The preceding weekend started with a visit to the Northern Lights Wolf Centre, just outside of Golden. Wiley, Aspen, Tuk and Maya howled away to their hearts content and put on a great show for the group.
Sunday night proved to be hotter than some could handle, with the Moberly Pub suicide chicken wing challenge taking another victim. Andy gave it his very best setting an early 2008 record of 5 wings (10 short of the overall record) while everyone else enjoyed a tasty dinner.
Chuck and Ryan showed the boarders that snowboards aren’t just for riding, with a selection of extraordinary warm-ups. Shane and Josh turned up the heat in a different way, pushing the ski group to the limit in this week’s fresh powder snow. Levels of bravery and balance were also put to the test with nerve-wracking tube runs (especially for Jake) and snow-skating on the Jelly Bean nursery slope.
Thursday night’s ski tuning demonstration provided an hour of information and a chance to fix and wax/edge some skis in Selkirk Sports Shop. Inkeri, Mike and Tigger got stuck into making those shabby looking skis ready to shred while everyone else looked on.
There was no weekend break for those tired legs with the Recreational Avalanche course beginning with an in-depth Friday night theory session and then continuing in -20 degree conditions on the resort. Kyle and Sean provided the group with an eye-opening and sobering experience with their first hand Ski Patrol knowledge into the dangers of winter activity in the mountains. The skiers and boarders were given a tour of the terrain with avalanches in mind and lots of hands-on sessions digging snow-pits, using transceivers and participating in a rescue scenario with the aid of an avalanche rescue dog. The seasonnaires can now take their newly learned skills into the backcountry on the upcoming heli-ski, sledding and backcountry days.
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