Glad to see I'm not the only one out there complaining about the punters. Hypocrite.
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Peters and I found some good areas this weekend. It took some work to get there though.
Knee deep trail breaking
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Fuck that is DEEEEEEEEEP!
Where is that? Kicking Horse?
I was at SSV on Saturday, and the snow was fairly epic. Was able to get in a couple runs in morning under Tee Pee chair, and the pow seemed bottomless in some spots. Me and my buddy just had tons of fun. The wind was a bit much in the chair, and then they closed down Angel & Divide after lunch. Spent the rest of the day on Goat's Eye which was pretty good too.
Anyone else made it to SSV or Lake Louise this weekend? Share your stories. :)
first chair on GE this morning was great. 7 laps in 75 minutes. then home to stretch
Kicking Horse was great today. If you thought there were no line-ups yesterday, I'm not sure what you'd think about today. Snow was super-heavy (for KH at least), perfect day for going big.
Tomahawked on landing on a cliff that's known to do that to me, and decided to call it a day.
To the Scandi that decided to side-slip the first 20 feet of Coffin straightline and ruin it for everyone else, people saw, people are pissed, people remember. Just sayin.....
Alot of great views today LMFAO.
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A 30 second strategy conversation on top of the platter to get away from the lemmings all waiting for Whitehorn to open turned in to hitting other openings right when they dropped the ropes. Fucking epic.
Fair enough, I agree with you there, although you seem to have made me change my tune as of late.
On another note to all, the pass did not suck today. Grizzly Shoulder was deeeeep. Puking all day today too. I suggest everyone pull the plug on everything and head out there if you want a great ski. Play safe.
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T2C, you nailed it. People get focused on one rope, waiting for it to drop. Meanwhile you can get first tracks all over, then get back after the Chinese Downhill has departed and still find a fresh line.
Banff areas are defiantly winning this storm. But glad the precip finally moved southwest into B.C. to get us back to powder. About 25 cm during the day, might be good tomorrow before a heat wave arrives on Thursday.
Arrrrrrgh..... Must. Stop. Looking. At. Web. Cams.
Hey Eldo, do you ever ski at Panorama? My wife and I each have a free day pass to use there, and will be down there at some point before they close.
Definately will head to the pass once it stops epic-ing locally here.Quote:
On another note to all, the pass did not suck today. Grizzly Shoulder was deeeeep. Puking all day today too. I suggest everyone pull the plug on everything and head out there if you want a great ski. Play safe.
Usually ski Pano a couple times a season, although not so far this winter as have been busy exploring my new home hill.
I actually know Panorama inside out as have skied there going back to the 70s on family vacations. This time of the year you will want to make sure to either catch it when there has been recent snowfall, so winter snow, or go when the forecast is full on spring skiing.
Let me know when/if you are headed there and I can meet you guys. I know for sure I'll get a day or two in since Kimberley closes on April 8 th and Panorama goes to the 15th.
Crap. I picked the wrong weekend/week to work. Cursing the false oracle of snowforecast.com as I obsessively check web cams all day long and kick my self... Should have known better. Must repent for my sins to the GSA
Have fun folks. Maybe I'll find some table scrap stashes when I get back out there on friday.
I suppose going for a float down goats eye isnt bad rehab.
nice to have a bit more of a laid back vibe around the hill today. too many grumpy weekend warriors last couple days.
Just got an email from Castle stating they got 40cm so far and still snowing.