Summary of yet another ski trip.
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Originally uploaded by fozz47.
So this year it was Revelstoke, BC. Apparently this resort used to be called Powder Springs, a few years ago they closed it and dumped gobs of money into it making it one of the biggest areas in North America. It's friggin huge! Almost seems to dwarf Whistler/Blackcomb, but it's been a while since I've been there.
Highlights were:
5 guys who've know each other an average of 25 years getting together from different states to do this trip. Doing the same shit we did during High School ski trips, like getting scolded by the hotel management and toweling the doors for some strange reason.
2 days of Sno-cat skiing with a crazy German guide. Run after run of fresh tracks and he even yodeled!
Getting to try new skis as the rentals were included.
Quaint BC town with a party atmosphere.
Bummers of the trip:
Last run of 2nd cat-skiing day, the above mentioned guide gets caught in an avalanche! He was "cutting" a slope, basically skiing across it to see if it would slide beneath him, and it slid above him. He got carried down about 100 meters, got buried towards the end, lost his brand new skis but popped out by himself at the bottom and was OK, but understandably freaked out.
Heli-skiing day was a disappointment. First I find out my Grandmother died the day before. then because of the high avalanche danger they kept us on flat routes that funneled down into tracked out trees on the entire 2nd half. Plus our group had some richy-riches who couldn't ski and needed to be coddled . At the price we paid, I want turn after turn of fresh powder.
PJ didn't go due to the current economic climate. So I had to do the long drive solo.
Doing the long drive solo, some asshole rear-ends my beautiful car! $5K+ in body damage.
Link to all the pics here.