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SOAP Box - Since we last spoke

  • 2014-03-27 23:04:33

    Last time I posted, we were deep into the high pressure system, but also tight in the grip of a cold snap. A lot has happened in the weeks since then weather-wise, but my memories of the last month and a half are of powder skiing, warm weather, cold weather, driving, and racing; repeated as necessary. 

    When the high pressure finally cracked, I headed west instead of southwest, to Valemount to ski on 3 different mountain ranges.

    Some of the deepest snow was in our "home" range, the Rockies!

    A couple of weeks later, I was able to snag a week of skiing at Mistaya Lodge, and  the skies opened up for a week of fantastic skiing.

    Mouthwatering zones.

    When the skies cracked after dumping for a week, what did we see?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....J1b_uFsyN8