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Skier Daryl Treadway Location: K3 Catskiing, BC Photo: ralphie
Sometimes being in the mountains in Revelstoke you gotta stop and look around at the view..
Just not when your ripping a fresh line..
Daryl cooking down a slope at K3 head down and knows the view will be there when he is done.
Selkirk Wilderness Lodge / Photo: David Couse
When Catskiing Canada visited Selkirk Wilderness this winter one thing that really stood out was the hospitality and the fun at the Lodge.
It felt like I was going to thanksgiving family dinner and each night was filled with some serious game playing..
If you don’t know what the game of “Crud” then you need to go visit to see first hand.
The Lodge / Photo: David Couse
We loved that we could ski our last run right up to the lodge and within seconds have a warm appy and a fresh cold pint.
We call this lodge a “home Run”
Photos on Flickr of Selkirk
Fernie gets dumped on! Brian @ FWA testing his skis / Photo: Leslie Prentiece
We all dig our heels in sometimes.. especially on issues that matter deeply to us.
Brain is a bit stubborn when it comes to big powder events…. With over 170cm over the week..
He is pretty much demanding he stays on the job until all the guiding work is done…
Joe Hucks @ Selkirk Wilderness Skiing / Photo: David Couse
A typical day of Catskiing is usually all about powder turns. However, If you ask your guides nicely and have demonstrated a bit of skill.. they may point out a few features to “Huck your Meat”.
For the most part there is always a fairly reasonable way down to the cats.
When your with a media crew and your looking to get a few good photos it pays off to ask one of your guides to not just show you a drop.. but perhaps show you how to nail it.
Joe was our willing participant and thanks to some radio guiding with lead guide Scott he stomped the landing avoiding what he notified as a “Giant Ice Cookie” just left of his landing (just out of photo frame)
Thanks Joe!
Jason leading our catskiing pow adventure / Photo: David Couse
One of the aspects of Catskiing that sometimes gets less attention is the importance of great guides… The Selkrik Guides led by Jason were amazing to work with from a media perspective- and judging from the sore cheeks of the smiling guests we went with.. they felt the same way.
Sick Selkirk Slash / Photo: David Couse
Catskiing Canada got up at Selkirk Wilderness Skiing in Meadow Creek BC and on this early January day was just one of may shots that captured the reason people have been coming here for the past 35 years.
Let me know if you see the skier… apparently this place gets even better… we found it hard to imagine it could get any better..
It honestly was the trip that reset my reality to what Catskiing can be.
Early Season at Monashee looks like mid season this year! Photo: Colleen Gentemann
This year’s Catskiing Canada tour started at Monashee Powder Snowcats.. and yep.. La Nina is here.. already into lines that you don’t get into mid season sometimes…
Catskiing Canada @ Island Lake Lodge Photo: Mike McPhee
Everyone looks at their lines from their own perspective.. Sometimes its speed-maybe its jumps- sometimes its fluid line turns, there is just endless possibilities to how creative you can be on your approach to each descent. As a surfer I found the little bowls and features just a surfers dream at Island Lake…I just imagined doing a big bottom turn to a big cut back. Go paddle out at Island Lake.. its got some great outside sets and you never get caught inside….
Surf's up on the Fireplace Mantel @ Island Lake Lodge
Skier Daryl Treadway Location: K3 Catskiing, BC Photo: ralphie
Some athletes cross train all summer to prepare for a winter in the backcountry. Daryl likes paddling out and dropping waves.. Clearly the training more than pays off.. it looks like high returns even in a down market. The K3 Stock exchange is trending a bull market.
