I’ve been back in Q-Town for just over a week now and its good to be back. After the 35hr journey from Denver to Queenstown I was picked up at the airport by AJ and we went directly to the … Continue reading
Last day of Cat Skiing
After a pretty lame day last year, cat skiing wasn’t a top priority. But, with 8 inches forecast, some new terrain which is open and being the last weekend of the season Al and I thought we’d give it another … Continue reading
Party Time
After a 5yr hiatus I am a single man again and working on getting my mojo back. I’ve been cleaning out some photos of the season and here are some party pics which I forgot to post earlier. We’ll start … Continue reading
Andy and Moc @ The Basin
These are pics taken from the day when we were scoping a hike off the backside (see the next post). A-Basin is one of my favourite places on the planet; it is laid back, the skiing is the steepest in … Continue reading
A-Basin Recon
For those of you not in the know…. A-Basin is a resort 5 minutes up the road from Keystone which is on the lift ticket. A-Basin is a bit higher than Keystone and opened in October and should be open for … Continue reading
Biggest Gap Jump in History
Last day for Andy and Moc and along with Al we headed over to Loveland Ski Area to check it out. Pretty crappy day but the snow was amazing!!! Season is winding down and there was nobody there at all. … Continue reading
Breaking in a Virgin
Not quite what you were thinking Wayne – the Virgin is Moc and he hasn’t skiied any pow before. Well hasn’t skiied any pow since his conversion to skiing. We had 10 inches of Spring Storm snow (a little heavy) overnight … Continue reading
Sunday afternoon stroll
2 Runs 2hrs 20min of hiking 1,800m decent….. Max elevation 3,750m Fresh pow and not standing in lift lines on a busy Sunday…… You know how the saying goes. So today was a Sunday and since there were more than … Continue reading
Whistler Booter
Anyone keen to step up to this? Right click and then Save Target As – it is just over 70meg. WhistlerBooter.avi
Winter has arrived… finally.
Yes winter has finally begun. We have had some solid pow days earlier in the season, and we did have a solid base from October snow falls BUT we haven’t had the same kind of pow days that we want. So the … Continue reading
Air time
All morning we skiied the outer bowls and since we were hiking at around 13,000 feet we decided to spend the afternoon back on the front mountain trying out some jumps. During summer Keystone has wicked mountain bike stuff (which … Continue reading
Winter Begins….
Finally we have some pow – perhaps Wilson and Chase brought it from Tennessee with them. Here are some powder shots from everyone on the crew that day. As a side note – that night we drank until 5am. Nasty … Continue reading