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I'm starting off this TR kinda near the end as that was where the best conditions were to be had by FAR (Fernie Alpine Resort). After a 4 day weekend in Rossland for the Winter Carnival and riding the slopes of Red & Granite, I departed the condo at Red at 5 am on Monday the 28th and made haste...

This is very sobering article and multi-media piece that should be viewed by anyone thinking about venturing out-of-bounds... http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/ http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/video/

Jan 25th: 15cm was predicted by Enviro Canada...14 was delivered, not bad and Bluebird. Here is a look at the back side of Red from Columbia Avenue in Rossland in the early am: Was originally scheduled to leave Rossland in the morning on the 25th but was convinced by my Host to extend my stay...

Drove up from Spokane last night....total $hit show... Landed in rain...Freezing Rain...always an exiting time especially with pylons who loose their $hit while driving in it. Anyway, made it out of metro area without major incident and headed north to the Border in a transitional weather event...

Making BIG predictions about snow fall months in advance may be a Fool's Game...and maybe there is no explanation to explain what is happening (or not) in California but Man, this is like saying Shut Out with a minute left in the 3rd. Bad Karma? Just Sayin... Found a link to this article on TGR...

So deep, so sweet, so far away... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66kDNYu0kH0&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66kDNYu0kH0&feature=colike

Osama is Dead...Obama says so...only took 10 years to find him and flush him out. Maybe he got restless and went out for a pizza and some beers, or maybe somebody dropped a dime on him. Will the next Bad Guy please step up and assume the position of America's most wanted... I wonder if OBL was a...

Will do a proper report later... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn7Vl87HUNU BTW, how do I post so the vid shows in the post? Low tech guy in a high tech world

Arrived in Calgary (1/25) with little incident and less fanfare, promptly connected with my benefactor from Rossland like clockwork. He however, narrowly escaped jeopardy on the way to cow town when he sleepily miss-judged the lay of the land and flew through a T intersection while trying to...

http://www.biglines.com/video/powder-sl ... johannesen Check it! one the best faceshot vids I've seen...

This looks too good not to share it with FT... http://www.biglines.com/video/whistler-opening-day-2010

Check out this bad boy... http://www.skicastle.ca/media-gallery.cfm?listID=5

Sad news from Revelstoke http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/01/29/bc-revelstoke-ski-deaths.html#socialcomments It would appear that the pursuit of a fresh line may be the the root of this tragedy see news clip video as well...

Hey Socal, that really sucks about your accident...I agree totally with Rob about going after the guy who caused the calamity, but not the resort. If I were you, I'd sue the nuts off the guy. I trust that you know his identity?...and can, with the help of witnesses, prove negligence. With or...

Happy New Year indeed! We (Skootch, Wiggles, & I) left KHMR 12/26 and headed to RMR and spent two glorius days there in absolute blue bird bliss. Conditions were similar to what we had enjoyed at the Horse but without the extreme inversion, although one was still in place but with less of a...

Flew into Calgary from London ON on Christmas Morning and headed straight to Kicking Horse. The Sun was bright, traffic was light. The only "volume" was found near the Lake Louise exit and every vehicle in front and behind us turned off. We had the road quite literally to ourselves the rest of...

Happy Turkey Day to our American friends, Hey! any of you bitches getting tired of hearing about BC powder yet? Well Kicking Horse, Revy, Fernie are coming on-line real soon with many more to follow. So there is going be more shitts and giggles... Is this BC`s year or what! All that and,Team...

Check it y'all - 81cm in the last 24 hours (that is 32" for you metrically challenged folk) http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/index.htm http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/weathe ... /index.htm Shanks

Good evening Liftlines - I have been reading many of the posts for both East & West for a number of years and really have enjoyed the depth and quality of information found herein. You are an august group indeed. That said, I find most of the postings to be decidedly americo-centric in focus...