I just got my hands on photos from the reading week ski trips. Day 1 Departed Banff rather late in the morning after Neil and I patiently obeyed the timeline of all the females [see first picture] and eventually headed out to RedEarth creek. It’s a rather uphill route which meant that we made our […]
Continue ReadingTook my skis out for a trip around the river valley today, about 13 kms but the pace was lousy, nearly 2 hours. I’m really reliant on a good trackset to keep much rhythm, basically I’m going to need some serious practice in the next month before the Birkebeiner shows up. I was hoping to […]
Continue ReadingThe snow arrived last night in sufficient quantity to test out the skis. I realize I’ve got some work to do to get my technique improved by the time I want to try some longer distances. I also realized the significant advantage of skiing in machine tracked snow, or at least deep snow. The trouble […]
Continue ReadingRiding the fixed gear has been a bit of an adventure since the snow really started accumulating this past weekend. Some insane lockups have had me scaring myself at points. It’s really be an interesting challenge to ride fixed gear in the snow, typically there has always been some brute force involved with riding bikes […]
Continue ReadingAfter skiing Louise on a bluebird day we managed to get through the road to Golden and skied there two days. The hill gets better every time I ski it, I feel like I’m just getting used to it. I even discovered a brand new run on the last descent of the day, I’d never […]
Continue ReadingI could reiterate my frustration with Hiebert but I’ll refrain from that for the time being, but if I’m back in class on Monday and still don’t have any information on that course, the proverbial shit will hit the proverbial fan. So, I’m sitting in Golden after *the* sweetest two back to back ski days […]
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