AND THEN IT SNOWED


and snowed

and snowed

and snowed

and the result was breathtaking

then it started again and it snowed

A metre and a half in 3 days!!!!!!!

This is waist deep powder skiing!!!!!

Damn, this is good. You could loose someone in this, JOSH, WHERE ARE YOU?

So which way do we go?

All hail the great snow goddess, muchus gracias mi dios

ONE WEEK IN ESQUEL - Part 4

Random photos for your enjoyment
All hail the great snow God

Suspended

Asado

There is inspiration for a song somewhere in this photo

Phenomenon

Caution

Wildlife Hmmm

Museo

Ivan's car + flat tyre

Tranquility base

Absolutely NO comment

ONE WEEK IN ESQUEL - Part 3

Scenes from La Hoya.

Heading up the mountain

Notice the ski tracks between the rocks.

Up the slopes we go.

On top of the world

My favorite photo

Coming off a rail.

Back down the slope.

The road home for Apres ski

ONE WEEK IN ESQUEL - Part 2

The Clinic begins……

The mountain and it's runs. One big basin, perfect for speed. Bring it on........

First it is the Racing Clinic.Here we are taught the basics of racing, starting with slalom races, one pitted against the other, no holds barred

First it’s Katie against Maddo. It’s on but unknown to me, Katie misses a flag. Maddo gets in. Whew!

Now Josh challenges me, Maddo accepts. It’s on and is it on. Maddo wins. Ahrrr victory is sweet. Josh challenges again, Maddo accepts. It's on again. Sh#t, went to wide on the last flag. Josh wins. Maddo want's to go the best of three. Josh declines, ah! one each.
Now, for the freestyle. What we need is a terrain park....

Ok, this is it. A terrain park packed with jumps, rails and bumps. I am not so sure about this....!

There is something not quite right with this jump, the kick angle, height?????

That's it, perfecto, esta es bueno. Now it is AIR TIME...........

The only thing wrong with the terrain park was the amazingly slow pommer that pulls you to the top of the run. Most of your "air time' is "pommer time"

At the end of each day it is the 'run home'.

The warm down and the streaches

LISTO