More Champagne, then back to Rain

Welcome to part two of the weekend trip to the interior. If you didn't see part one see it here.

We just came off an incredible day at Silver Star with Dustin and Matt. Our legs were exhausted, so many turns, so much champagne powder. We had booked a hotel for the night, so we checked in ordered some pizza and had a well deserved rest. The guys ended up coming over to enjoy the hot tub. Brad didn't come over, he was to tired from keeping the silver star park in pristine condition all day.  During the visit Dustin had the best idea of the weekend, "We should go to Revelstoke tomorrow." he says. It didn't take much for Emily and I to agree as it had been snowing there the past two days. Matt unfortunately decided that watching NFL was a better choice so he opted out.  I gave Revelstoke resident Scott Duke a call and found out that another friend Dave Bemmann was there, a nice surprise. The guys left, and we set the alarm early for another big day.
Sunday morning came fast. Dustin and his friend Glen were out front of the hotel by six ready to head to revy. We packed the truck, checked out of the hotel took full advantage of the free breakfast. I was glad Dustin was driving as there was some snow packed sections and a crazy transport that decided to pass us on a blind corner. We got to town and stopped in at Scott's place first to say hello. He has one heck of a view from his house.

 It was decided that we would meet up later on the hill, so off to the resort we went. When we got there we could see a line up at the gondola.

By the time we got our tickets and put on our gear the line was pretty much gone and we were on the gondola at about a quarter to nine.

Emily in line.

Dustin Ready to go.

Gondonla!

Going up! Emily and Glen on the Gondola

South Bowl

Mountains!

We had some amazing runs right off the start. There was tons of snow and fresh tracks to be found everywhere, especially in the trees.  Scott and Dave met up with us around 11 unfortunately we did not get any pictures together. It was great to have scott with us. Much like Dustin the day before, Scott became our personal tour guide and took us to some great spots on the mountain. North bowl was the highlight of the day. So much snow!!!!!

Our final run was a top to bottom around two. It took forever, Revelstoke has the most vertical in North America.  We said our goodbyes to Scott and Dave and hit the road back to Vernon. Dustin got us back safe and from there Emily and I continued on to Kelowna air port to fly back to rain in Vancouver. We had lots of time, had a nice dinner and relaxed on the plane the whole way home. 

It was a great weekend, probably the best weekend of board'n I have ever had. So much Powder and great friends. Can't wait to to do it again. 

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Rain to Champagne!

The first day of work after coming home from California in November, I got an email from Emily. She simply asked if she should purchase some flights she found during a seat sale to Kelowna. I immediately responded YES!  Time flew by and before I knew it I was walking to the bus in the pouring rain on route to the Airport, I got soaked. I met Emily at the airport, glad to be out of the rain we were on route to Kelowna. As we started to descend into Kelowna we could see the lights of the wings reflecting off the falling snow. At that moment we knew it was going to be a good weekend. After one of the hardest landings I have ever experienced we had arrived loaded the rental car and started to drive to Matt Bibby's house in Vernon. The drive was snowy a little slow and we even passed a transport that ended up in the ditch. Upon arriving we were greeted by Dustin, Brad and Matt coming in from a scenic drive around the neighborhood. It was great to see some summer friends in the middle of winter.  After some hang'n out it was time for bed to rest up for a big day at silver star and some of that champagne powder.

We woke up to reports of 20cm of fresh stuff up on the mountain. Breakfast was quick, our gear got loaded into Matt's car and we drove to meet Dustin in town. Gear got transfered to Dustin's truck and up the mountain we went and hit the lifts right away. It was amazing having Dustin and Matt to show us around. They knew exactly where to go and when.

 On route to the steep stuff.

 About to drop in, I got hassled for taking to long with the camera.

And this is why, FRESHIES!

We went hard all morning. The highlight of the morning was over hearing a guy in line at about 11 saying "I'm surprised how skied out it is already."  This after we just got fresh turns, then we went back up the lift and the guys showed us another run where we got fresh turns yet again. Clearly the guy in line was not as knowledgeable as Dustin and Matt when it came to powder hunting. We ended the morning with a bit of a hike out to alder point. It was worth it.

The Hike.

 At Alder Point

 The View

Getting Ready

Go!

The morning was great, we rode straight until about 1 and took some lunch. After lunch we did a few cruiser runs and visited Brad in the Park.  He was doing a great job grooming the park all day, we had to take advantage. Soon it was three, time to go home.

It was a great day, one of the best days of boarding ever.

More to come in part two. Click Here



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Post work Wednesday

This Wednesday night was the first night for Adult Clinics up on grouse. Some photos from the evening below. 

Walk home, Coal Harbor Marina.

 Coal Harbor, Grouse in the Background. 

View from Grouse

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Alcatraz Filming

The new T.V. show Alcatraz was filming at Victory Square the past couple days. Victory square is just around the corner from the office so I went to check it out at lunch today. I was even able to watch them shoot an explosion!

 Victory Square

 Am I in Vancouver or SF?

 Bomb Squad

Transit Bus or inmate bus?

 Pre-explosion

Post- explosion! look at the smoke!

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Commuting

A photo from my walking commute home this evening.   W. Georgia and Cardero

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Some Photos from Ontario

While at home I was able to visit with my youngest nephew Colton.

It was the first christmas in several years that my siblings were all together. We took this awesome photo.

 

And then we took this one. 

 Alex and Dad practiced their dance moves. 

 Emily and I travelled to Hastings to her parents place. 

I visited my old University Room mates Jakob, Julian and Jason in Toronto. We checked out the Eaton Centre. Tweet