Whistler-Lake Louise 4
Nov. 25, 2023,
Hi Everyone,
Today, once again was a bluebird day, 5C, blue skies, sunny no clouds and great snow for early season conditions. Last night we ate at a Japanese restaurant in ‘downtown Whistler’. We ate sushi of course, and Antoine and Julia chose the dishes. I am incapable of ordering food in a Japanese restaurant and am alway happy when I am with someone who knows what to order or if the waitress can suggest several dishes.
Yesterday, Julia and I skied on in bounds groomers. The gondola at Whistler took us up ⅔ of the way and the Emerald and Red chairs were open (for those of you that know what that means). Today we skied with Antoine and Joe, an architecture friend who skies 80 days a year. They took us off trail, on semi out of bounds trails which were clearly marked, ski at your own risk, unmarked obstacles, you are now leaving the patrolled area, ski boundary, hazardous terrain and back country avalanche warning. The conditions were absolutely fabulous.
Yesterday, I used my new Rossignal, elite, multi turn, 76cm underfoot skis and had a great time on the hard packed surfaces. Today, I used the same skies but had some trouble in the bumps. off trail with 6 inches of broken powder. Antoine and I switched skies and he found that my skies ‘were skiing faster than he was’. Tomorrow I am going to Lake Louise and will have 2 days to try out my Rossignal skis and compare them with my Salamon, QST 92 underfoot semi powder skis before taking my course.
We left the hill at 2:00 pm to beat the traffic and wound up in the middle of rush hour traffic. The road back from Whistler is beautiful as it follows a fiord. We stopped several times to take pictures.
Love,
Brian
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