Recent content by ironhippy

Good, I hope you enjoy it. I'll keep using my skins, oddly enough their endurance also increases overtime ;)

this is hilarious, the ebike of ski touring. seriously, you can't walk the 1000 feet back uphill? This isn't 1000 vertical feet, it's just a 1000 feet in a line, less than 1/5th of a mile.

Although Le Massif gets all the attention, I really enjoyed MSA. Lots of great tree skiing and a good amount of lifts spread out so you can always find an area with minimal lines. Plus the fact I could stay at the hotel at the base for a reasonable price and they kept the lifts spinning until...

When Canada went legal in 2018, the prices and supply was garbage. This was for a number of reasons, one being they delayed legalization and the producers just sold the original stock that been sitting around for months. The last few years the quality of the legal pot has gone up and the prices...

In my country (Canada) it is illegal to operate ANY motorized vehicle while consuming alcohol. If I ride my lawnmower while drinking a beer, I can be charged with a DUI. However I can go to a golf course, rent a motorized vehicle, and then that same golf course will send someone over to sell me...

If you start to think drinking and skiing are bad, take a look at golf. The course provides you with motorized vehicles to drive around and then a young girl comes by and sells you beer for 4 hours. After you finish, you drive home on the public roads. Ridiculous on every level.

I think you will be quite pleased at how being in shape will affect your skiing. Although, depending on how young you are you may not notice much of a difference after the first 5 days (as you mentioned). When you're in your 20's it's pretty easy to ski yourself into shape if you are consistent...

It has to be that way. If the helmet didn't "break easily" your head would be smashed inside the helmet. The "breaking" of the helmet is part of the design to lesson the impact to your head. There is only so much force a human body (especially the head) can take before things go wrong.

I like the second guy coming in. He stops basically on the skiers head and then throws a bunch of more snow on top while trying to dig them out. The first person was seconds away from being done, the 2nd guy just made it worse.

here's an update: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/avalanche-gaspesie-chics-chocs-quebec-1.5469032?fbclid=IwAR2hLSiJFgdIc2g6X1dE-blXoUhnmbFZN98EPeJGcJ-1MQ0mKhF8VgIHZTs Someone died :( Serious terrain up there.

It gets cold up here and you want to make sure you have enough layers to cover up.

Mont Miller and Val d'Irene were really cool, but small. Pin Rouge was a disappointment, basically no tree skiing but they did have some pretty steep runs. Lots of easily accessable backcountry up there as well.

I had plans to go to Massif du Sud, but they fell through, it's been on my radar for a number of years. On a clear day you can see it from Mount Saint Anne.

It's funny how perceptions change. I started skiing again after a 20 year break in 2012. I felt comfortable at the local hill that I had skiied as a kid. In 2013 I went to Quebec and skiied Mount Saint Anne. That first trip I was scared and felt overwhelmed. Less than a year later I returned...

Wait is the OP actually Alpine Zone Greg!?!?! Amazing, keep up the good work at TGR ;)