Alta - QC - jan 25, 2004 (few powder pics)

[Frankontour]

I went back to the mountain today with a friend of Zoneski for some off-piste almost all day long ! <BR> <BR>Of course there was less powder than yesterday, but as I know the mountain extremely well, we touched some unmarked glades with 12+" of untracked powder. <BR> <BR>FTO really got an influence on me cause before, I was prefering the very soft moguls with a bit of powder, but now I'm more and more a powder seeker. <BR> <BR>Here is a couple of shots of the day <BR> <BR>Skiing the Slalom <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/3295.jpg" ALT="Slalom powder"> <BR> <BR>The Twist (one of its lines) <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/3296.jpg" ALT="Twist"> <BR> <BR>Somewhere <IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=""> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/3297.jpg" ALT="nice !"> <BR> <BR>Somewhere else <IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=""><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=""> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/3298.jpg" ALT="Somewhere !"> <BR> <BR>For the last pic, I must say that it's not a super spot usually, but today, it rocked ! 8' wide and quite long, with 12" of light untracked powder, we were going down at full speed into this little heaven. <BR> <BR>Damn I love this mountain !

 

[jamesdeluxe]

After Frank's nonstop praise of this place, I have to check it out. <BR> <BR>Doesn't have much of a vertical... but I guess it doesn't matter?

 

[Frankontour]

LOL, Ski the Nadler's Needle trail and you'll be happy of the little vertical of the place (ouch the legs) <BR> <BR>How could I not praise the only powder lift-serviced spot north of Montreal ? <IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=""> <BR> <BR>It is truly more wild than the mt Shefford that you tried last week, but for the wood skiing, it equals and very probably beats Shefford.