December 12 Blue Video

Day 2---Perfect

 Headed out with Noah and Blake Friday Dec 12 making first run at 11ish then shutting down the Hill at 4:30.    The snow reports said that there was 25cm of new snow and we were not dissapointed.  Mother Nature cooperated too with little breeze,  temps around freezing and glorious Sun..lots of Sun.   After a couple of Runs with Bake and Noah I headed off on my own.   The Southern Chair and my favorite Run "Cruiser" were open for the first time this season.    Took a break around 1 and had a pint in the Sun at Rustys.   Didn't even need a coat sitting out in the Sun.    The day was allot like an early April outing ... great snow ,  great temp glorious Sun.   It felt like we were getting it all in before the season ended.  After Rustys I met up with Mark and Trevor.   Hung out with them for a couple of hours.    Ended the day where I started in Happy Valley...caught the last chair up!  Took a bunch of video and will put something together in the mean time here are some stills ...

Day 1...simply awesome!

I didn't plan on Skiing today but when I looked at the Collingwood Weather and it said heavy snow fall I just couldn't help myself!   The normal 40 minute drive took and hour.  Tried to park at the top but the lot was drifted in so I tobogganed the car to the bottom of the hill parking at the Hotel Parking Lot.  Got stuck parking but I knew it would be hard to get a push later so off I went....


Ravena

After picking up my pass I did 2 runs in Happy Valley ...  had a bit of a tough go of it adjusting to nearly a foot of snow!!!!     After I got my legs under me I headed down Legacy heading down The Village way making a dive for the Silver Bullet.   Legacy had allot of icy brown snow from some very aggressive base building efforts.   I have never seen so much snow on Smart Alex it was skied enough that giant moguls of powder were forming and there were some pretty good lines to follow.   Found some untouched powder on the South side of Tranquility and finally found my powered legs.  After an uneventful trip down Memory Lane I had my best Pow Run of the day down Rinus Run finding a large swath of untouched powder.
L Hill was sooooo tempting but I didn't as it was taped off....

When I was all done I found a couple of young fellow to push me out .... no problem as expected.   Returned the favor helping them out ... just about everyone was stuck.  Followed a plow all the way from the Village back to Ravena.  Didn't mind cause it sure made the drive allot easier!



See the plow

It may be September but ....

Its never to early to practice....




Or Wax.....

Playing Hookie

Took my son Noah and his buddy Blake to Blue today.  It was a school day but perfect weather ,  perfect conditions and the fact that I had the day off was a "Must Do Blue Day" .

We started when they turned the lifts on a 09:00.   It was corduroy  trail time,  machine groomed powder at its best.  Headed to North and spent the first couple of hours there before eating a little Tranquility before lunch.   Sun came out and the temps were near freezing ,  very comfortable.  Snow hung in there until about 1pm then it got a little slow and clumpy ...no more carefree bombing.     Called it a day a 3pm ,   exhausted after 5.5 hours on the Hill.

Chasing Groomers - Last Night

This Eve marked the end of the 2013/2014 night Skiing at Blue.  Arrived good and early making first Run at 4:30 pm.    Chased the Groomers in search of the "Corduroy Trail".  First Cruiser then teh Village way and finished with  Tranquility!     Met up with Patrick and gang.  Didn't hang in there too long as I was starting to freeze,  It was a balmy -17C with little wind.  When the Sun was up it was manageable but when the shadows took over so did Mr Frost.  After spending just shy of 3 hours on the slopes I pulled the plug and headed home.  

Snow Media Contest Entry

Played a small role in this video. Did some of the camera work and a bunch was shot in my yard. All the editing credit goes to Patrick Rose.