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How we ski here in Trail, BC
Jan 28, 2020 09:06:18   #
Swede Loc: Trail, BC Canada
 
The official ski hill is 6 miles up in Rossland, so we use all available resources down here in Trail!

And yes it is that steep in West Trail and the buses do go up there.

I can remember watching these guys prepare some of the runs, lot of hard work involved and as it turned out, well worth it


https://youtu.be/oPFZhIUH4Qs


Swede

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Jan 28, 2020 09:28:42   #
2Dragons Loc: The Back of Beyond
 
That is impressive? Why is this guy not on the Olympic Team? Reminded me of a French skier I'd seen on TV many years ago, I think his name was Sauvage. He skied down rocky mountains in the summer.

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Jan 28, 2020 11:01:01   #
mrpentaxk5ii
 
COOL. I skied for ten years. I moved from long Island to the Hudson Valley of New York to start working as a Corrections Officer, I got a call from my Uncle asking me if I wanted to learn how to snow ski, a year latter I found my self in Colorado in the town of Breckinridge for a 10 day vacation learning how to ski. The first few days I slid more than skied but at the end of our vacation I was hooked and we spent the next 9 winters skiing in New Hampshire and Vermont, and on my days off I would go to some of the local spots. I then got married and hung my ski boots up. The ten years skiing with my uncle were a blast, sadly he passed at the age of 78, a year and a half ago two years to the month of my fathers passing.

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Jan 29, 2020 06:43:40   #
paulrph1 Loc: Washington, Utah
 
Me thinks he would need a new pair of skis when he is done. Wait a minute, on second thought they are rented.

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Jan 29, 2020 07:42:19   #
tcthome Loc: NJ
 
Cool vid.

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Jan 29, 2020 07:46:44   #
joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ
 
Love that in the last scene the destination of the bus is Uphill. Thanks for sharing it.

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Jan 29, 2020 07:59:51   #
alberio Loc: Casa Grande AZ
 
joehel2 wrote:
Love that in the last scene the destination of the bus is Uphill. Thanks for sharing it.


It gives a whole new meaning to a chairlift.
Fun video. He almost caught the overhead power wires.

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Jan 29, 2020 08:09:27   #
sb Loc: Florida's East Coast
 
Is there a special ski wax for use with 3" of slush on a base of asphalt??? That is pretty amazing skiing, and an excellent video production. Thanks for bringing it to us.

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Jan 29, 2020 09:09:55   #
foathog Loc: Greensboro, NC
 
paulrph1 wrote:
Me thinks he would need a new pair of skis when he is done. Wait a minute, on second thought they are rented.


I was thinking the exact same thing. LOL

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Jan 29, 2020 09:33:42   #
Swede Loc: Trail, BC Canada
 
They worked a good week making this course and we got about 6-8 inches of snow. They we're almost finished and it started to rain so all the snow on the streets got washed away.

Good eyes Joe!

Swede

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Jan 29, 2020 13:58:13   #
clint f. Loc: Priest Lake Idaho, Spokane Wa
 
👍👍👍👍

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Jan 29, 2020 16:44:15   #
Flyerace Loc: Mt Pleasant, WI
 
I was a skier in New Hampshire, Colorado & Lake Tahoe. I would never have skied on asphalt or crushed rock intentionally. The only helicopter moves I made were unintentional. But I skied through trees and down cornices, downhill runs (mercy me-I didn't mean to) and KT22 (the Olympic downhill run at Squaw Valley. I don't believe I put myself into the peril this skier did and I think I would have had a blast trying his moves. I'm just too old, with two replaced knees, who gave the skies a retirement party. Fun to ski vicariously.

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Jan 29, 2020 17:18:32   #
Harvey Loc: Pioneer, CA
 
Swede wrote:
The official ski hill is 6 miles up in Rossland, so we use all available resources down here in Trail!

And yes it is that steep in West Trail and the buses do go up there.

I can remember watching these guys prepare some of the runs, lot of hard work involved and as it turned out, well worth it


https://youtu.be/oPFZhIUH4Qs


Swede
The official ski hill is 6 miles up in Rossland, s... (show quote)


Reminds me of the days I drove ambulance at Lake Tahoe - Some how we always got to haul one of these guys to the Hospital - some more than once. LOL

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Feb 7, 2020 20:41:58   #
DickC Loc: NE Washington state
 
Ski on down here to Colville, we'll have a beer!!

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