Everyday life in modern Canadah: Hosehead saves the day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eyss6tDHz8

OK, I'm a fucking moron. Plus I'm currently behind several glasses of wine after a long day. I thought it was about whichever of the three explained their avatar first. Ooops. Yes, I'm on the other...

Mr. Multiglisse is in...

My avatar is stolen from Vintage Ski World, tweaked a bit with iPhoto. Their description: a vintage photo of Dick Durrance as a young man skiing in New Zealand. Circa...

If you can't be on the ground helping, here is an editorial on Irene's effects on tourism followed by some links on how to help from a distance, cross posted from my blog:...

You sir, are brilliant.

Overgrown logging road bushwhack zone...
http://forum.nyskiblog.com/file/n3231100/overgrown_trail.jpg

Nice "singletrack" ATV trail...
http://forum.nyskiblog.com/file/n3231100/the_gully.jpg
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^^^ Like he said. And like I said earlier, let's see some great summer stoke from the weekend's activities. It was a multi-sport Canada Day weekend in the Great not-so-White North. Lawnmowing and...

This thread is totally harshing my mellow and definitely needs some Aloha. Get out on the water, trail, granite slab, motorcycle, whatever, report back with summer stoke. Try SUPing, you get a great...

In other news, here is a link to a good interview with Steve Wright, Jay Peak marketing VP. Steve is a cool guy and the piece is worth reading if you have any opinion about what is happening at Jay...

Well, OK, that's pretty awesome but I went to Jay Peak and rode it out snowplow switch to the road.

http://forum.nyskiblog.com/file/n2814516/DSC00015%281%29.jpg?by-user=t

Full report is here...

Just back home from three days at Jay. There is a lot of snow there. Green Beret, NW Passage, etc., all skiable. Today was spring bump mania.

My nephew executes a classic Jet Turn in Valhalla:...

Yes, we take our casual skiing very seriously.

Like many other mere mortals this weekend, my buddies and I skinned up a closed ski hill with full coverage:
http://forum.nyskiblog.com/file/n2773886/going_up.jpg?by-user=t

Caught some rays and...

^^^ That is a fantastic photograph.

I had a date with Trixie yesterday morning. She was soft, sweet and very compliant.

http://forum.nyskiblog.com/file/n2636777/SBR_Teleturn.jpg?by-user=t

Glad you guys got the goods at Jay too....

Today was a day for exploring at Jay Peak. Light winds, brilliant sunshine and cold temperatures made the trees a perfect place to be. Not to mention the leftover snow from yesterday. Some of those...

Unexpected powder day at Jay Peak today. I got a face shot on Upper Exhibition just before lunch. More later...

(edit) Now it's later.

Mr. M on JFK. Still blower in the early afternoon....

Some Grampa Grunt stoke and a fine first-time visitor TR from Jay last week. Some boys from my town get lucky, meet someone who knows their way around and get the full meal deal.

The vibe at...

Rudeness: I live in Huntsville, in the lovely Muskoka region. Or as we call it this winter: Musk-snowka. We get big-time lake effect off Georgian Bay. The location is, believe it or not, within the...

Contrary to popular belief, we get snow here:
http://forum.nyskiblog.com/file/n2489669/snow_table.jpg

First tracks in the driveway - gotta do the chores:...

This is the kind of day when you turn to the poor underdressed gaper beside you on the Freezer and say: "Welcome to Jay Peak!"

Nice moose.

Does anyone remember the moose at Jay last year? Patrollers had to resort to this in order to keep the jongs at bay:
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We are at the northern edge of the Groundhog Day Storm, snow up here in Muskoka is about 8" and coming to a stop.

Couldn't take the day off to ski, so my colleague and I collaborated to score...

^^^^ For guy that thought he might lose his leg or at least never ski again, that is fucking amazing. TC, you are a credit to the Maggot race.

OK, I confess, I live in Ontario, up there in Canada. Our mountains are very worn down and small but occasionally we get powder days, like those this weekend:
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A belated top o' page tune in honour of Sitski getting the Canyons Gig. And you can never have too much banjo music...

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Edit @ 7:36 pm: OK, there was no tune up top when I posted at...

Found a nice NVT TR on another site.

Here is one pic, the rest are here. Worth checking out as it is excellent stoke.

http://forum.nyskiblog.com/file/n2270320/eric.jpg

I'm sure that even the most hardcore celebrants of Festivus would accept an aluminum ski pole as a substitute Festivus pole, especially for the Airing of Grievances that we have seen above.

FKNA,...

A tele-instructor friend of mine often talks about the "total skier." This is the skier who can ski anywhere, in any conditions, on one set of skis. Icelanticskier has summed it up very well and I...

That is some classic XCD skiing. Great video, great tune, great stoke!

Time to get get out the pine tar and blow torch...

A few recent pics from Jay, FWIW. I was there Tuesday/Wednesday, first time on skis since ACL surgery in April. Stayed out of the woods and my knee did very well. It was too cold to take decent...

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings for you all:

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Someone help me out, I have jonged out on trying to embed the video. It's worth listening to.

has to Boler Mountain, near London, Ontario. The area just got whacked with over 100 cm of snow in the last 48 hours and more is on the way (that's more than three feet if you don't think metric)....

Hiked to the Jay summit today with the dog, via the Long Trail. There is snow up there but it was hardpack crust, glad I did not lug skis up. There were a bunch of frozen tracks on the Vermonter and...

Stupendous! Nice touch with the rainbow.

I was already planning a trip to Jay this week for some fall hiking. Now I'm thinking about fall skiing. Can't get there until Sunday, so if there is any snow left I'll be on it. Knee may not be...