Week 2 going well!



Had some great skiing this week in Whistler!



Flute Bowl




Nice powder

 



Gnarly descent after hiking Spanky's Ladder



Scouting a descent off the side!



 

Our Mountain Guide

Skinning out from the Backcountry





Great last run of the day on Thursday

 

Jacuzzi Bath, Red Wine & Ben Jerry's............................

Following a great day on the mountain I've just had a lovely long soak in my jacuzzi bath with a nice glass of red and a big bowl of Ben & Jerry's ice cream!

I stopped short of the candles, bubble bath and rose petals so that makes it ok, right..........???

Nice!

Whistler - Week 1 Done!

Great first week in Whistler! Skied some great lines and also completed the Avalanch Safety Training L1. Really enjoyed the instruction from Chris, which was tough but rewarding!

The apres has been pretty full on too.........!!!

My home for the next 2 months!

Flute Summit

Hiking for fresh powder!

At the bottom of North Flute Bowl after a great descent!

Avalanche Safety Training Course - Day 1

Day 1 on the AST 1 course, lots of classroom stuff today following by a couple of hours doing practical beacon searching in groups.

Tomorrow we head up in to the alpine area for a full days training on the mountain!

Whistler First Day!!!

Great first day on the mountain!

Started my 6 week course, which looks like it will be great...........!

Bloody Typical.........

Bloody typical - first time I fly first class and the lounge doesn't open until 5.15am and I leave at 5.30am........!!!

 

Horrible second part of the journey to Denver.....

Journey to Denver was going well until I crossed the state line from Wyoming to Colorado…..  10 mins later it was total carnage on the road (Interstate 25), sheet ice everywhere and dumping snow!  There were cars and big trucks going off the road everywhere!  Over a distance of approx 1 ½ miles I saw at least 10 accidents!  2 cars spun off the road straight in front of me and went in to the field running parallel to the road.  There were 4 separate incidents where at least 1 car ended up on its roof!

One particular crash involving about 5 cars looked really serious.  There were 2 guys working on somebody who was lying unconscious by the side of the road……….

Fortunately I managed to avoid hitting anything or leaving the road, however, it was VERY scary indeed, I shit myself!!! I actually felt sick for a good hour afterwards……..

2 day old skis completely trashed!!!

Check out the bent ski, only the second day on these skis!  This was the end result following a particularly difficult run, which ended with me going down the hill on my head...........!

Hopefully K2 will replace them under warranty......???



Jackson Done.......

THE Apres bar in Jackson!

Party Time!