VKC Whitewater Festival - totally awesome!

About 150 people showed up from many corners of the PNW and further afield (PG, WA, Alberta, Manitoba, Australia). Shuttles ran smoothly, camping set-up worked great, the downriver race went without a hitch and dinner was excellent (thanks for the flowers, Dave). Rain stopped on cue for the evening, when three VKC alumni entertained with stories from the past, prices for race and raffle were distributed and the band got everybody into perfect party mood including audience participation with a cow-bell solo and singing performances. Sunday came with sunshine, more river runs and other activities. Thanks to the many volunteers for putting on this excellent event (especially Christian and Farzana). Thanks to the sponsors for their help and the many great prices!

Pictures coming soon.

VKC Whitewater Festival, May 2-4

Preparation is in the final hectic stage. This will be quite the party – lots of on-water and of-water activities (playboating and canoe polo sessions, fun-race, nature walks, boat demos), Chili for dinner, a band, tons of gear to give away and raffle off. Now if only the water levels co-operate during the weather escapades this year. But with water or without, this will be an excellent weekend! More info on the VKC website.

Winter is back. Part II. April 18-20

Wow – what a tease! A week ago temperatures climbed to 20oC. We made the best of the sunny weekend sending a couple of routes in Cheakamus Canyon and paddling our skinny kayaks over to Gibson.

Then on Friday evening a snowstorm hit Vancouver turning Central Park into winter wonderland in April.


Cypress only got skimpy 10 cm, but Seymour received 25-30 cm of cold fluffy pow! Made for a couple of nice turns before the sun came out and snow got heavy.

Powder Spring - March 29/30

This year brought spring ski conditions in February and now that spring is here the POW is back – yehaa! It was cold and rainy in Vancouver last week, but with a nice forecast we were off to the Duffey Lake again. Saturday was probably our biggest b/c day ever – over 2000 meter vertical. While south faces were getting cooked by the March sun, the north holds lots silky smooth POW. An avalanche path was visible from the road on a steep ridge line, so we keep exposure low on smaller features around tree line. Not wanting to repeat the chilly night experience in the tent from two weeks ago, we drove the short way back to Mt Currie and came back for another powder day on Sunday.

More pixs coming soon