Yesterday was foggy and wet - the snow was soft but the air was chilly at the Callaghan Valley venue, and I had what must be my last on-snow ski of the season on the Olympic trails. Today and tomorrow are downright summery - sunny and hot. Not warm; hot. Saturday Gunnar and I will [...]

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Today was the last on-snow day for the US Ski Team at their early May on-snow camp at the Callaghan Valley Olympic Venue. Things have been uncharacteristically busy for this time of year since my last post. I had a short trip down to Boulder to meet with Nathan Schultz to begin planning for world [...]

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The transition from Winter to Spring appears to take as long as you want it to around here. I’ve been on a few great mountain bike rides already this Spring -the trails in Squamish are dry and in great shape, and the temps have been comfortable. But there is plenty of skiing still to be [...]

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Race season is over, and as of yesterday there was a 200cm snowpack on the ground at the Environment Canada automated weather station at the Callaghan Valley. The groomers only have contracts through the next two weeks, but there is quite a line-up of camps scheduled right into May, so we’re looking at a long [...]

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OK - it’s been a while since I posted anything here. Believe it or not, I know that. A whole bunch of people seem to think that I need to be told. What can I say - I’ve been busy. Mostly skiing, but I try to call it “work”. I’ve run a ton of tests [...]

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I’m back in Squamish, and am not planning to take any more trips for quite a while. I’ll be grinding small batches regularly, and doing a lot of testing. Always plan to call before dropping by!

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I’m in Canmore for World Cups through the 27th…

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Grind volume has tapered off since a very busy holiday rush in preparation for US Nationals and Canadian trials. I’ll be running structures as necessary, and mostly focusing on test skis and on-snow testing through the 16th. On the 17th I’ll head to Canmore for the World Cups, returning the 27th. Larry Poromaa (USST head [...]

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The Canmore trip was good - I learned a great deal - and now I’m back for some shop work. I picked up a bunch of skis in Canmore, and have some here waiting for me. I’m about to head to the shop to get things resettled after the recent construction which should have been [...]

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Well, I just couldn’t sit still. My shop is still a construction zone, and the snow up at the Callaghan took a beating in recent rain storms. So Gunnar and I will catch a flight to Calgary this afternoon to meet Amy and the CVTC crew for this weekend’s Nor Am competitions in Canmore. I’ll [...]

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