Recent content by wolfer

Feb. 14-21, flying to Edmonton, AB for my father's 80th birthday, renting a car then heading to Castle/Fernie, flying home from Calgary

I realize that the reported annual snowfall at KH is modest, the only way I can explain the good conditions that I have had everytime I have been there (5 times) is that inches must be bigger in Canada. In my experience most people ride the gondola down at Sunshine regardless of the time of...

Kicking Horse is my favourite ski area for two reasons: the challenging terrain which I think doesn't have to take a back seat to any resort in NA and the excellent snow perservation.I have never had a bad day at KH even when there hadn't been a significant snowfall for over a week(and sometimes...

I have been using the Head gloves from Costco for the last three seasons. They have kept my hands warm even at -30° C. Like Tony I bought several pairs because you can notice that they are not nearly as warm towards the end of the second season, something I can live with having paid less than...

while living in Ottawa during the winter of '81/82 I skied one day at Mont Ste-Marie, can't remember any of the runs or even the lay-out of the hill but I do remember that it also was one of the coldest ski days I had ever experienced

Blue Mountain in Collingwood On and Holiday Valley in Ellicottville NY are close to 100% open. Blue is reporting 33 of 36 trails open, don't have count on HV. Both areas have had significant lake effect snow after the rain.

-longest 4700' I have ever skied

interesting how two people can have such diferent opinions about the same mountain, the one day I skied at Revelstoke with you Tony competely trashed me, more so than any day I have skied at Kicking Horse. When people ask me what Revelstoke is like, the first thing I tell them is: relentless

I have a friend with a condo in Panorama so I have made the drive from Calgary to Invermere every year for the last 7 years. We have never had a 4x4 or even needed one in those years. our trip dates have been from New Year's day right up to closing weekend in April. The last few years we have...

have to make the final payment this week for Cervinia/Zermatt at the end of Jan. Also planning for Kicking Horse/Panorama but haven't locked in anything for that trip.

finally getting caught at home after my trip to Chamonix so I thought I would post a quick report and a few pictures. We arrived in Geneva on Sunday Jan 24, unfortunately my skis didn't. They did however get delivered to our hotel the next day. We received a few inches of snow over night so our...

thanks for the input guys. there is an club meeting on Sept. 23 which I plan to attend at which I will definitely ask some of the questions Tony suggested. I should also be able to get more info regarding meals etc.

the price would be $2800 CDN. this includes return flight from Toronto to Geneva, all ground transportation, 6 day lift ticket, breakfast, lunch and dinner, wine and beer with meals, open bar, 5 full days and one half day guiding/lessons, 7 nights accomondation at Club Med, a 4 trident (star?)...

A ski club in my area is advertising a ski trip to Chamonix from Jan 23-31/2010 that I am interested in joining. Does anybody know if based on historical snow fall is the end of January is a good time to ski Chamonix? Booking deadline is Oct 15 so I have to make up my mind soon and don't have...

I don't know when this happened but when I inspected my my bases before going in for lunch I noticed 4" of edging missing under the boot area on one ski. Is it even worth trying get this repaired as the edge on the other ski is also cracked in two places ? Has anyone of you seen similar damage...