Mount Black Prince

I am becoming a snow snob.

Chickadee Valley

Avalanche conditions are quite favourable right now, so we decided to try some more complex terrain, both to gain experience in such terrain and to have some good, exposed lines for skiing.

Panorama Ridge

"It's -24C."

Egypt Lake

It's 6am on Friday morning, and Yoko has called to tell me that Ivan is sick.

Cascade Fire Road

I am constantly trying to improve. Usually, it is a concerted effort that focuses on one of my primary activities (skiing, climbing, photography). Sometimes it takes the form of technique work or practice days. Others, it involves testing out new gear (and I do this a lot ... the gear stores along the Calgary / Canmore / Banff corridor love me). I use the weekends to try out different things, then spend the week going over the data and my impressions of how they worked out. It's a lot of fun, but exhausting at times, and can even be frustrating when something I try ends up backfiring.

Every once in a while though, it's nice to just slap on my old classic track skis and push hard.