Latest Old Glory Run Ever

Kieren Gaul, from Big Red Cats, and I got the job done today. Nine hours worth. I am exhaysted now and really happy. Unfortunately I had some trouble with my Helmet Cam and did not catch any video, but I had a very memorable top to bottom nonstop run.

View up the North Chute from the bottom, it took an hour to hike up again.






Kieren, still skiing strong near the bottom.








This is me at the start of the day, I think I looked a little different 9 hours later.























This is me on turn two, real steep.

Old Glory is Skiable

I finally got a view of Old Glory today.

I rode up to Strawberry pass on my motorcycle, the weather looked perfect. And I got soaked! What a miserable ride back to Rossland.

So I am going to ski it, I just need actual summer weather and a partner.

Old Glory Failed Reconnaissance

My plan is to hike and ski the North Face of Old Glory this week. Problem is the weather is terrible, more like October rather than July. Yesterday Simon and I drove up to take a look at Old Glory from the highway. We could not see a thing, so instead had a father/son hike to Cookie Jar Cabin.

Another problem I am having is finding a friend to commit to the adventure. Everyone seems a little intimidated by it.

Summer Training Inspiration

I was in my hometown of Vernon this past weekend. I had a chance to Mountain Bike with Canadian Ski Quest Pro Darcy Tevelyan. This photo was taken on the first climb, from here we went down to the lake and then back up to the same elevation. Darcy was being nice to me, I felt like I could keep up, but he certainly had an easier time chatting on the climbs than I did. Thanks for doing most of the talking Darcy.

Summer Skiing at Mt. Hood

I am at Mt. Hood with some athletes from the Red Mountain Academy. Not coaching them, they are all in the terrain park. I have been skiing with Isabella and Simon. It is a proud Dad time as they are just stoked to be skiing and both are turning really well.

The summer skiing here is really good, it seems to be bigger than it was in 1994, the last time I was here. There are two high speed quad chairs and one main run. The run is long. There are also a lot of training camps on, racers, freeskiers and snowboarders from all over North America. These camps seem to shut down at about 11:00, which is nice because then their reserved lanes open up, leaving smooth snow behind.