Tuesdays activity was walking the Greenstone Track (well part of it anyways). 5hr loop including lunch so not that far and no altitude gained but this is perhaps the prettiest walk I have done thus far. The walk started along the Greenstone Riv... Read more
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 course. From the course it was back to Malcome... Read more
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 shot. AND IT WAS AWESOME... Read more
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 with New Years – there wa... Read more
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 Summit County, there are no slope Nazi... Read more
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 a couple of very slushy days in lat... Read more
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. Loveland Ski area goes on both sides of th... Read more
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 and al... Read more
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 5 people in line b... Read more
Anyone keen to step up to this? Right click and then Save Target As – it is just over 70meg. WhistlerBooter.avi Read more
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 El Nino water temps off the Sth Am... Read more