I Can't Believe It's Not Mid-Season

And I also can't believe it's not butter! The Kates and Matthew met up with Tim and Will at Louise last Saturday for the best end of season skiing any of us had ever seen.

After waiting in an exceedingly long line for the gondola and riding half way up the mountain we were still a little nonchalant about the day. Then we started to see the snow! There was six inches of fresh powder sitting on the top half of the mountain! We had some great runs off the summit into the Whitehorn gullies, getting fresh tracks and face shots on April 28!!!

They finally opened Brownshirt in the afternoon and we were eager to get over there for some fresh tracks. Well, having been sun-baked all morning while it was closed left all that beautiful-looking snow a little crusty. There were a number of wipe outs but in good fun... everyone on the run was laughing it up as they had expected something so great and then were falling all over the place.

After lunch we hit up Meadowlark for some really good runs. It was closed due to lack of snow, but we poached it anyway (as I said, nothing like poaching a blue run!) It was so fast and untouched, we killed ourselves laughing both times.

The last run of the day saw us all giving the puddle at the bottom of the hill a run for it. Will went first, then myself, and then Katie. And that's where things went astray. She did a stupendous face plant in the middle of the huge puddle, to the cheers and applause of a few hundred onlookers! To make matters even funnier she lost her ski and had to wade around in the shin-deep water for a few minutes looking for it. Tim and Matthew followed soon after and both decided to be good guys and not splash her. We all wish they had.

All in all, fantastic day! It was possibly last day at Louise in a really long time and I couldn't have asked for anything more. Great friends, great laughs and great skiing, that's what it's all about!

Suits du Jour... literally

Look at all that snow!


They're not Bitches, but they're on skis! Will and Tim were great ski buddies for the day!

Great shot of Katie and Matthew and the back side of Louise

Katie just finishing up her swim
Tim enjoying the beer out here

All smiles at the end of a great day, and season!

It's Spring!

And the bitches are out in full force! The Kates and Matthew hit the slush/powder at Louise on Sunday. Well, Matthew did 3 runs, had pizza and then slept in the car all afternoon. The skiing was pretty good, the conditions were really variable but there was lots of good stuff to be had and nobody on the hill. Even with very little crowd, spring skiing tends to bring out the best in outfits and we managed to capture a few suits du jour for our readers.
The intention was to put together a nice video for the day, but filming stopped after one addition to the blooper reel. Warning, the video you are about to see is graphic, but nobody was seriously injured so laugh away.

Katie working on her 360

He says he did it, but there's no proof

Matthew and Katie

One heck of a onesie

Well, it's jeans, and that's just funny

The BOS Girls are Back!

The Kates hit Lake Louise for an absolutely amazing day yesterday! With 6 cm of new powder, most of which was blown into the back bowls, the conditions were superb. It would have been perfect had it been sunny, instead it continued to snow all day. And you know what that means... tree skiing!

We managed to get first tracks on the E-R Face, an area that is rarely open. We don't know for sure, but have a feeling that they opened it just before we got to it in the afternoon. There were stashes of untouched, knee-deep powder and I got my very first legitimate "face-shots."

Late in the afternoon we hit the Ptarmigan Chutes and got more fresh powder. Since it has been so long since we have posted on the BOS site, we took some video here for your viewing pleasure.

In the Ptarmigan Lift line we ran into a couple of Katie's friends and finished our last run of the day with them. Good times were had by all. My muscles were so exhausted that pushing in the clutch on the way home was painful!

BOS Girl Katie

BOS Girl Kate

The BOS Girls go EXTREME!

New BOS recruits!