Tremblant - Jan 14-17 2016

Made the annual pilgrimage to Tremblant last week taking Ryan and Chris ,  Robin and Ashley ,  Noah and Landon and Huch.   3 nights and 2 days on the hill was a blast.   Spent a full two days on the big mountain even making first tracks the second day.   Conditions were pretty good and the temps were moderate ,  -12C day one and -4C day two very balmy for Tremblant.

Our trip in pictures .... video to follow!

Day 2 - Cruisin Cruiser

Up around 7:30 not quite enough time to make first tracks but I did make it on the hill 30 minutes after the lifts started turning.   It was really cold -16C a good opportunity to try out my new Handware  and Socks and see how the new Boots would perform in the cold.   Handware 100% perfect ,  socks ...so so and boots not as cold as the old ones but not warm either somewheres in between.   It was also a chance to play GoPro before Tremblant next week.

2015/2016 Season Opener

Finally got to try out the new boots heading to Blue this Eve.   Boots were awesome much more comfortable then the old ones.  Skied mostly  Smart Alec and it wasn't too bad for snow with only a 15 cm base.  Hope to be back tomorrow Eve.

New Kicks

New Kicks to kick off the 2015-2016 Ski Season...

April Sun Brings Some Fun

Sunshine and  overnight freezing temps made for a great morning at Blue.  There is just something special about spring skiing.   Soft snow ,  lack of crowds ,  warm temps and the knowledge that it could any soon makes it that way.     I skied until the snow started to get soft but before that time I was following the corduroy trail and it was simply amazing!

Last night skiing of the 2014-2015 season.

Unplanned last minute trip to Blue the evening. Picked Noah up in town at 5:30.  On the way home I mentioned that it was the last eve for night skiing at Blue this season.  He immediately  contacted Blake , we picked him up on the way home and after a quick bite of food and a few chores we found ourselves on the Mountain at 7:30 pm!   The Moon and Venus were a few degrees apart low in the Sky.  I had a birds eye view every time I made the trip on the chairlift.  Temps were colder ,  -10ish and there was a bit of a breeze now and again but overall it was comfortable compared to what we had been out in weeks ago!    Conditions were very fast  and not too too tracked out.   Best runs were done in the Orchard at the end of the night.   Its 9pm and I was riding the Orchard lift looking at a Corederroy road right under the chair.   Tried it out and it was amazing... repeat , repeat , repeat until the clock struck 10 then that was it. Part of the joy was that once again I felt like a VIP because I was about the only one in the Orchard after 9pm.... as a matter of fact the whole place was very quiet.  

  It was a great couple of hour on the hill.

The Blue I know...

After nearly 2 months of almost always frigid temps the thermometer broke the freezing mark yesterday.  Warm temps  and two weeks left of "Night Skiing" made for a busy evening.   Noah and his  friend Alex were along.   We hit the Hill at 6:00 pm.  I was Skiing "Single" so it was only a few minutes to get on the lift.   There were tons of families and little kids and lots of stop / go on the lift lines.   I Skied South originally sticking to cruiser.  In spite of the traffic the snow wasn't too bad.   flew down cruiser then headed to central and was doing the lift line under the silver bullet ... also fun and fast.  Broke for dinner at 7:45 then back out for another hour... the place sure emptied out!     All and all better conditions and not quite as busy as I expected.