I’m finished skiing for the year! I had my last day today, at Silver Star Mountain Resort, outside of Vernon, B.C.. It snowed, but visibility was mostly very good. Still, the layer of powder on top of the snow was not thick enough to fully hide the icy patches underneath. Silver Star is of moderate […]
I’m taking a day off from skiing. This was a bit of a tough decision, as I only have one more day for skiing, tomorrow, before driving to Vancouver to visit the Fords and head home. There are two ski hills within driving distance of Kelowna, so I’m missing out on an opportunity to check […]
Lots to write about, but it’s late and I’m pretty tired. We’ll see how far I get. Well, Day 3 in Fernie (Thursday) was much better than the previous day. The weather clouded over and it started to snow. This was bad—harder to see the slopes and bumps, and indeed very foggy to make it […]
I’m wrapping up a four day stay in Golden, British Columbia, home of Canada’s newest big ski resort, Kicking Horse. One of the American ski magazines wrote up Kicking Horse as “The best ski resort you’ve never heard of”, which is a nice line. Unfortunately it’s been a couple of weeks since Kicking Horse had […]
What a fabulous day. And I almost decided not to go to Lake Louise! After my lesson on Thursday I asked the instructor for his opinion of the conditions at Lake Louise, and he reinforced what I’d previously heard, that Lake Louise gets a lot of traffic and gets icy very quickly. Since it hasn’t […]
Day two in Banff, Alberta. One of my key objectives for this trip is to get a good crack at the major ski resorts in western Canada. Staying in Banff is a great start: there are three ski resorts within easy driving distance, and my lift pass is good at all three. They are: Banff […]
I’m in Calgary! I got in on Friday night, picked up my rental car, and drove over to Steve and Grace’s. It’s great to see them again. Grace is doing very well on new medication and has substantially recovered her mobility, which is great. They now have four cats (Ambrose, Dog, Sabrina and George) and […]