After the dismal weather yesterday the sun shone this morning with 20cm of fresh snow on the upper runs. I met up with Andrzej who’s up here with his oldest son Stefan for a ski-weekend. We skied everywhere: Bear Paw, Jimmy’s Joker, West bowl, Bagel bowl, Sun bowl, Harmony runs… The nicest was Bagel Bowl […]
There’s 4 more days here and it’s raining… Hope it stops soon.
Tempura prawn, avocado, crab, spicy mayo and fish eggs… Now available at Sachi Sushi!
We did it. We went heli-skiing today on kilometres of untracked snow today in the Brandywine mountain south-west of Whistler resort. It’s really as good as the the hype. Skiing on runs in a resort will never be the same again. Greta and I did 4 runs and Kim and Mia did 3 runs. At […]
The end of the 4th run…
We skied this slope which was used for the Canadian Powder-8 competition. Simply awesome.
Greta hurt her hand today. We were coming off Garbanzo chair and Mia swerved suddenly to miss a snowboarder and Greta stopped to avoid her. Somehow I skied into Greta and she fell backwards. Not sure exactly how she hurt her right hand but it got x-rayed and a fiberglass splint made at the medical […]
Had dinner at Zen Sushi at Creekside with Garry, Robyn and their daughter Peta. We had a tatami room which didn’t allow us to get the ambience but there were some nice sushi, but quite a bit more expensive than our regular place Sachi. The most interesting dish was the torched-toro sushi. Zen is located […]
Crunch time came, Kim’s feet were slopping around in her Strolz so Rob from FanatykCo fitted her with a pair of 2007 Dalballo Krypton Storm boots!
Here’s a short movie (30MB size) of Mia and Greta skiing. You’ll need Quicktime Player software. Click on the image to download and play.
Sno-limo – looks dangerous to me! It’s also pretty expensive, but if you want a ride around the mountain without having to learn to ski or board it’s certainly an option.
Kim finished her 4-day course today and we all skied with her Level-5 group in the afternoon. Greta and Mia did their first double-black run Big Bang off the top of the Horstman T-Bar. Earlier in the day Kim went down Spanky’s Ladder into the Blackcomb Glacier. Greta and Mia handled the steep steep face […]
Mia on Ptarmigan…Skiing down to Garbanzo Express…Greta on Emerald…
Fun in the fresh snow – everyone takes a tumble!
Another day… another dump.
It’s dumping snow outside with 100kmh winds so a good day to fix some equipment. Greta’s been having problems with the Salomon Course 100 boots (which were bought for Mia last year), and Mia’s been skiing on Greta’s old Lange Team 80s (which Greta loves). So we went to a highly recommended boot fitter called […]
We were upgraded to a 2-bedroom. Room number 963. This is what we see out of our balcony window!
Mia and Greta relaxing in 963…
Finally got to eat at the Rimrock Cafe. It’s located at Creekside, about a 10 minute drive south of Whistler. We went with Richard, Sharon, Umea, and Dorothy Kowalski and Richard’s friend Alex. My ‘surf n turf’ was possibly the best example of this dish I’ve ever eaten. Washed down with a Rioja and a […]
I caught up with Andrzej Kowalski – an old friend from law school days who now lives in Vancouver. I haven’t seem him for about 20 years! His wife’s name is Carolyn and he’s got 3 sons.
It all happened in 1936, seventy years ago…
A cold and rainy day in the village and even up on the mountain. A good day to eat more sushi at Sachi. A current favourite is Albacore Tuna. It’s a white flesh rather than the dark red colour. We don’t get this variety in Melbourne.
Greta on the black Dave Murray Downhill run on the way to lunch at Creekside…
