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Holy ass slap Batman!

Posted January 22, 2012

Well.  We HAVE had an interesting weekend.  Up to Mt. Cain of course, and it was snowing, slushing and nasty the whole drive up.  Saturday was the Cain Cup - the annual race to see who on the mountain is the fastest at skiing gates.  The format is simple - there's a race down the lower face in the m…

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Tagged as onsie, spine board, mt cain, ambulance, onsie, and gnar

Pretty Pictures

Posted January 16, 2012

No major stories from this past weekend, just some very nice photo's.

This is Mt. Cain.  The tallest peak on the right of this photo that is.  The zone below is locally known as the "East bowl".

This is Mt.Abel.

If you were to ask me to take a photo like this, I probably couldn't.  I just point…

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Tagged as mt cain, powder skiing, gnar, and vancouver island

Squallywood!

Posted January 5, 2012

Just got this in the mail!!

Time for some serious GNAR!

Signed by Dr. Gaffney personally!

With a new line added...

So, this is an important ingredient in a little side project I am working on with some fellow Cain-ites.  A G.N.A.R. guide to Cain.  Should be interesting!!!

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Posted in awesomeness
Tagged as gnar, shane mcconkey, sqaw valley, and powder

Satisfaction

Posted December 12, 2011

My favourite Vancouver Island ski hill, Mt. Cain, opened for the season this Saturday (December 10th, 2011).  I swear that place is a bubble of happiness.  I am satisfied because:

a.  I helped get the upper tee-bar open by shovelling hard-packed snow onto bare patches Saturday morning (and was one…

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Tagged as mt. cain, ski touring, back country, dream chute, abel bowl, vancouver island, and gnar

Weekend Video

Posted April 18, 2011

Finally - had to install a new copy of windows movie maker...

 

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Posted in tales from the trails
Tagged as snow, skiing, spring, mountain biking, booter, air, drops, gnar, uroc, dcdh, and downhill mountain bike racing

Closing time...

Posted April 3, 2011

That's it.  That's all.  Its over.

Well, at least skiing at Mt Cain is.  For the season.  Well, skiing with tee-bar assist.  This post started strong but seems to be losing speed.  Probably because I am so freaking tired...

Looking back at the West Bowl after my first of four laps Saturday mo…

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Tagged as mount cain, mt cain, powder, skiing, spring skiing, backcountry skiing, and gnar

Dream Chute

Posted March 28, 2011

The title says it all.  A line I have been sizing up ever since I read up on Mt Cain last year. Its the sort of line where if you watch someone ski it standing at the top, they go over, disappear from site and then only reappear at the bottom...

Dream Chute as seen from the top of the tee bar at M…

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Tagged as dream chute, mount cain, powder, skiing, gnar, mt cain, vancouver island, steep, chutes, and couloir

Pole Whacking

Posted January 23, 2011

Alright.  If you've been paying attention and done your homework, you will know exactly what the title of this post is referring to.  If not, go back and read my A.S.D. post and do the assigned homework, then come back.

OK. 

Done?

Good.

Now, this weekend Tree and I went back to Mt. Cain.  There …

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Tagged as awesome, skiing, mount cain, shredding, and gnar
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