4 Days of the White Stuff

Last weekend the plan was to hit Jumbo for 4 days. As the mountain gods would have it, we were given lots of snow...too much. As the snow piled high, so did the avalanche danger and plans would have to be changed. The Maudie family once again played host to a group of stinky skiiers....

The Warm-up: K-Country

K-Dawg

Jo, given'er on the sugar daddy's

CRANNY

Sled or die...sled and die?
Just after our first run at a cat skiing operation outside of Fernie, we were flagged down by one of the operators to help an injured sledder. He had decided it would be fun to race up a 50 degree slope, with a cornice above, in high avalanche danger..what do you think happened?

Jen putting her emerg skills to use on the young sledder who mashed his tibia/fibula in his very own class III avalanche.

You might think that this was one of the sledders...no, that's Cranny's very own Alan Maudie. Not only does he take a mean photo, but he looks damn good in them as well.

Al, out of his sledder digs--but once again, lookin' smooth

Has anyone ever landed a 270 degree spin?

...it's like Sputnik. Spherical, but with small pointy parts!