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Proper day in the honey hole today! Attachment 505526
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Once you navigate the moat and all the early season boobie traps there is some good snow up high. Go get some!
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Welcome! Let’s get this started!
Proper day in the honey hole today! Attachment 505526
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Once you navigate the moat and all the early season boobie traps there is some good snow up high. Go get some!
That's a very nice looking tip shot. Good way to start the new season thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by teamdirt
Louise was skiing nicely today. Saddleback & Rodney's Ridge area opened up and had lots of soft turns. Big jump sesh on leap frog.
That castle snow cam has me rock hard.
2023 opener was a once in a lifer...could it happen again?
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Another great day out there using the rewards of the upslope weather system we are experiencing….skiing well treeline and above. Skiing extremely defensive below tree-line… further east u go the more snow…
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lake was skiing well yesterday, and with summit open we are setting up well. Nice to be out making some turns..
Side note: I'm back at Pulse bootfitting in banff if anyone needs some work done, and we also need another staff. Personality/customer service is needed. I can train the boot stuff to someone nice, but only room for ONE grumpy old man (me)
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Norqy was thin! But we made it up and down! Less snow more west. I didn’t get the probe out but probably 20-30cm in the shade. 10 or less in the sun…lol. Still skied ok thx to the awesome work of the summer trail crew. Not going to make that mistake again…
https://www.skicastle.ca/haig1/
Well now we know what's happening with Ex-Angel.
Got KH ski lift ticket vouchers for sale. Use any time, no blackouts. Minimum 2 for $115 each.
Holy shit, talk about easy access to lightening and Cimo's. Sick. The cat terrain itself I thought a bit mellow but this will take some pressure off red chair for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by SnakeMagnet
Fernie kicked off the season with an opening day that felt more like mid-February than late November. Most of the mountain was open and coverage was very good.
Best opening day we have had in memory for me. Enough of a crowd that it was tracked out my lunch but I skied every minute of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr.Evil
Pain cave today!
edit - if anyone saw me on bright orange noctas cartwheel on lift line at white pass..................preseason jitters? lol
So did anybody get out to SSV or Louise over the weekend? Looks like the warm storm did a bit of a refresh and I hope its made more of the rocks go to sleep. Hoping to sneak out of work Tuesday. Thanks
got out to LL yesterday. BIT wet at the bottom (for the rockies) but really nice overall. WIll help cover the sharks for a while.
Was at SSV on Friday. Pretty tracked out, but still some pow if you want to work for it. Not much though! Definitely lots of sharks then, but storm wouldve given a little bit more cover.Quote:
Originally Posted by sillybunt2
And also may be an option when the wind doesn't allow red to open at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by garyfromterrace
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Yeah, absolutely. Though I have to say, the few months I lived up there it was only a couple of times it was totally shut for wind (lots of times it was slowed however). Definitely opens up a bunch more skiable acres to the masses.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shorty_J
I feel, unscientifically, like they are shutting down red more than they used to.Quote:
Originally Posted by garyfromterrace
I have memories of riding that chair in limp mode being basically sideways... So, windy.
But I've seen a reasonable number of times in the last few years where it's not spinning at all.
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They need to get that upper T-bar installed sooner rather than later. The liftline has been bare for decades.
Louise Conditions Report for Saturday the 7th and Tuesday the 10th - ~20 cm of mid density snow made for great storm skiing, great coverage for early December. Today was outstanding. Excellent coverage on whitehorn 1, fenceline gully, flight chutes etc. for this time of year. Good mix of leftover fresh, soft chop, and classic Louise chalk to be found all over. Best start to winter here since 21/22 Attachment 507077Attachment 507078Attachment 507079
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Polar peak opened today. Cono came back just to ski it.
My partner, shackelton I’ll call him, blew first tracks with another one of his expeditions for that last sq meter of pow from 5 days ago, but that’s shakelton.
My first run was good, but caudtiis as I plan to keep sking betond 52, but solid.
Second run, I went at it, twice I was stupidly above somekind of cliff band, but the wind hammered, chalky, pow was worth it, I’d do it again, but send Shackleton first.
I’ll try to get a clip. But better find the guy who pulled the back flip, if he’s around.
Last day was a storm day
https://youtu.be/SLHJQkalhj8
Love Canada.
30cm at Fernie at 7:20 am and still snowing!
Looks like it's a BMT 122 kind of day!
Edit: rain to the top of deer and super sticky below that.
Maybe I need fresh wax in the 122s because I could barely move... Switched out for skis that were waxed recently and doing much better.
Completely soaked at lunch time and need to stop to dry out.
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Pretty good day today at LL. Obviously still need more base and more terrain open, but it was the best day of the year so far for me. Not that the bar was set very high...
no way, rain in fernie? who would have thunk?
Sometimes you have to take the bad with the good.Quote:
Originally Posted by mntlion
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A and B gully popped this afternoon. Surprisingly well filled in, especially on the first lap. Nice little surprise I wasn't expecting today! The extra snow this week has made a big difference on the conditions.
Yep, was skiing really well - lovely little treat. Was surprised how good the coverage was.Quote:
Originally Posted by TOLOCOMan
another 5 overnight at LL
should be some good turns as WH2 gets a re-fresh
They opened up west bowl half an hour ago. Just the bowl, made everyone traverse outer limits.
It was the exact kind of shitshow you expected to see with coverage like this.
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Meh, just another day at The Lake Louise Ski Resort & Summer Gondola, with amazing view, no lines and WH2, A,B,C all open and fresh.
Beauty! Looking forward to getting back at it in trench!Quote:
Originally Posted by mntlion
OK, time to spam you with some ski photos from the past few weeks. There's a been a few great days out there.
Courtesy of Chris Foote (@chris.foote.photo on IG - worth a follow)
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And a few from Daniel Thomson (@dannothomson on IG - also worth a follow):
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Right on! Loving the stoke!
Don't get me wrong the skiing everywhere else was fantastic. Just, let the tourists put first tracks on freshly opened frontside until its not so boney. Sharks at every turn.
another 6 overnight, and its skiing well. All the terrain the holiday visitors need is ready, and the more "interesting" terrain is filing in well.
WH2 a,b,c again amazing
Staying in the Bow Valley for Christmas, might make it out for a day or 2 this week. If I was looking for some one to mould Intuitions in Banff or Canmore who should I talk to (do you still mess with them mntlion?)
I had good luck with ski uphill in Canmore
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Yup. I'm working with Pulse boot lab in banff. Stop by or make an appointment online?
Thanks Mntlion, I will check out Christmas plans and see when I can get my wife up there.