went up to Eddie's since he's never been there. The wind was howling from the Northwest so I don't know what it will be like in the next few days, but today it was magnificent skiing. We wore ourselves and the dogs completely out and had a blast. Some of the best snow so far this season.

Matt enjoying the goods.


Here's a glimpse of the wind
I put this here so I can remember how tired I was after 4 laps!
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Monday, February 14, 2011

Starting a Blog - Oh Boy!


Thought this might be a fun way to share what I've been up to, and for me to remember what I did. I will post some new stuff soon as it comes!