From Snow to Sand
Not sure about his post – kinda boring so I’ll either comment it later or delete it. Darn Aussie birds molesting me….. Continue reading From Snow to Sand
Author: Tommy Gee
Colorado is having a cracker of a winter - airport closures, sporting events postponed, avalanches wipping out State Hwy's and lots of fresh pow. In the words of Warren Miller - if you don't do it this year... you'll be one year older when you do.
Montana… Mmmmmm
Doug invited Little Spoon and I along for a few days of ‘Man Skiing’ up in Montana. Since I nearly moved to Bozeman a while back I was uber keen to finally ski the area. We had enuf equipment for half of Africa to ski…. downhill gear, skinning gear, couple of sleds, all the ropes required for towing 3 people per sled, kite ski and … Continue reading Montana… Mmmmmm
Darn 30 is old
I’ve been in North America for every Super Bowl since I was 21. My birthday is the week before Super Bowl, just happens that I’ve been in the snow for a few birthdays. 9 years ago I celebrated my 21st in Whistler, with Fi, at a pub called ‘Tommy Africas’ and…. that is all I’m willing to share about the matter. I did learn that … Continue reading Darn 30 is old
Way too much pow!!!
What started as a great season of snowfall, continues as a great season. All in all we had 60 inches of snow last week. On Tuesday we had 28 inches at Breck!!! Little Spoon bought a new video camera and Chris V loaned us his GoPro so we took them out and came back with some fun footage – a monkey could make skiing look … Continue reading Way too much pow!!!
Skiing against snowmobiles
The crazy (holiday) time is over and being a Monday everyone should be back at work. So it was time to get a crew together and head out to Vail Pass to test all the repairs made to Poly the snowmobile. Here is Brett and Doug on his new machine… (I think he was sick of Allison telling him that mine was bigger). Lunch time … Continue reading Skiing against snowmobiles
Crazy month…
December has been pretty crazy. The awesome spring that we had in New Zealand filled my days with golf, mountain biking and boating which didn’t help with all the chores I have at the end of a season. On my way east I passed through California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah and finally made it to Colorado. San Fran was fantastic as usual with Cole and Gabriella. … Continue reading Crazy month…
Gorgeous Days
This time of year the weather is intermittent at best – normally it is windy enough to blow Christ off his cross. Thankfully, this spring has been gorgeous. So I saw the forecast and I lined up a super early start. I was up at 6:30 – I didn’t know there was a second 6:30 on the clock. After a run and a swim I … Continue reading Gorgeous Days
Spring Collection
Now that the mountain is closed I get to clean out the toy closet and knock off some ‘spring time’ missions. I’ve been taking the mountain bike out a bit and I’m trying to spend as much time down at 7 Mile as I can. The local mountain bike club have been building this over the last 5 years or so. Darn pedestrians….. actually I … Continue reading Spring Collection
Skating Crew
Dave the Sailor and Shazza are old friends. We’ve skated the bus tunnels of Brissy (if I did that now they’d think I was a terrorist), skiing in Buller with absolutely no snow and a crazy week in Arrowtown a couple of years back which I’m not allowed to mention here for legal reasons – hahaha (I behaved myself – I can’t vouch for the … Continue reading Skating Crew
Early season turns
Some early season skiing before the troops start arriving. Here is as pic looking out the front/backyard… snow down to lake level. Not a bad 1st week for the remarks – still lots and lots and lots of snakes in the grass (rocks) but up high the snow is holding up really well. AJ with his new planks up where the lifts don’t go…. 3 … Continue reading Early season turns
Finally out of the office!!!
I’ve been trying to get down for an exploration mission for weeks but 3 weeks of perma frost made an early start cold and slick on the drive to the trail head. In the end I just had to sack up. The drive took twice as long as normal and I didn’t get as far up the valley as I wanted but it was a … Continue reading Finally out of the office!!!
5 rounds in 5 days
I’ve had a couple of days on the hill and the Remarks opens up this weekend. Still needs a bit of snow and I can’t get my new toy started so nothing too exciting to post. Big weekend with Tony (old multisport teammate from the Peak to Peak race) in town and ended up playing bunch of golf. 5 rounds of golf, on 3 courses over … Continue reading 5 rounds in 5 days