I know, I know.... two trips to Whistler in one year is so indulgent. So indulge me. Andrew and Isabella came in from the UK. I took a couple of lessons to refresh my skills (only took a pic on one day). Andrew and I had a great time in some pretty extreme weather, and [...]
Just back from a week at Whistler with Mssrs. Allt and Lloyd-Davies. Much fun was had, including the discovery of an ice cave on Blackcomb Glacier that has never been accessible on any of my previous trips.
Last weekend, I joined up with Phil, Joff and Olga for a couple days of skiing on the North Shore of the St. Lawrence. They get a ton of snow, and the nearby town of Baie St. Paul is charming. The skiing was pretty good too. While we were in La Belle Province, [...]
Here's a couple of pictures from Vancouver, where we spent one night before heading to Whistler. Close as we can tell, the totem is an eagle/wolf eating a small human. We met Heidi's brother, Dan, in Whistler. It was very, very cold (1). We had lots of blue skies, but not a single flake of [...]
We went to Jasper National Park for the MLK long weekend, to meet up with our friends Bogie and Angela from Edmonton. Sorry, no pictures of anyone but me, and the mountain tour volunteer, Ruth. But, trust me, we had a great time.
Surprise. We spent another fab week in Whistler. Lots of snow and great company. AWB and CSB even reverted to skiing for a couple of days, after 15-or-so years on snowboards.
Took a couple of days to go skiing at Tremblant. Day 1 was warm and soaking wet. Day 2 was brutally cold. We had a great time. We decided the conditions were sufficiently harsh that Peter earned his honorary Canadian badge on his first attempt.
