TOFF Canada trip report

[TOFF]

Will fill in on previous days later but for now, arrived in revelstoke today from Penticton with a lunch stop to have a look at SilverStar.
Nice dinner in town tonight now watching it smash down snow to add the metre odd already on the deck.
Better not drink too late tonight, tomorrow could be fun.

 

[Slalom]

Enjoy......just a pleasant 39c in Melbourne as we speak.

 

[TOFF]

Enjoy......just a pleasant 39c in Melbourne as we speak.

I just spoke to Mrs who hates the cold and she said she'd rather be here in revelstoke now than in Melbourne.
Must be yuk

 

[sly_karma]

You picked a good day for the drive, and arrived in Revy a bit in front of the system. Just as we planned!

 

[TOFF]

Not many pics as awesome powder day.
Just didn’t stop snowing at Revy, we were getting freshies right till the last run.
Town looking nice as well

 

[TOFF]

Oh, best thing was that my lift ticket cost me zero.

 

[Sbooker]

Oh, best thing was that my lift ticket cost me zero.

How? Mountain Collective already paid for itself?

 

[chunky]

Not bad Revelstoke is like 480m asl so decent level snow.

 

[TOFF]

How? Mountain Collective already paid for itself?

Spot on

 

[Sbooker]

Spot on

Heading to Sunshine/Lake Louise next?

 

[TOFF]

Heading to Sunshine/Lake Louise next?

Rev again tomorrow.
Then kicking horse
Then LL
Then sunshine
Couple of days each on this road trip

 

[Crystal]

Interested to hear you views on Rev compared to Kicking Horse.

 

[TOFF]

How? Mountain Collective already paid for itself?

I bought my MC for A$455 and have ski’d
3 days at Buller
2 days at coronet peak
2 days at remarkables
About to have 2 at revie, 2 at LL and 2 at Sunshine.
Damn good value

 

[sly_karma]

I spoke to my people in Revy and cautioned them to be on the lookout for three Aussie troublemakers.

 

[TOFF]

I spoke to my people in Revy and cautioned them to be on the lookout for three Aussie troublemakers.

Plenty of Aussies here.
Revy closed today. Rain in town and wind up high.
Might need to start drinking soon

 

[Crystal]

Gondola at KH also shut...go there and ski the quad

Correction: KH gondola now open

 

[Skichic2]

Puking down in Golden.

 

[Sbooker]

I bought my MC for A$455 and have ski’d
3 days at Buller
2 days at coronet peak
2 days at remarkables
About to have 2 at revie, 2 at LL and 2 at Sunshine.
Damn good value

Yes. Fantastic value. I think we bought ours for the early ‘at par’ rate of $400aud. And my son was $100usd!!
We got our bonus day at Thredbo - so three days there. We had two at Niseko in December and in a couple of weeks will get two at Aspen, A basin, Alta, Snowbird, Jackson and Big Sky. It’s almost like stealing. (My son won’t be with us in Nth America though).

 

[sly_karma]

Plenty of Aussies here.
Revy closed today. Rain in town and wind up high.
Might need to start drinking soon

Grouse Gulch was knee deep this morning. Had to hit it twice, quality control.

 

[TOFF]

Grouse Gulch was knee deep this morning. Had to hit it twice, quality control.

Sounds like Revy got skunked where everywhere else got powder.

 

[sly_karma]

Not exactly. The atmospheric river ran across the entire southern half of BC. Freezing level was roughly 1600 m. Some resorts sit above that, some below, some straddle it. Lower elevations got a lot of rain, especially Whistler and the lower mainland hills. Sasquatch (formerly Hemlock) got snow but no one can get there because of rockslides on the access road. Closures at various times on hwy 1 and 97 due to rock fall. Avy work will be next, happens every time when temps rise.

 

[TOFF]

Very cold again tomorrow and for the next week.

 

[TOFF]

Great drive to Golden

 

[sly_karma]

You scored the gap between fronts. Nice to be across Rogers Pass in good weather. Great scenery but can be hellacious in bad weather.

 

[TOFF]

Suns out at Kicking Horse

 

[TOFF]

Weird day today, woke to it blizzarding, stopped by 10:00am and the snow was magnificent.
Extra cold today, don’t think it got above -15 all day.
Snow on top half of mountain was beautiful pow.
Snow on bottom half was dust on crust and really not much fun to ski.
Only problem with that is the chairlift up high is slow.

 

[LiveToSki]

Only problem with that is the chairlift up high is slow.

Suits your skiing style

 

[TOFF]

Suits your skiing style

Trolling from Southbank, quality

 

[TOFF]

Interested to hear you views on Rev compared to Kicking Horse.

At this stage I have Revy well in front of KH.
The horse has another chance tomorrow to try and get some more love.

 

[TOFF]

Gondola at KH also shut...go there and ski the quad

Correction: KH gondola now open

It’s a very slow quad

The skiing from it is great though

 

[TOFF]

Very Australian conditions at kicking horse this morning. On the plus side, the coffee is excellent.

 

[sly_karma]

Surely they get their beans from Kicking Horse Coffee? (which is, ironically, located 100 km south in Invermere, much closer to Pano than KHMR and definitely not on the Kicking Horse River).

 

[Cherry Ripe]

Have you done any skiing at all?

 

[sly_karma]

They gave it a shot with me.

 

[TOFF]

Have you done any skiing at all?

Every day*

Ski all day, party all night.......well some of it anyway




*excludes travel days

 

[TOFF]

Having coffee in golden before driving to field. -12 and snowing solidly around town.

 

[TOFF]

Beautiful fresh in Lake Louise back bowls today. Sun this morning was spectacular.
Fingers crossed for a few centimetres overnight as I have a pair of Head Kore 99s to demo tomorrow.

 

[TOFF]

Ski’d some good bumps today.

 

[Summit]

So is Revy still in front, or has LL moved into the lead ?

 

[TOFF]

So is Revy still in front, or has LL moved into the lead ?

Very close. Not sure at the moment.

 

[Slalom]

Ski’d some good bumps today.

Looks like GWS after quarter time.

 

[Legs Akimbo]

Very close. Not sure at the moment.

Take a dive skiers' left of Ptarmigan. You will be grateful for the suggestion.

 

[TOFF]

Take a dive skiers' left of Ptarmigan. You will be grateful for the suggestion.

Snow is amazing through there and most of the back bowl.
Slow lift back is annoying

 

[Skichic2]

Fun skiing with you guys today! Miss LL already

 

[TOFF]

Fun skiing with you guys today! Miss LL already

Nice to have a few turns. Travel well

 

[TOFF]

Having a beer and about to eat a pie with some very tired people at Boston pizza in Banff.
I get the impression we won’t be going hard tonight.

 

[TOFF]

Little brisk around Banff today

 

[Skichic2]

Was snowing in Calgary this morning.

 

[gareth_oau]

get down to Canmore and wave to us from the live webcam

https://canmorealberta.com/webcams/main-street

 

[AWJ]

get down to Canmore and wave to us from the live webcam

https://canmorealberta.com/webcams/main-street

Then you'd have to go to canmore but....