Canada Part 2: Go out and give ‘er!

Thats how to say “get r done” in Canadian. I learned that here, but I’m using it a lot here in the mountains. Conditions continue to be amazing. Every night we get pounded with snow and wake up to fresh tracks.

The grey skies and low visilbility mean we have to stick to the trees. I mean we GET to stay in the trees. Once you get over the novelty of the high-alpine stuff, it’s hard to beat the tree skiing. So steep, and bottomless. It’s an unexplainable feeling that I can only compare to flight, or controlled free-fall. The trees have also provided a few intense moments: Lost my partner in a treewell for a little while: Rag-dolled through a perfect pillow line, losing my hat and goggles; Stayed on the fall line a little too long, brilliantly missing the turn to the heli-pickup. I got to swim/crawl/wallow 100 yards up to the pad. I’m still sweating.

Avalanche Pit

The trees also provide safety. This latest system dumped a few feet on top of an especially dangerous layer, so Avy danger is pretty serious on exposed faces. That means keeping your partner in sight and making smart choices.

Canada Rocks Hard, F-ing Eh!

Real Pics: One Two Three

For Deaner!

2 comments February 6th, 2008

Feel Like Shopping?

We here at the Outdoorzy headquarters have heard, more than a few times, “You guys should sell gear!”
Well, you’re right, we should, and now we do. With the help of one of the outdoor industries most well known names in outdoor gear Sierra Trading Post.

I’ve shopped with STP quite a few times personally and I can attest to the quality of customer service they provide. I can also vouch for their deals. We wanted to ensure from the beginning that, when we teamed up with a retail company to provide gear, they would not only be reputable and provide good customer service to our members, but we wanted to make sure that we could bring you the best gear at the lowest prices. That’s what we’ve done here.

Please check out our new store, and if you need to buy something feel free to do it here. We’ll be working with Sierra Trading Post to bring you gear give-aways and discounts every chance we get. We’ve also had a Deal of the Day sort of blog in the works for some time, and that will be launching soon as well. Stay tuned, exciting times!

1 comment February 6th, 2008