Old Glory Hike

Mike Flood, Chris Sutherland and I took a hike up Old Glory last week with the kids from the Red Mountain Academy. Old Glory is the glorious big peak that you can see as you ski from the top of the Motherlode Chair towards Rino's Run. I am sure that once the clouds clear we will see snow on it. It was cold and rainy in Rossland yesterday.

Pre Season Training

Weekend training with athletes from The Red Mountain Academy. This was after running up the sandhill several times.

Golf Champion

You know winter is approaching when a bunch of Ski Instructors get together for a seriously fun golf tournament. The CSIA NDC "Closed Open" was held at the Quail Golf Course in Kelowna. I was teamed up with Eamon Doerty (in red shirt) and brothers Grant and Don Brown.

Thanks to Eamon's spectacular drives, the Brown brothers precision and confidence building abilities, and my ultra high handicap-WE WON!

Presenting the trophy is CSIA past president Norm Crerar. Photo by Marie-Cat Bruno.

New Office for Canadian Ski Quest

Big News...

Canadian Ski Quest has moved Downtown. We are now located at 1936 Queen Street. It is the house behind Ross Vegas.

This is a nice move for our business and also a great improvement to our house. As in we suddenly have room to play in our place and I am not constantly worried about the kids making paper airplanes out of someones arrival details.

Summer days

We are into full on summer weather in Rossland. It is great as long as you are close to water.

Red Deer Water Ramp

We are in Red Deer for a family reunion. I took some time to check out the Red Deer Water Ramp. It could be a good training opportunity for the Red Mountain Academy. I did not get to do it myself....

Red Mountain in Summer

I ran up to the top of Red this morning, my goal was to do it without stopping, which I did, phew.
There was an abundance of huckle berrys near the trail, according to some Rossland old timers, this is a sure sign of a big snow year to come.
It was pretty lonely up there, I waited around the sign for a free ski tip but the service was just not there.