Patrick
Active member
After hearing the comments (at work and elsewhere) about me skiing last night, I decided to write a ski report of a small area outside Ottawa (167meters vertical) (approx. 1m=3ft)
Wednesday night, as always, a Masters race was scheduled. This week, it was at Mont Cascades. Last week, the race was at Camp Fortune (same size about 20km from downtown Ottawa). Cascades is located 30km away from downtown.
Some believe the conditions must have been terrible and icy, the only terrible conditions were the driving and weather. Snow conditions are very often great when it's raining. The weather last night was -6c with Freezing Rain, Drizzle and Fog. An interesting mix indeed.
The base was soft and easy to carve. It's was a lot fun to ski. Unfortunately the race had been canceled 'cause the part of the hill that had the equipment was shut down for the evening. The word went out late so a few of us never heard it and made our way to the hill. Once there, why not ski a bit. The hill were operating the triple and the small beginner. The other two doubles elsewhere on the mountain were closed. There were 3 runs if I exclude the small beginner one. Amazing conditions, my race wax combination was dead on for once. :x
Anyway, I had fun, however I had to remove the ice from my goggle each time when I got on the lift AND off the lift. My whole body was like a statue covered in a sheet of ice during the ice storm. I called it quits at 9pm (after 2 hours of skiing), hope everything dry off by next week. :lol:
SKIING IN THE RAIN CAN BE FUN:
Need to dress in layers. Have a change of dry clothes in a gear bag including underwear (unless you are using t-bars). If you are wearing a hat, very helpful to have a hood on your jacket. The hood keeps you head dry and warm.
So next time it's raining and you have scheduled to go... go anyways, you'll have fun if you are dress properly. 8)
Here are some Great Ski Days I had in the Rain.
Grand Montet (Chamonix) March 28, 2003
Tremblant, April 21, 2003 (closing day)
Alpe d'Huez (near Grenoble, France), Jan 2, 2001.
http://www.montcascades.ca and http://www.ottawamasters.ca
Wednesday night, as always, a Masters race was scheduled. This week, it was at Mont Cascades. Last week, the race was at Camp Fortune (same size about 20km from downtown Ottawa). Cascades is located 30km away from downtown.
Some believe the conditions must have been terrible and icy, the only terrible conditions were the driving and weather. Snow conditions are very often great when it's raining. The weather last night was -6c with Freezing Rain, Drizzle and Fog. An interesting mix indeed.
The base was soft and easy to carve. It's was a lot fun to ski. Unfortunately the race had been canceled 'cause the part of the hill that had the equipment was shut down for the evening. The word went out late so a few of us never heard it and made our way to the hill. Once there, why not ski a bit. The hill were operating the triple and the small beginner. The other two doubles elsewhere on the mountain were closed. There were 3 runs if I exclude the small beginner one. Amazing conditions, my race wax combination was dead on for once. :x
Anyway, I had fun, however I had to remove the ice from my goggle each time when I got on the lift AND off the lift. My whole body was like a statue covered in a sheet of ice during the ice storm. I called it quits at 9pm (after 2 hours of skiing), hope everything dry off by next week. :lol:
SKIING IN THE RAIN CAN BE FUN:
Need to dress in layers. Have a change of dry clothes in a gear bag including underwear (unless you are using t-bars). If you are wearing a hat, very helpful to have a hood on your jacket. The hood keeps you head dry and warm.
So next time it's raining and you have scheduled to go... go anyways, you'll have fun if you are dress properly. 8)
Here are some Great Ski Days I had in the Rain.
Grand Montet (Chamonix) March 28, 2003
Tremblant, April 21, 2003 (closing day)
Alpe d'Huez (near Grenoble, France), Jan 2, 2001.
http://www.montcascades.ca and http://www.ottawamasters.ca