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

so the Reids auction was almost a bust for me.

Same person bought all the skis, and someone else bought all the boots/bindigns in a absentee bid. Not sure who, or where they are from, but keep your eyes open for a BUNCH of bindings/boots/ skis for sale.

Funny side note. Reids sold the skis only (not as a binding system) to one person, and a different person bought all the bindings. Hope that they know each other.....

Originally Posted by mntlion

Funny side note. Reids sold the skis only (not as a binding system) to one person, and a different person bought all the bindings. Hope that they know each other.....

Watch out for Blizzard-system Dukes at ski swaps. Unless you have Blizzards.

Originally Posted by mntlion

so the Reids auction was almost a bust for me.

Same person bought all the skis, and someone else bought all the boots/bindigns in a absentee bid. Not sure who, or where they are from, but keep your eyes open for a BUNCH of bindings/boots/ skis for sale.

Funny side note. Reids sold the skis only (not as a binding system) to one person, and a different person bought all the bindings. Hope that they know each other.....

HA! lawls that really sucks,

Originally Posted by Lamothe

Here is some stoke , Today K-country . Didn't know where the trail head was for rae , well i do now. Here is what we got up to anyways, not to bad

Good to see that it looks good to go already. I was up there on the 28 or something last year and it looked like there was about the same amount of snow. (We hit rocks but not too bad...)
Looks like you need to go up that valley (you were on lookers left of it i think) and up to the col to get to rae glacier... Not saying you should. but anyway its up there. Hey was there any base or was it just the 30? cm?

Looks like you need to go up that valley (you were on lookers left of it i think) and up to the col to get to rae glacier... Not saying you should. but anyway its up there. Hey was there any base or was it just the 30? cm?

I wouldn't try dropping down on to Rae glacier from Ptarmigan Cirque col at this time of year....there is a bergshrund at the top of Rae that may or may not be a hidden or partially hidden problem this early.

Originally Posted by theshredder

Good to see that it looks good to go already. I was up there on the 28 or something last year and it looked like there was about the same amount of snow. (We hit rocks but not too bad...)
Looks like you need to go up that valley (you were on lookers left of it i think) and up to the col to get to rae glacier... Not saying you should. but anyway its up there. Hey was there any base or was it just the 30? cm?

The way the snow fell was just about perfect. About 10 cms of wet mank with 20 cms of pow on top . It was dense enough to keep us off the rocks. Dindn't hit a thing until he got back into the tree line ( which was alot of fun...) skied to the road.

We didn't know where the trail head for rae was until we got back to the parking lot and talked to some guy ( possibily a mag?) . He told us we should have parked at elbo pass . Once i saw elbo pass parking area and the mountains around it, it was pretty evident that it was the right spot.

Next time , il'l be going to rae , yesterday the guy i was with ( non mag ) went up again. The snow had firmed up but still very skiable so im thinking it will be better on Rae

Nice. Last year there wasn't enough snow to hit the cliff bands further down the valley (lookers right). But man those were fun the year before last, just doing laps hucking cliffs hahah. I need t oget back there. damnit

Originally Posted by Lamothe

The way the snow fell was just about perfect. About 10 cms of wet mank with 20 cms of pow on top . It was dense enough to keep us off the rocks. Dindn't hit a thing until he got back into the tree line ( which was alot of fun...) skied to the road.

We didn't know where the trail head for rae was until we got back to the parking lot and talked to some guy ( possibily a mag?) . He told us we should have parked at elbo pass . Once i saw elbo pass parking area and the mountains around it, it was pretty evident that it was the right spot.

Next time , il'l be going to rae , yesterday the guy i was with ( non mag ) went up again. The snow had firmed up but still very skiable so im thinking it will be better on Rae

Originally Posted by Lamothe

We didn't know where the trail head for rae was until we got back to the parking lot and talked to some guy ( possibily a mag?) . He told us we should have parked at elbo pass...

When you asked for input on Rae Glacier, you should have been more specific and said you didn't know where the trailhead was. We would have told you, it's not exactly a secret.

Or you could have googled Rae Glacier. The top result says this:

"The trail to Rae Glacier is accessed from the Elbow Pass day use area. Take the wide hiking trail up to the very, very popular Elbow Lake."

Originally Posted by Eldo

When you asked for input on Rae Glacier, you should have been more specific and said you didn't know where the trailhead was. We would have told you, it's not exactly a secret.

Or you could have googled Rae Glacier. The top result says this:

"The trail to Rae Glacier is accessed from the Elbow Pass day use area. Take the wide hiking trail up to the very, very popular Elbow Lake."

lawl , i know , but its all good. I printed off some directions and they put me on ptarmigan. il'l be skiing rae on thursday for redemption.

Soul ski and bike (skistop) in banff needs a ski/snowboard tech for the winter, If anyone is looking, or knows someone that is looking stop by the store and talk to Jason or Jr.

Dumping in spray prov.park and highwood pass

Heading to Rae in the morning for some freshies . Will report back tomorrow afternoon but i have a good feeling conditions will be pretty good

^can you take a pic from the bottom bench of the whole deal? I'm wondering how the bottom half to the plateau is filled in.

Originally Posted by time2clmb

^can you take a pic from the bottom bench of the whole deal? I'm wondering how the bottom half to the plateau is filled in.

Yeah not a problem , il'l even drag the slr up there for ya.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maEh73OygT4 was this you by any chance? looked a lil thin.

Originally Posted by Lamothe

Heading to Rae in the morning for some freshies . Will report back tomorrow afternoon but i have a good feeling conditions will be pretty good

I'm going to be up there with a few people tomorrow, say hi if you see a group on fat yellow skis.

I just noticed BC highway cams have new 4 new cams,
2 for Lake lousy and 2 for banff ???

when did these come online ???

I know, I'm so last year ...

Those came online last spring I believe. Same ones as on the AMA website. And here all this time I thought it was called Lake Disease.......

Originally Posted by Lamothe

Yeah not a problem , il'l even drag the slr up there for ya.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maEh73OygT4 was this you by any chance? looked a lil thin.

The glacier terminus area and about 150 metres up from it. That area is usually the shitty part early season. With that said there were a couple days last September where it was filled in nicely and we didn't hit a single rock in there.

Sometimes it's a minefield



Other times not so much

Originally Posted by time2clmb

Sometimes it's a minefield

yikes, you guys are brave. good on you!

these pics aren't from this year, are they? Lamothe, any pics from yesterday? debating going up there, or somewhere else with snow this weekend

^no, just to show what it's normally like up there early early season. The shot of just the tracks and terrain is from last year on Sept. 4 and the others are from the previous season in Oct.

Would like to see the pics from yesterday. Bueller?

Crevasse attack? Looked a little fresh for the elk? Shoulda listened to Larry...

sorry guys the party i was with yesterday wanted to turn back before we even got the glacier.... Im nto one for skiing solo in avy terrain. But we did meet spooky and a few others on the way down . I would have gone with them if i didn't need to be back in town. They had a few go pros , some im sure we will get beta from them . I personally hope it was horrible other wise i will cry my self to sleep tonight

Originally Posted by That was Pontus

Crevasse attack? Looked a little fresh for the elk? Shoulda listened to Larry...

What? Context?!