Ditto, loved our time at Island Lake!
What ever happened to Steve Kujit? Great guy!
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Ditto, loved our time at Island Lake!
What ever happened to Steve Kujit? Great guy!
the guide with the bald head, named Steve...is still at ILL. Highly recommended guide.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shredhead
we came close to booking last minute seats at retallack, and briefly considered eagle pass heli but ended up just doing this: https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...dtrip-Dec-2018. so alas, i have yet to pop my catskiing cherry
Anyone here been to Keefer Lake Lodge? Fairly new operation with a really new lodge that looks pretty awesome. We're heading there next week for a 4 day trip but I don't have a lot of background on it. Looking for any beta the dental community has to offer.
My buddy works there. He says the terrain sucks but the lodge is awesome. Have fun!
Retallack was sweet
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Hmmm.....that's not really what I was hoping to hear.Quote:
Originally Posted by teamdirt
Its mellow. Not at all like RetallackQuote:
Originally Posted by GoldMember
What kind of dough do people usually through down for 4-5 days of cat skiing at a lodge.
Is that 4-5k pretty standard?
If you’re on a cancellation list cheaper? Like how much?
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Steve Kujit has long, thick hair, so you must be talking about a different Steve. Or he got a wig.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wibby
Sounds like a different Steve. At the time I was referring to Steve Kloepzig.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlexC
/packing my bags for Island Lake Lodge. Monday arrival.
Oh well, we'll make the best of it. Untracked pow is untracked pow... Still a fun time.Quote:
Originally Posted by LeeLau
IME its mostly about the weatehr and then the group, the first time we had shitty snow/ a lower snow pack / a slow group/ death crust up high (which tripped everyone cept the snow boarding guide) and people who couldn't beat the Cat down yeah the waiting sucks BUT realisticaly you might miss what a run ?
Cuz you only do as many runs as the cat (which is slow) can carry you so the real choke point is the cat and shitty conditions are shitty, slow riders are the least of my worries
second trip we had good snow, terrain had filled in and we had 12 highly competent and competative skiers & boarders that were all good time bro's ... much better trip
Good thing about Skeena cat ski is that I can leave home at 7am and be on the cat at 8 so I have no accomadation or travel costs, also I can just call up to see if they have room on the spur of the moment
Headed to Valhalla for a day the second week of March. Seemed like the best option of price/terrain/proximity to our location around that date so pulled the trigger. The way this season is shaping up in WA, might be the first time i get to try out my new Protests...
Headed to Mustang for the steep chutes program in march, I'll put up a TR when done, super pumped.
Retallack is awesome, that's about all I have to add. Hope to be back someday.
I thought your company did a media trip video thing there last year? There is some ok terrain but its a long haul from lodge. Nothing like you would find at any other cat op in BC (terrain wise). It was low tide until about 10 days ago. Coverage should be good.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoldMember
Nah, I retired from the filming. This is a recreational trip. I'm going with the guy who filmed there but I wasn't on the media trip with him last year. This is my first cat trip in 5 or 6 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by el hefe
Didn't read the entire thread to see if anyone else mentioned this, but in the past I've had good luck by putting myself on a standby list at multiple operations and getting a pretty good price offered to me if and when they call.
This has happened more than once at Valhalla, and one 2 night all inclusive trip to White Grizzly.
Every time I've had success has been low snow times, but there is so much terrain you still get some fresh turns.
Ymmv
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I used to book Southwest into GEG and do standby, when conditions looked promising.
Just cancel the whole trip if they don’t.
Any advice for a first-timer going on a cat trip? I leave for a 4 day trip in interior BC this coming weekend, super excited! I've been stalking these forums trying to get learned-ed pre-trip...any info/advice much appreciated.
Bring your red skis
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Originally Posted by mooseknuckle
Where are you going?
i've heard really good things about mustang. looking forward to the TRQuote:
Originally Posted by soyboy80
I'm headed to BC with some buddies and skiing Valhalla Powdercats Jan 19-21, staying in Nelson. Looks like they've been getting snow and the pack is above average....nice. Anybody got any Nelson recs? How about a herb recco/connection? Doesn't look like any rec mmj stores in Nelson. TIA!
Going to Baldface. I'm a boarder and my buddy is a skier.Quote:
Originally Posted by el hefe
The owner Jeff is a boarder, so Baldface is setup, for boarders. Minimal flats. Really nice OP.Quote:
Originally Posted by md229c
There are at least three pot shops in Nelson, two of which are on Baker Street. Look up from your screen and you'll find them.Quote:
Originally Posted by cmsummit
Don't plan on being baked while you're skiing.
Good to know.....I couldn't find any on Weedmaps tho. Just looking for some for after skiing.....Quote:
Originally Posted by glademaster
Does weedmaps work in Canada? Every small town in BC has a rec shop or two, and since Nelson was weed mecca pre-legal you'll be fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by cmsummit
Go to the taco joint on Baker street, get the jalpeno marg.... thank me later.
You've timed it well, good that you there with partner that can hopefully rip, I've done solo cat trips and got stuck with lames.Quote:
Originally Posted by md229c
Don't get too drunk apres, stretch, roll, soak, sauna, smoke - you'll have way more fun.
Take turns dropping lines first.. and tail guides usually know fun lines that the average tourist doesn't see/know... hang with them if you can't go near the front of the pack on a line.
Just got back from Keefer. Man, we hit the cycle pretty well. It was pretty much snowing the entire time we were there but the biggest dump hit the day before with 5-10 overnight totals each night while we were there.Quote:
Originally Posted by el hefe
The first day was...meh for the first 2 or 3 runs then we were able to get into a little more open space but low-angle. As first day, the guides were just checking us out as much as anything. Also, things hadn't settled yet and stability wasn't great. CAA website showed High-Red at all elevations for that day with it all forecasted to Considerable by days 2 and 3 then Considerable above treeline and moderate below for the last day. Their pits were confirming the forecast so it obviously was better as we were there.
Day 2 was good, day 3 better, day 4 best. On both 3 and 4, we were able to get further away from the lodge out to the northern most point of their road system. There is definitely some good terrain when you get out a bit. We had a number of pitches between 35 and 40 degrees with one pitch on the last day called New Hope that was at 40 degrees, open in the center with just some sparse trees over to the side. Jeff Gostlin was guiding us that day and he said it's the steepest run they ski there. It was sweet! Deep, soft... really a fun run. My slough was catching me so I moved right and saw more slough coming from that line so had to pull over for a second to let it run by me but, other than that, just a sweet continuous line.
While this wasn't a media trip, Bob put together a little video from day 3 that he showed at the lodge that night. In it, as skiers go by, in some of the shots, you can see that the pitches we were hitting had some steepness to them. So, it's not nearly as flat as I was afraid it might be. I hadn't skied with many of these guys before so wasn't really sure how this would go but, all in all, it was a good time, lots of fun and new friends which is always a good thing.
Here's the video. Look for me, I'm in the red coat...
https://vimeo.com/384329749
^^^ nice. I guess its a good thing we decided not to poach the northern tenure on Sunday. Silver Star was just skiing too well this weekend (2ft since friday). Glad you had a good trip, how long of a cat ride in the morning?
I have skied new hope before and the little bit of alpine skiers left. Fun area. Way more snow in there for this time of year then normal.
We yo-yo'd our way in and out of there so hard to say how long it really took. Thanks for not poaching it! They had about 11 feet of snowpack and were commenting that they have a lot more than last year. The past week really made them healthy for getting into some stronger lines. We were the first skiers on New Hope this year.
I’m planning in december 23 visit B.C for catsking.
I’m snowboard Rider with experience in Alps and Hokkaido. I’m searching fresh powder.
I would like Mustang powder but I’ m not a expert snowboard I read about condicions and they santos only expert snowboard rides.
So my oferta options will be:
Monashee Powder cats, maybe too much light for me but a lot of snow.
Chatter Creek Could give me you opinion for snowboard and qualality of snow. Less snow than Monashee
Baldface, I read that they are very friendly with snowboard rider.
Thank you so much
December is pretty early for filled in conditions. Are you solo?
Baldface is definitely boarder centric.
All of those are great choices but, yes, Baldface would likely suit you.
Did you find somewhere with open seats?Quote:
Originally Posted by hokkaides