I’m pretty sure mother nature was drunk for the end of April. She gave us some mild weather, then one of the biggest dumps of the season with easily 30 or 40cm of powder overnight and then days later back to warm spring with people outside sunbathing on the deck and wearing shorts and t’s. […]Read More »

I’m pretty sure mother nature was drunk for the end of April. She gave us some mild weather, then one of the biggest dumps of the season with easily 30 or 40cm of powder overnight and then days later back …Read More »

Yesterday was an ice fishing adventure where we hiked the short distance out to Mud Lake. We post-holed (where each step your leg sinks deep into the snow) through the forest, all the while hoping not to come across any …Read More »

Two mates organised for us to head the 2.5hrs up the Icefield Parkway and into Jasper to board at Marmot Basin Resort. We roped in some others to come along for the fun and so two cars left to arrive …Read More »

With around a month left in the season, the temps have started to climb and all the snow and ice started to melt. Little rivers dripping from the roofs and running down the streets each day as the snow slowly …Read More »

The seven day road trip started off with picking up a brand new Chrysler Pacifica, only 1600kms on the clock as our hire car. With all the fancy features that we were still discovering at the tail end of our …Read More »

Just a few sneaky snaps of Megan getting back on the snow this week. I did a foray into the park with Andrew and had a couple of big crashes on the medium jumps but had lots of fun. Next …Read More »

Highlights of February besides boarding and the return of Andy-boy at the end of the month were the torchlight night and a cross country skiing adventure with my housemate Johannes. Torchlight was on February 14th, Valentines day and Megan was …Read More »

Megan, Andrew and I hired a car and took a drive out to Edmonton which is a bit under 5hrs away. A change of scenery was good and visiting the Ice Castles and West Edmonton Mall was good fun. The …Read More »

Andrew and still here and I’m still between jobs so I have taken advantage of the company and we’ve had a bunch of adventures. Snowboarding has occupied most of our time with some fantastic days on the mountain. Lots of …Read More »

So this week gone was the last week of snowmaking. I finished the season on a high with a snowmobile tour of the mountain on the last night shift. Myself and two other snowmakers on snowmobiles made tracks all across …Read More »

The lead up to Christmas involved lots of holiday cheer in the form of drinking and eating way too much. Lots of friends having dinner parties and drinking games made for some big nights. Our apartment had a Christmas eve …Read More »

Christmas came early with a visit from Jarrah, Mikey and Andrew. They arrived to Lake Louise amid more minus 30 degree temperatures which I’m sure was a big shock for them. After a leisurely breakfast on day 1 we braved …Read More »

Snowboarding and trips to Banff have kept me occupied the last few weeks. Activities have included a ski lesson, rock climbing, hot springs and even a trip out to Kicking Horse resort for opening day. We’ve had some brutally cold …Read More »

It’s been a month since my last post and a bit has happened in that time. Megan is back from her family hiking adventures in Chile. They had a great time even though it snowed them into their tents a …Read More »

So the last couple of weeks for me has been a waiting game. everyone here is in limbo as we wait at work for temps to drop low enough to consistently make snow and on days off everyone is waiting …Read More »