Lake Louise slackcountry

Great slack country day with Mike Weater. Up Richardson Ridge with a run down the backside. Skied over to Larch chair -hike up to Purple Bowl with beauty turns down. 2o min skin up Wolverine Ridge with another run down to Temple Lodge. Couple guys saw us go up Richardson and decided to follow us.We did not see them until hiking up Purple Bowwhere we saw a slide down front face of Richardsons. At the top of ridge, these guys went down the face and 1st guy got caught and dragged down to the bottom in waist deep snow. Marnie and Mom saw the whole thing from Summit Platter. It was a couple of Americans who had no clue - lucky to be alive.The pics are in reverse - 1st - Purple Bowl with turns behind me 2nd - hiking at top of Purple Bowl, Richardson in shade in background. This is where we noticed the slide
3rd and 4th - Richardsons

Rogers Jan 07

Up to Asulkan Hut with Keith, Phil and Spic. First bluebird days I have ever had at Rogers - usually dumping with zero visibility. 2 nights at the hut with yo yoing below and above for turns. Youngs Peak offered views for 100km, fun turns back down from Peak past the hut down to Mouse Trap - 4,000 foot beauty. Our pit was 6 feet deep, probed down 7 more feet..13 foot snow pack in January!!To top off the whole trip, not another soul to be seen.

More Rogers Jan 07

Highway 93 & Jasper

May 07 brought a string of 30 degree, sunny days. Up to Jasper for a few days, stayed the night at the Icefileds Hotel on the way. Morning bike on 93 down the "big hill", then back up the beast. Biked from Jasper east on Yellowhead highway and back. The views on both days were as good as it gets, especially around Icefields / Parker Ridge. Wishing we had touring gear around Parkers as there was still walls of snow on the road and plenty of lines up high.

Skins Game 06

2006 summer brought the Skins Game, perfect timing working at the course. Norman, Daly, Garcis, Ames and Nicklaus..as if all these players were here!! Able to get in close with them on the 9th green "driving range", had Nicklaus sign my staff credentials tag. Lucky to see him as I believe that was his 2nd last public golf outing.?

More family

Golfing

Can't beat the backdrop golfing in Banff

Family

All of my postings and I have not added any family, terrible son / brother. A few pics are from X mas at mom and dads in Fairmont, little Connor is the cutest ever. Other pics are from Coleman when he was 3 weeks old at Ailda's.

Glacier Park Montana

August we headed to Montana to visit Marc & Shai - they moved there after Hawaii. We went for a few hikes and drove the Sun Highway. I was blown away by the scenery, it was up there with anything we have ever seen. What a wild highway 4,000 feet above the ground.

Bugaboo Lodge

Due to Marnie's pregnancy, she decided not to stay at the Lodge for the summer. Dave invited us for a pre guest party for Banff staff. Amazing to be back up there and see the contrast from winter to summer. Hans Gmoser sure picked one of the world's most epic backdrops for a lodge. We took in a few hikes up to Conrad Kain Hut and a few lakes. Bluebird days topped it off

Lake Louise

Couple pics from lake louise. notice the slides in the back bowls which all slid to the ground

Biking

It was my first summer of committing time and energy into biking, ended up in 11 mountain and road races this summer. Being the rookie, started in Novice and moved up to Sport after a few races. The 6 HR Salty Dog race in Salmon Arm was a beauty course of uphill single track with a 10 minute super fun decent. With a May 3rd date, it was a great start to the seaosn. The Giver 8'er on June 1st in Calgary was another blast. I was happy with results at both these races. The Iron Lung and Canada Cup races at the Nordic Center were epic- great to have the coal chutes back. Summer Solstice in Bragg Creek was a blast with the climbs and lengthy descents. The Bow 80 Sept 14th was one of the most epic mtn bike races out there. Snow and mud greated us at the top of j -pound. Then without warning, my right shoe cleat was gone. All of a sudden I look down and no cleat! Hairy descent down j pound then killer climb up cox and even sketchier descent down cox. Doing all of this with 1 shoe clipped in was entertaining..so lucky no bails on the descents, tough climbs . 30 minute slug through calf deep mud on the tom snow trail topped it off. Just a mission to finish..frustrating about the cleat but all part of the fun...or something. Too bad as I was riding well, top 15 at j-pound. -. Road Started in Cat 5 - Stampede Race Masters A- 120km's beautiful day with rolling hills. Chain popped off with 100 feet to go as I sprinted away..5th spot. Bearspaw Race was a learning experience - be more patient. Provincials - patience paid off as I won Cat 5. Moved up to Cat 4. Too bad Norquay hill climb was same days as Bow 80, but Bow 80 was epic!!

24 Hours

End of July brought the 24 hrs Bike Race. With Marnie pregnant, we were scrambling for a female for our team. We lucked out having a friend of Marn's, Joanne, join the team. Unfortunately, Joanne received a concussion the week prior during an Ultimate Frisbee tourney. She decided she will try to ride 2 or3 laps as we did nothave another female rider. She was a tropper for sure, especially when the rain decided to hammer the event 4 hours in. I have experienced dry weather previous 24 hrs, but this was one for the books. Somebody described it as riding in Peanut Butter. One had to walk / run many sections as the roots and rocks were sooo slippery..and sketchy..especially the night laps. Deano did not have the best 1:00 am lap...a broken chain etc. I was getting worried when he was over 2 hrs..7 minutes later he pulled in. I hammered out a 1:02 lap after him and see no team mate upon my arrival, Steve was in the bathroom. I waited 7 minutes for him..we ended up being 2nd by 7 minutes..hilarious!!but not. Great times overall as usual. We had 3 rv sites all together of friends racing. Colin joined us this year as well as Steve from ozzie. Until next year