2011/2012 Canadian Rockies Roll Call and StokeThread...

[CaCaw]

Na Sz 4 in Cedar (Fernie) today. This photo was taken from West Fernie and shows most of the slide till the roll over at KC Chutes. Next photo was taken from below KC.

That was a big one!!!
In other news... I have begun construction of an arc, as the waters are rising fast 'round here.

[grinch]

Try http://www.packageexpress.com/ They charge a couple bucks to receive and forward stuff. Ship via USPS = no duty/brokerage, maybe GST (though sometimes not). I've used them and a couple mags in the "where do cdn mags buy gear" thread have too with success. Not sure what the cost for shipping skis would be, give them a ring and find out

thanks FM. i thought there was a thread and someone here had some good beta. my lame ass search turned up nada. i've added that to my faves for future use. on this one i was helped out by a mag in seattle. picked up my contour from him a while back, and as i figured , a super solid dude. worked out for the both of us but i'll be trying that package express in the future no doubt. back to your rockies deep pow slashin. its raining here. iso to treeline and windslab above. working on the rv to get on that side of the pass ASAP!

[Eldo]

Whoa, the Lake looks awesome!

[TOLOCOMan]

Yep the Lake was fantastic today. One of the deepest days I've seen there, and a lot more than expected, so a nice surprise.

Anybody know if they ended up opening WH2 or Brownshirt?

[LSeed]

Lake was not good today, might as well not even come or if you do just stick to the groomers, specially larch, those trees are never any good

[powslut]

Yep the Lake was fantastic today. One of the deepest days I've seen there, and a lot more than expected, so a nice surprise.

Anybody know if they ended up opening WH2 or Brownshirt?

Yes and kinda - they opened Boomerang, not sure about Brownshirt. What a wonderful surprise of a day, especially loved the lack of crowds. With the amount of snow and lack of people I'd go as far as saying it was one of the best days I've ever seen up there.

[goldenshowers]

Fun day at KH, always nice to ski right onto the gondy on a deep pow day, a rare treat. Not too nice to share the gondy with the liftie kid that hasn't washed his gear all season, kinda burned the nostrils with that sour, acrid smell. Hockey equipment would've smelled good compared to him.

[MustangSVT]

I might be able to get to the mountains tomorrow. I can either hit up Kicking Horse or Louise or Sunshine. Which would be the best bet?

[sparkletarte.]

[edit, I gave this it's own thread, but then I put the pics back here too!] My trip from last weekend to Fernie and Castle.

Fernie. MustangSVT and my friend.



Vis was so-so in the morning



Almost invisible raven on a tree top



Next day, heading to Castle.



It's somewhere around here



There it is!



Mt Haig from Desperado. My first run with Wilf- a Castle vet I met in the lift line who toured me around. Thanks Wilf!



Great time!

[mindthegap]

anyone know what was happening on the highway to LL today? Ended up turning around and going to SSV, line looked long and not moving.

[LSeed]

Hear there was an accident on the highway in between Banff and Lake Louise, not to sure on details. In other news yet another class 2 avalanche in West Bowl today. Skied the debris with my beacon and didn't get any hits which didn't surprise me because nobody in there has any gear.

[time2clmb]

^nice thanks for stoking the thread Spark....

...just another typical day of 60cm HST skiing on 93S?? Can't recall where it was exactly. Damned memory.



Sentinel seems to be enjoying himself


Did a lap, and drove up the road to hit another line.









March madness continues.....

[Canada Guy]

Hear there was an accident on the highway in between Banff and Lake Louise, not to sure on details. In other news yet another class 2 avalanche in West Bowl today. Skied the debris with my beacon and didn't get any hits which didn't surprise me because nobody in there has any gear.

A Tacoma pinballed between the barriers then rolled. From what I heard the two passengers walked away from it. It sucked to wait an hour till the scene was cleared but it was good to hear everyone was okay.

[LSeed]

A Tacoma pinballed between the barriers then rolled. From what I heard the two passengers walked away from it. It sucked to wait an hour till the scene was cleared but it was good to hear everyone was okay.

Well glad to hear everyone was ok, also glad that the crowds took that much longer to arrive skiing today was great

[mindthegap]

anyone game for dive laps and possibly slack at SSV tomorrow? dont think galaxy's opened up yesterday/today (correct me if im wrong)

[time2clmb]

April madness too? Quailimuthafucking"T". Non-stop.

Still not green light conditions by any means.




Plenty more out there other than that one. Still managed to find some "ok" skiing Wooot woot









oooohhhhhh here we go












Who likes tha powda?

Will head back to a resort once the deepness consolidates. If this keeps up my mind will blow out of my ears.

[grinch]

damn dude . your getting it fo sho. awesome. its "war" out there in"spite" of the hazards. spray at 3m i here

[time2clmb]

its "war" out there in"spite" of the hazards

Negatory.

[Lamothe]

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...type=1&theater

miners accidental today. I saw that it slid and was hoping it was natural. hope everyone made it out okay

[grinch]

Negatory.

haha, ok i thought that crown looked like that area

[Lamothe]

so the miners slide. every one made it out fine .

[time2clmb]

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...type=1&theater

miners accidental today. I saw that it slid and was hoping it was natural. hope everyone made it out okay

Strong wind yesterday and today - check
natural slabs ripping out all over the place over the past 48 hours - check
lots of fresh snow - check
first blue day after a storm - check
"considerable" rating at alpine for today - check

A look around at ridge tops today would have shown a lot of snow being moved. Lots of near misses lately, hopefully they stay in the near miss realm.

[time2clmb]

so the miners slide. every one made it out fine .

2.5 to ground in spots carried 300 metres. Lucky.

The write up from MCR on it:

A skier triggered size 2.5 avalanche occurred on April 1st in the feature know as “Miners Gully” near Canmore. The slide stepped down to ground in some areas with fracture depths up to 160-170cm. The snow was reported to be moist at the time of the accident at the top of the gully feature which is an E-NE aspect. Luckily, the person involved remained on the surface and suffered no injuries.

On top of everything...I guess you can add noticing moist snow before dropping in.

[angrysasquatch]

Kicking horse, 3:45 pm. Three tracks on this slope, two mine, and one ski cut from patrol. Second run on those demos, they really clicked for me.



(almost) Got first tracks on T1, was the first one up but took too long fiddling with shit. It was really good. Whitewall was deeper though.

[teamdirt]

Bad news coming out of Panorama tonight. Hope for the best.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...invermere.html