First sand/gravel stoke session of the season. One year older, feeling less bolder...cautious, tentative turns...

Best part about the session was uphill testing of the Dairylandr 2.0's...more...

From the 'keepin the vibe alive' mount hays ski hill facebook group.

First use of the iconic rope swing installed at the top of the run "Inspiration" circa 1980?

Legend.....Dr. Risk

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Smithers folks; any reports on snowline/snowpack obs around Sibolas yet this spring? Hopin' to head 'er up there at some point this sibola season. And not to worry, I'll respectfully give a wide...

I vote G.M. for gm.

So, the coast had an awesome snowpack this past winter.

Some old schoolerz got up to some old school moves up on Mt. Hays in April.

Really miss those warm spring, after work slush bumps and...

Shames area doin pretty good too. Probed an average of 310cms just below treeline on the wnw aspect of the knowls. Continuous snow to parking lot, prolly about 70-100cms towards the base area. A...

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Fair amount of snow at HBM for early May. I've been keeping a historical photo archive of may/june screenshots of this cam...it will be interesting to compare/contrast this year with other notable...

Nice lookin' turns, there, A.P. How was the skiability of the snow? Schmooey shit, or, not so bad?

Been continuing with exploring via dairylandrz lately. Snow's gone to shit for skiing but has...

Hey, if this thing settles down in the summer...any interest in a group meet at a gravel pit that is discrete? Bonfire, beers and gravel pit ski laps? Buddy and I are workin' on a prototype...

Pre corona, I would have given a fuck. lol. Funny how now, my give a fuck just doesn't give a fuck.

Sand, gravel and scree season is just around the corner. Time to debut the video series of...

Great historical intel. Heliskied with Tim back in the early 2000's when he was up in the Bell 2 environs ski touring with the doc and trapper Max. He had an absolutely fantastic euro colored one...

No clue, haven't ski toured with him in about 15 years, but god bless his soul for his one liners. Up's the way! In any case, the Wim Hoffing and topless ski touring in cold has resulted in the...

It's helpful to prep with Wim Hoffing. No puffy, no problem. Been ski touring shirtless in temps down to minus 20C if there's no wind this winter. Body gets used to it. Feels amazing, actually. ...

Is that a frequently hucked drop?

Yeah I know. Was just throwing out a shamesless plug for Burnie 'cause it's pretty awesome. :)

Burnie has huge, varied alpine terrain. Highly recommended.

Soooooooo, a snapshot of my C Reality ski outings....crushing huge vert on sick biglines.

Walking on snow is better than not walking on snow. Sliding downhill on skis is better than not sliding...

haha...well, due to coronavirus caused new cultural mores and a Pierre pressure induced reduction of risk m.o., swissiphic has toned it down a little. Only skiing well spaced trees now, on lower...

Quite grateful for Shames going off this season, Gary.

The ample low elevation snowpack has opened up new car shuttle line options off the access road. This is pretty cool. 1000-1200 vert foot...

Great day of heliskiing above Meziadin Lake. Great opportunity to test out a full smorgassboard of gear mods. Tip n Tail Xtendrz, custom helmet mounted instant in/out Intuition foam heat molded...

Pretty awesome skiing around Surprise Creek, north of mez lake these days. Snow depth is mind boggling. Was out doing snow safety with a few guides and found 550cms at 1100 meters. Tip 'n' Tail...

More Ghettowerx product testing today around Terrace. An improved and refined ski drag system, Dairylandr 2.0's, and, brand new 2cms of hot glue gun Tip Xtendrz. Conditions varied from dust on...

After 12 seasons of workin' for lfh in stewart, i still get the euphoric emo-awe waves of appreciation gazing at the views from town.

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First off, i copy/pasted text from facebook and changed the color to lavender....can anyone read this on their phones/computer? if not, please advise on what to do to change color automatically to...

what road?

Sorry to hear, XXX'er; heal up fast.

Too bad I was outta town, powpig. Coulda did some townie urban jibbing laps as a plan B. Town snowpack is now sufficient.

Nice! Well, enjoy the harvest this sunday, powpig!

And, open offer to any mags visiting Shames in the future. Free rentals of the 180 solly rocker 2 122's and Volkl Shiro 185's with dh demo...

When u say 'standard downhill gear'...does that include fatter skis? kinda required equipment at shames. if in need i have some salomon rocker 2 122's in a 180cm length and some volkl shiros in a...

Right on, A.P., looks like you guys (including the reinstated mayor of Shames) nailed it! But, gotta ask, salesman hat on here...looks like some potentially undergunned planks in the quiver...did...

Watch the temps/forecast though...raining on the lower mtn right now, xxx'er...probably a take it hour by hour/day by day kinda storm; hope it cools and keep precipping.

Google earthed that pass...

Sand skiing nostaligia stoke! Fuck yeah!!!


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2nd and 3rd means we still get a podium finish Gary.

Awesome little outing. It was an honor to ski with the Mayor of Shames back on his tenured terrain.

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Skiing conditions were quite acceptable today on the surface of the moon, glademaster.

Dawn patrol @ Shames. It was actually kinda perfect. Mostly sunny sky, a slight hint of wind, cold temps....

From zero to hero.

Quite the dump. Over 100cms of snow depth at treeline at Shames.

Bell 2 lodge reporting 200cms of hs at treeline and heard there's around 300cms in parts of the alpine from...

Bell 2/Redflat Creek showing a 145cms snowpack depth just below treeline today.

Damn fine start in that part of the neighborhood.

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Nice work Gary! Great to see some really nice fresh pics from the Sisses. And when u said u quadded up the coyote creek road...didja do the old valley bottom start or the new logging road then hook...

I'm outta town slayin' sand and gravel in other parts of the province, A.P.

I'm thinkin' the terrace area experienced a full thermonuclear, pineapple express driven monsoon meltdown. Hopefully...

Wow, u weren't kidding. Solid El Dumpemundo.

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Really lookin' forward to some hill days at HBM. Don't think I've skied there since a lot of the recent years' worth of run cutting and custom thinning/glading stuff has been done. Nice work.
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Where's white fang?

Good to see Briguy on the up and up. Hope he's doin' good.

Daaaaaaaaaamn..........

Bell 2 area kickin' ass and takin' names with the early season snowfall so far this season. This morning's view from the recently installed remote webcam at treeline...

Went back to Wesach for some more snow play a few days ago. Joined local legend Brad and the mayor of Shames, garyfromterrace, for 1/6th of the ski day.

The recent good whack of precip that...

Totally worth it to ski the hill. If you hit it during a storm cycle and it's not packed with skier traffic, the inbounds and sidecountry is mini backcountry-esque. Lots of sneaker lines in trees...

Hey Smithers peeps: I'm lookin' for up to date intel on Sibolas. Heading off on a road trip sometime soon and was thinkin' of a little side trip for some turns.

I'll be driving a fairly weighed...

Sorry to hear about the lack of ski finding success.

But damn, that Henderson line looks like one hell of an awesome ski run. Can imagine it has all the right ingredients for amazing corn...

Stoke building time! Perfect weather forecast for loading our early season zone at Wesach! Glorious cold rain = great base building condish in the alpine.

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For the sake of interest in the meltocalypse of our local glaciers, I went through photo archives of our formerly 'go to' 100 percent sure thing, easy access summer ski zone up in East Bowl of Wesach...

Lol. Was lookin' back in the thread for old pics and found this little jem from A.P.

Tacklebox asked about starting a new thread for the year.