Thursday, May 24, 2018
Last ski blog for the year!
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| Since March 4, I skied 24 days....by far the most since about 30 years ago, when I 'lived' to ski. Ramon skied 22 days, and Carla joined us at the end for 3 days. Finished with the 90th annual slush cup with 5,000 others at Sunshine May 21st. We could drive down to https://www.mammothmountain.com/ in central California. They are open until June 17! Where did we ski? Panorama, Norquay, Castle, Fernie, Lake Louise, Kicking Horse, Sunshine, Revelstoke, Silver Star. BTW...Mammoth is only 300m higher but over 2,000kms south! |
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| As my friend Chris says, Ramon has gone to the 'dark side' ....he's taken up snowboarding! He picked it up quickly, but he can do a lot more on skiis. |
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| In the bubble chair at Sunshine |
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| Le Tabernac joined us for a day. |
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| Ramon and Papa hitting bare patch. |
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| Late season powder at LL |
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| Late season pow at Sunshine |
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| The season of never ending powder! |
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| Even dad enjoys the terrain/jump parks. |
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| Carla's first black diamond! |
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| Carla has the backside of Lake Louise to herself. Ah the joys of spring skiing: lots of snow, warm, and no lift lines. |
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| The little man's new snowboard. $30 at Sunshine from the rental shop and $10 boots on Kijiji. |
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| Slush cup at LL |
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| Ramon flying solo on teepee town heated chairlift |
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| The Alpine Centre at LL is a great place to stay. |
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| ....especially when dad wins free breaky in a trivia contest. |
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| Veggie burgers everywhere! |
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| ...and something cool to wash them down with. |
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| Carla's homemade jam; mixed berry |
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| Carla has glasses for the first time. |
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| Goose in a bucket. |
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| Finishing up the indoor climbing season. |
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| Playing with solder downstairs. |
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| Traded in the ice skates for roller blades. |
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| Un Lobo....a wolf on the road to Sunshine. |
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| The new wheels. 2006 Sienna. 200,000km. $6500. The 98 got sideswiped and the side bumper got torn off, so that provided me with an excuse to upgrade. |
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| Robert Thirsk on the right, pointing out the shot of earth taken from the casinni probe that orbited Saturn a few years back. |
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| Ben Gadd, author of the Handbook of the Canadian Rockies, doing a presentation for my grade 7 outdoor ed class. |
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| Soccer or skiing...what does Ramon like better? |
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Even more winter fun or...if you can't beat winter, join it.
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| Well...spring skiing this year turned into endless powder skiing. So far in 8 weeks we've managed to ski: Panorama, Lake Louise, Norquay, Revelstoke, Silver Star, Golden, Castle and Fernie. Fresh powder at every one of them, ending with some of Fernie's famous showers. |
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| Ramon resting up for yet another 5,000 vertical foot run. |
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| Love the artwork on my new, made in Canmore, skiis. |
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| Feeding the boy right. Yup....that would be a veggie burger. |
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| Revelstoke: Gobs of snow...over 10 metres |
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| ....squeezed in a visit with Grandma Lori, camping out out on her floor for two nights. |
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| The all terrain park at Silver Star is the best yet. |
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| One way to keep warm! |
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| Kicking Horse/Golden. 4,000 vertical feet and steep runs.... |
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| Golden: with Canada's highest restaurant in the upper left side of the photo |
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| Ready to ski Whitewall: Ramon's 1st double black |
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| Whitewall...what a massive bowl! |
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| The entrance and short climb up to Whitewall |
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| 1/2 way down Whitewall. |
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| The views at Castle Mtn. |
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| Free hugs before every chair lift ride on blue chair at Castle. A very personal vibe at this resort! |
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| Slush cup at Castle mtn....last day of the year. |
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| ....along with some outdoor entertainment. |
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| Always great to wake up to this in the mountains, rather than getting up to face it going to work! |
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| ...only a little bit....once in a while :) |
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| "Is spring here yet?" asks Carla, showing off her new bike. |
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| Nothing like a modest log cabin in the woods in Fernie. With a chairlift in front a 7 trucks/suvs in the driving way with Alberta plates. |
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| Ramon's first run at Fernie. The town is in the distance. |
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| Ramon's 1st time snowboarding. The first run he fell 20 odd times. The second run 2 times. Then he got off the beginner chair and headed up the hill! Guess what dad has to buy next. |
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| Sloan |
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| BC/DC |
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| Slope Soaker at Fernie....another last day. Will the bunny make it? |
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| Not quite.... |
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| Jumping... |
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| Surfing.... |
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| "Water" skiing..... |
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| Popping wheelies. Nothing like leaning back and letting 'er rip for the pure fun of it! |
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| Visting a former collegue Cory and his brood. |
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| Maria with the trophy she won 20 years ago. For winning the XC race series 2 decades later. |
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