Tough ski....beautiful forest....Good food....Took 30 yards and there was no wax on the bottom of the skis....Three tries later put on the skins...second time this year.....Bummer!!!!! Tons of base out there and if we get any powder the skiing could be outstanding what with everything seriously roun...

Having trouble getting this on the thread...ledges and cliffs were seen for the first time in many years....hardpack was the rule and the down was tricky for this old guy.....Moose are making a comeback and trashing our trackx while coyotes were howling across the gap.....lots of base out there but ...

have somewhere in the 400-500 taps with 250 in buckets.....made @ five gallons of really excellent syrup and will savor it this morning on French toast.....Should have hit the bush early but was lazy....Will try before the rains hit...TM

Bout Noon will fire up the evaporator and start the REAL beginning of Spring.....Tons of sap....and will see if we cant get syrup by night....Telesven Adam Rasta Tele have done most of the work....I mostly stay out of their way!....Skiing yesterday was mostly fundamental survival....Telekid and Tele...

Two days ago in the Highlands snow was edgy with some crushable crust that could send the skis asunder...heh....survival sort of....Yesterday took our grandchild sliding....Whoops of laughter from her...Headed to Little Mountain with little hope of snow being any good....but....half an inch of mushy...

Skied the other side of Teleknob just before the sun and then rain....Man did those skis surface skim into plain old long arcs....Head them down and no effort to come around....Powder was fast and this oldie was not skiing....just free form floating....You would have loved it Rock....Will head up to...

Listen to "B"....If your into BC Nordic the two skis I would choose are the e99....e109....Asnes are what this forum likes but other than the old woodies in my shed have not skied any of the new and sounds like great Asnes selection...If your cruising the forest get Nordic equipment....Big wide skis...

Canadian Ranger!.....Got it!.....Throw all the stuff you have and make a bonfire....Then get into the challenge....that being get the most from the least....Wanna learn BC skiing...challenge yourself.....ski wild in the bush.....get some e 99's...long ones...minimum 210's....leather lace up boots......

Skiing has been really good for weeks with a constant 15 inches of powder on good enough base.....Boys have been turning Little Mountain into a ski area with our tracks being followed by newbies.....But did I mention they had excellent powder and having skied up there since the early 1970's know whe...

Thinking "B" is right on....Good luck "P"...TM