This year has been a tough one snow wise but being Colorado – if it isn’t snowing, it is sunny. The snow up high, and on the steeper slopes is holding up pretty well. Hence the concept of – ‘Double Diamond Dave’. There is nothing here that is too tough to ski BUT the slick conditions and the exposure kinda means you don’t want to … Continue reading Double Diamond Dave
If ‘Little Spoon’ is a spoon in the western world…. what does that make him in the east? The only way to confirm or deny would be to ask his little Japanese neighbour girls what they think… and they giggle a lot whenever we’ve seen them. Nervous giggles…. Little Spoon has a great pad and this is the view from his window. Japanese girls live just … Continue reading Litte Chop Stick?
Paul and Caitriona can’t spend a few weeks in Colorado without going snowmobiling. After skiing one day we took Poly up to the wee little town of Montezuma to take her for a spin. Nice work Caitriona…. Then Paul, Chris V and Galynn thought a Vail Pass mission was in order. A couple of pics of me getting Poly off….. First off, I towed these … Continue reading Poly the Snowmobile
I’ve said it time and time again – I LOVE MONDAYS!!!!! The 1st Monday of 2012 was awesome and today, the 2nd Monday of the month, was amazing as well. The Hutchinsons and I shot over to Beaver Creek – to go down on the Beaver of course. Lots of Beaver jokes, a couple of the classics include Caitriona saying she is open minded when … Continue reading Mondays……
Paul and Caitriona arrived a few days before Xmas and this is their first time in North America. They are here for the skiing and they are getting used to how we ski here in the north…….. Caitriona and I decided to use her Irish heritage and my ‘shackle dragger’ heritage to take over the kiddy castle…… Down with the English!!!! The Irish Hobbit Queen … Continue reading Hutchinsons in America
Large as life & twice as ugly!!!! Arrived back in Keystone on Thanksgiving evening to a full house. I couldn’t think of a better way to arrive back ‘home’ after 6 months; to a house smelling of turkey, booze and full of people. Since then it has been full on. Testing out the Aussie accent at the local watering holes (no wonder they only let me stay … Continue reading I’m back
There wasn’t much snow up high this season and as such I didn’t get as much touring in as I had hoped (the Grand Couloir will have to wait for another year). So when AJ called saying he was interest in a post season ski on the peak I was keen to dust off the skins (100% baby seal) and have one last day of … Continue reading Out of Season Ski
Last weekend a few of the boys and I headed over to Jacksons Bay on our annual ‘Whitebaiting Trip’. Since we’ve never caught much whitebait, there was a rumour about town that we never went whitebaiting and really went to Vegas for a few days. In years past, I’ve been able to name each individual whitebait that I caught….. not this year. For those of you who don’t know … Continue reading Queenstown Kunts
This will be a bunch of pics from Spring – there will have to be some more posts here but with daylight savings and some stunning days I’m trying to give all the toys a run. Last Tuesday I went for a ski, paraglide, mountain bike ride, a swim, tennis was cancelled so I got in a quick 9 holes instead. Start things off with … Continue reading Spring
Awakino is a tiny little club field 3hrs north of Queenstown. For the last 2 years AJ and I have been talking about doing a mission up there. Last weekend we finally shook the sand out of our v-jay-jays and got up there. It has been a tough year snow wise but the planets aligned, the opportunity presented itself and we had a vehicle that … Continue reading Road Trip – Awakino
Justin was in town for a week or so of ‘man skiing’. We had a little bit of snow and some gorgeous days up high, above the clouds and away from the crowds. The rest of ‘Justins’ crew really couldn’t understand why anyone would go to the Remarkables…… the more people who don’t understand, the better. There were a few a few tumbles caught on film … Continue reading Justin
This was a mission through Skippers Canyon to the base of Mt Aurum (something that will no doubt be climbed/skied in the future). I had read that there was a 4WD track in there…. so I figured I’d use the dirt bike for the first 25kms, then walk the last hour into the hut. Here are some pics of the easy part of the ride. … Continue reading Bullendale Mission
