More terrible conditions everywhere. Oboe was only knee deep. Sigh.
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The Lost Lake trails are easy, but fun for a quick loop. They're also enjoyable in snow since they're low consequence. Good family fun adventure time. However if you drive down to Squamish you can...

El Brandywine

Low quality snow everywhere. Stay home, it's not worth it. You have to clean snow off your face all the time, especially in steep leeward terrain that was sheltered from the wind.
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Tits deep at Tenquille Lake this weekend

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Knee deep in other places
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A little late... but pictures from Thursday. Lots of people out chattering their teeth loose.
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Garibaldi Lake is frozen... for now

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Bring runners for the trail. It's bare from 100m to...

The Pique appears to think it was Tenquille, but it doesn't really look like the south side of Tenquille to me... ...

The snow on the Duffey is light enough that hockey stop powder shots look fantastic

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Oh...

Oboe was just OK

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If you take enjoyment from watching it, it's like a free vacation to Europe.

Don't praise the Sun God too much. We need his nemesis to visit us more first.

This one's a lot smaller than yours though, but still looks fun. I had never actually seen it since I'd always been...

Sounds like Canada. We lost all funding and picked up one of those Magic 8 balls. It works pretty well, but employs far fewer people.

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Impending surgery dates were motivating. Last day of the season for her (till May).
We've been mountain biking a lot too, but we've been packing as much in as we can.
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The snow wasn't as good today.

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Matier...

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Pow
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she somehow managed to keep her momentum decent...

Hmmm. Some advice a friend gave me after a recent incident was, "Your comfort level is not always representative of the actual risk".
I find it's a balance between confidence and "smart" decision...

Way too rad Liz!

hehe. I'd take powder by headlamp over wind board any day. In fact, I think this was the "most light" I've ever skied Iago in. That line is so much fun in powder. I'm getting all excited thinking...

Hummus, AndyT, Cam, & I used the good travel conditions (mr. optimism) to get back to Fitzsimmons & Iago.
Climbing Fitz...

Fully aware. I actually didn't think I had a chance. As I said, I was lucky.
I put it to the back of my mind though, because it didn't seem like the appropriate place to be freaking out.

Sky...

Nice! That's a lot of good lines you guys hit up there.
And the Keith's hut can be a sweaty damp place sometimes... but that happens when the approach is that quick.

Thanks for the pictures Kevino. Summit ski! With my sweater over my jacket, just like how all the cool kids wear their sweaters. It was chilly without the sun. Nice to meet you too. I hope you...

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I think I met him on Fissile yesterday (Sunday). He said he skied it back in the late 90s. Brayden I think his name was. That summit pyramid looks money.

We skied Joffre Couloir on Sunday. The...

Nice Moonrise shot!

Pattison on Sunday was super fun. We b-lined it out there, then skied Decker on the way back, & finished off with Husume by Headlamp.
The snow quality varied depending on aspect, but overall was...

Saturday powder was nice.
170cm (according to the probe) at 2500m. Get High.
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Some August stoke

Went for ski up on Matier (I know, not Whistler, you'll get over it) and although we didn't ski a very exciting line, we still got 1000m of some fun turns in.


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The bumps were nice on Saturday. Although the winds have likely had their way with them in the past 12 hours. This was the only picture you could actually see a person in...
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Sunday we...

I did to. I finally got around to making some skis 108124
And I've been working on a version of the TTS (I'm a tele'r), which kept me productive. The only big benefit of my system over TTS is that...

When I had surgery on my shoulder they went in thinking it was fully torn, but when they cut me open, they found out it was just so loose that it looked torn. They had to change surgery plan right...

ya. It was Aussie.
and no, I'm all bummed up with ACL reconstruction. The photo is dated, but it's all I could do after a request for nude pictures of my gf.
I'm hoping for March ski time. My...

Tone Capone,
Are you using a brace at all?

I have an Ossur CTi custom, but they also have ones meant for osteo-arthritis like the Unloader One. They're super expensive though (or atleast mine...

Tone Capone,
Are you using a brace at all?

I have an Ossur CTi custom, but they also have ones meant for osteo-arthritis like the Unloader One. They're super expensive though (or atleast mine...

Fair enough.
Sorry, no nude pictures of her, just skiing ones.

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Ladies, Ladies, This is the stoke thread.

I'm pretty sure there's a thread to bitch in somewhere else. Even me with my newb like post count knows that.
(I guess I'm no better bitching about you...

I went XC skiing last weekend at 4 months post-op.

That was my 2nd time ever. It was sweet just to glisse again. So Nice. Can't beat going from a concrete jungle to this...

I have an Ossur CTi custom brace for my ACL & MCL injury. They're pretty pricey though, but very strong. I was able to do a lot of stuff before surgery that I definitely couldn't have done without...

I'm not doing just strengthening at the gym on all those days. Lots of cardio - spin bike with some stair master and fast walking on a treadmill in order to break up the monotony. Then I usually...

SchralphMacchio,
Don't worry too much about how you'll be after recovery. If you just did it 2 weeks ago (4 weeks now I guess), you're still early on in recovery. I've had a problem with mine...

Oh man. I've never even seen this section of the forum. I probably would have been happy to see this post injury when I was depressed about what the future had in store for me.
I did my MCL & ACL...

SchralphMacchio,
Don't worry too much about how you'll be after recovery. If you just did it 2 weeks ago (4 weeks now I guess), you're still early on in recovery. I've had a problem with mine...