Jebus, that first landing looked rough! Congrats again on bagging this thing, it is definitely on the bucket list of many Sunshine/Bow Valley regulars.

"Im gonna rip the shit outta this!"

and devastating ski conditions at the top of crowfoot. breakable crust made for some interesting survival skiing. any chance you were the group second up, behind the big group?

the summit, then moved skiers right towards the rollover.

great weekend up in the wapta, unfortunately most the of the terrain around bow hut is pretty mellow. is peyto area the place to be?...

got into a rad chute today at the end of the FHR traverse. 500m of narrow couloir goodness with awesome snow accompanied by fellow mags and non mags

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up at sunshine, it seemed like anything non-groomed was closed @ 12. rain/hail when i left at 2.

mornings are going to be pretty ugly up there once we get a solid freeze, but that freeze is badly...

how tall/fat are you? for someone who "skis well" something in the 185-192 window should be perfect as long as your bigger that 165lbs

the only other set of tracks was a ascent/descent on the N side, looked a bit steep in spots (chutes at bottom & first pitch off the top). S approach was pretty straight forward, but came through a...

good couple days this weekend. on saturday enroute to jasper I got a couple laps in at Parker ridge, then today went up and did Mt. Whymper NE face with skiitsbetter and a non-mag.

didnt get any...

on my way up to SSV in a little bit here. if you change your mind from LL

my fritchis are good out of the heel, but i run them 11 back 10 front (front broke i think). they will be fine to start off, im a big fan of the connection as compared to dukes/barons. especially if...

your definitely going to want to pick up a touring boot. fr's are very prone to pre release out of the toe, cant get enough pressure because of the thinner sole without rubber. when I went from full...

Those shovel/probe combos are so fiddley to get back together. That and the extra time it takes to get the probe out of the handle and set up when/if crunch time happens could be the difference.

A...

anyone game for dive laps and possibly slack at SSV tomorrow? dont think galaxy's opened up yesterday/today (correct me if im wrong)

anyone know what was happening on the highway to LL today? Ended up turning around and going to SSV, line looked long and not moving.

My guess would be golf cart+ handicap flag means minimal walking. That and golf courses typically dont have the kind of hills you would find when hiking (unless your playing Silvertip)

after a few rounds of golf down south, im about ready to get back on the sticks. anybody want to do some SSV/LL slack this week?

K-country looks like it would be a later-in-the-week kinda thing....

^^ If you are just looking to get into the Dive and WW I would recommend checking out the classifieds on here/kijiji etc for a cheaper analog beacon. They'd run you ~$100. Then once you decide to...

sick vid!

t2c:There was 4 groups that I saw in there today, us (3), and 6 and 2 4's. It was snowing when we left so could be an area to watch. Let me know if you go through with it, id like to get in there...

Dug the pit on a N aspect on the way up, another group member who had more experience in the area chose the spot. But yes, part of the reason why we decided on Tryst today is because of the skier...

Good time out at Tryst today, got 3 laps in of fresh before any other groups showed up. Looked like it was going to get pretty shredded today though. Stability was good, one ski cut sluffed about 25...

looks like line selection is going to be crucial off the bat. looks like only the bre-x side is left stable

ss chute opening was good, the bootpack up helped space out the 20-30 people at the...

Nice go down Englers! I wanted to head over there, but the partners i found where not down for the choke huck. I assume you went right for it off the bat? First tracks down wheelers was pretty...

Parking lot was 100% full at SSV today. Then Mt. Bourgeau got heli-bombed and took out the road from 130-415. Everything got skied at weekend pace today. West was pretty well shralped after 2 laps...

I suppose going for a float down goats eye isnt bad rehab.

nice to have a bit more of a laid back vibe around the hill today. too many grumpy weekend warriors last couple days.

agreed. Hells kitchen & free fall were in good shape early. No WW for you? I scored first group through the gate and down Peytos. Wheelers stayed in good shape for a couple laps as well.

^^ Damn, i tried to get over to TP. Goats eye was good for a couple runs before it got shut.

Been scoping this zone for a while, needed a refill. Got it!
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First go through WW was deeeeeep. The stumbockers claimed up Peytos, and left Wheelers nice a fresh :biggrin:.

The Dive has potential to be heroic when it cracks

SSV has skied pretty well last couple of days. Hopefully WW will crack tomorrow, as the dive is completely shralped (- parts of Hayes). Been deadddd out there, cars not even to the pinch in the...

Mags of whistler... I am driving out for some midweek skiing this wed/thurs.

It would be much appreciated if I could get some beta on the surrounding slack country. Will be with a couple...

greenish brown coat, black pants and brown lid. we went up to the side of fatboy, were you with the boarder?

Thats one of my favorite drops at Sunshine... super hollywood too :cool: Landing looked a bit firm and bumpy yesterday, yes?

Lamothe. Were you in the dive with a couple others guys all rocking...

Dive was good in spots, rock hard in spots. *$'s was shit, but once you dropped under the galaxies and got into hayes it was redeemed. I am jealous of you mntlion, I was watching for west to open up...

Sunshine was good today, bit firm in spots under the new stuff. still no complains about skiing pow again.

spooky where is your second pic from? wild west?

The shop i work at is $60 if it needs to be extruded, $50 if not.

IMO machine tune > hand tune, but only if your talking about new-ish equipment. All of the tunes i've seem from our wintersteiger...

^^ I'm in for some touring as well. Took out the Z11's today for some high speed groomers, and had enough after about 4 hours. :tongue:.

Gonna take the cross bike out for a spin tomorrow...

Divide/Angel and Goats eye were pretty crispy yesterday, but softened up nice in the afternoon. Still some decent turns left on Hayes as well, the Dive is getting a bit scraped though.

The snow in Whitefish was wet but cold last weekend, nice to not be skiing windcrust all day.

Going to be out at SSV tomorrow. Anyone been through the Dive yet? Hayes Hill has been tempting me...

Was the snow any good up in tryst?

I'm heading out to LL tomorrow if anyone wants to carpool/hop in. Going to leave Canmore on the early side of 8. Fire me a pm if interested

anyone going to be around SSV tomorrow and want to ski some WW?

RIP.

Very sad year for skiing.

Figured I would toss my name in this thread, now living down in Canmore and looking for some shredding partners!

Resort, Slack or Back, looking for a riding parter!

k2 hardside/sidestash

A Couple weeks ago at Sunshine,

Family walking down the ski out, Father carrying 4 sets of skis. Kids were in their teens.

Fail

My brother works at Gear Up. Its on Bow Valley Trail (i think) in Canmore.

They have rentals & demos for pretty reasonable prices, and they tune/wax the skis pretty consistently so they're always...

Out of Bounds in Edmonton has a bunch of Got Jr's in stock, full size run i believe.

Ended up doing thr trip right and went to Big sky for a day and Jackson for 4. Feb 19-27

Snowed every single day we were in Jackson, skied some fucking awesome terrain and dropped into corbets...

mount the helmet for the first time, and move it 4 clicks up from where you think it should be.

IMO 80% of helmet cam footy is aimed to low. higher is better for me (to a point), but watching...

is it possible to grind out the toe box at all on boots?

my full tilts are a bit tight on my big toe if my nail isnt trimmed down 100%, so would removing a little bit of front/side material from...

i have seen people camping in k-ho parking lot, if they say anything you can sit in the residential area up around there.