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nice! I went up a couple times last week for that snow, but mentally was just wasn't there, so it was so-so. I'd already started to be over winter, so whatever.

Tomorrow at Red it's the slush...

Glad to see you guys are rocking winter up there! Today it's calling for 17 in town, 7 at the hills and sun sun sun. March didn't pan out with much snow, maybe 2 snowfalls, and quite warm. Very...

proper march day today- sun, crazy snowstorms, winds, and thunder. it's puking right now. ww got 23 over the weekend, I heard it was good on the low angle but too light to stick to high angle. ...

what, you did not love my box sliding stoke?!

*sigh*

we started so strong.... our base is a meager 60c higher than it was Dec 7!!! wtf.

there's hope for tomorrow, snow level 1400 but 8* but 20k wind.

march has been madness, but not in...

that'd be fun, invasion of the Sparks!

I've ditched the idea of going up next weekend. The weather here is so warm and rainy that I'm feeling pretty over winter. I'm on the Mexican beach wagon! ...

went for a run at ww this morning.

it did, thanks! and I got a 20% off through the comp for the second day.

snow was better than expected. the weather was awesome. the trees we hit were so-so (skiers left of ptarmigan, a couple...

thanks. we'd have a place to stay, my guy lived there for 6 months last year. I'd def hit you up for some touring as that kind of terrain and snowpack is way out of our usual (unless it's super...

oh it happened! I'm home now so you can see my mad box steeze.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y160/sparkletarte/photo_zpsa3179c21.jpg
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hey imthinking about coming up for a few days in two weeks. got an air canada credit to use. hows the snow/weather generally tempwise then?

eta- to shames I'm talking about.

a few of the comp kids we were with gave me some pointers. managed about a 10* slide without bailing. park is pretty fun when you dont wipe out. my friends 9 yr old and i rocked it.

the bros came, weve been having fun. super sunny today. rode all the lifts but the platter bc line was too long. willtry again tomorrow. did a few park laps and ate it twice trying to grind the...

getting packed for LL and a little torn about which skis to bring... (all in bounds)

98mm bros, stiff, not as fun but better for grooms. didn't do my edges though. maybe one of the comp kids...

heh, he's just got laid off and has only been up maybe 5-6 times this year, so his standards must be lower. I'll have to chide him. Still, 8 runs is pretty good, and it doesn't sound like you lost...

^yes, well, you got snow when we got rain.

however! I have a report from ww, my guy just got back and he says "good". there was ~8c overnight, and the underneath stuff softened up enough for it...

today I heard the rain damage went to 2200m around Nelson but there was around 8-10c up high that fell on top of it. it puked for about an hour today. needs many more hours. looks like snow...

Looks like you had an amazing weekend!







Thanks! I'd love to check out your trees, that's where the good snow usually is, so if there's any trees, let me know. But we'll also be into...

Probably good call. The rockies are the place to be this weekend. I'm at Red tomorrow anyways.

hey, thought I'd check in again about any ticket deals and intel. I'll be there next Fri-Sun. I already got 1 ticket deal (thanks mntlion!) but more is always better.

any suggestions for where...

re: Red...

Snow coming tonight then again on Wednesday (hopefully that's true).

You'll mainly want to be on 1 lift- the Motherlode- or Paradise if it's sunny and you want a tan. For runs,...

yeah, WW was pretty good- creamy cream cheese- until about 10:30. It kept getting heavier, then the rain started around 10:45. Looks like Golden and Revy won this round.

I snowboarded today, so...

one day snoboy, one day! just keep showing me your tricks.



yeah that confused me too. but the glory chair, well, you can't count that when the level is so dicey.

it's been raining at my...

this looks like a really cool zone. maybe a bit nerve wracking to find the ways down with all the mandatories, but exciting.

really pretty trees! very decent!

wow, awesome!

woot! this morning was super all right. I watched some snowboarders and thought I miss snowboarding. But I'm not sure that I want take my board instead of skis... ? wtf has happened to me?!
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sorry to hear that wii.

yes, radio, but now online. they are saying out of bounds. I think I heard 2 others buried but ok.

yay!

CBC says avy near Revy, 1 dead.....

great trip and excellent write up!

woot! we're back baby! today was awesome, enough wind blowing the snow around to fill in everything quite nicely. waaaaaaay better that expected. not even all that busy- lots of cars, every chair...

thanks drail and snoboy. lots of holes for sure, but the cabin kept heat good enough- it was -4 in the am inside, -10 outside.

Thanks guys!

Wow telebelle and grinch! I showed this to Ronnie and he's super stoked that you remember him and playland! (which got knocked down when the land got bought and clearcut, sadly.)
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Good for posting. Reading it I was whoa-ing as you carried on. Even in low consequence terrain, I wouldn't ditch a partner and let them go solo in that kind of situation.

Sounds like the guided...

it's snowing. whoa.

I decided to bail on the freeride clinic. Not interested in learning to do cliff drops better onto hardpack. Maybe we'll get a foot tonight and I'll change my mind.

It's...

He carried my winter boots and a few light things, and garbage on the way out... it was his first pack trip so we didn't want to turn him off.

Random dog wasn't with them, he just followed them...

The other weekend my guy and I both had the weekend off, and it was a long one, so I decided we needed to get out and do something. Cabins are getting more popular around here and now have to be...

GB, thank you for the reminder that even though it hasn't snowed in forever and our base is the same that it was 2 months ago, it's still really awesome here and we're obviously very spoiled.

I've...

had a good time night skiing last night. got to work on my short radius turns. salmo ski hill ftw!

me in pink.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y160/sparkletarte/IMG_5144_zps1d8518cb.jpg

I'm talking about use in almost knee deep+ snow, so my booties won't cut it.

though since I already have down booties (with a foam sole), does anyone have any bootie mods? rather not have to buy...

haha, yeah we broke a couple of them real good!

slaag, that's me in the red sparkle top, white hat. can you believe I only got 2nd in the sparkle contest? the other one in black and plaid is my...

def killing it!

also.... getting air... bowler hat... John Denver soundtrack!

thanks for that.

nice multi alive, and nice trees hef!

Events Upcoming!

There's a retro ski night happening tonight at Salmo for a friend's bday if anyone is itching for some t-bar, one-piece time.

Also up...

score 1 for the rockies!

nice bump! love the ice cave. and the mermaid of course.

I have the lower cuff MEC down booties. Maybe there's some kind of shell I can pull over them so I can use the ones I have?

I went to a cabin on the weekend- first time overnighting on skis. What do skiers use for cabin boots? With my snowboard boots it's no problem pulling them on to tromp around looking for firewood,...

It's going to suck. I put my 99mm skins on my 120mm skis. They worked okay enough for a 1hr up on not steep, and I thought yeah this will work all right. However, next day on a longer, steeper...

you are the pillow king this year.

I like this one- nice perspective, vertigo-y, clouds on the snow below.