March Break Ski Trip - Mar 8 - 18, 2007

Rob, Mark, Zan Freeman, Ashley Hayward, Matt Rose, Tom Kummer, Phil Anrep

at Big White, a ski resort at Kelowna, BC, Canada

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Thurs - Sat Mar 8 - 10 - traveling to Kelowna - at the condo - skiing the first 2 days

video 1 - Ashley boarding down Ogo Slow to Gem Lake

video 2 - Zan, then Matt & Mark on Ogo Slow to Gem Lake

video 3 - Phil (& Rob) on the Gem Lake chair...windy....clouds moving across quickly

video 4 - Phil, then Ashley, Zan, Matt & Tom getting off Gem Lake chair

video 5 - the group skiing through the "rough" at the top of Gem Lake

video 6 - Ashley & Phil skiing down Kalina's Rainbow

video 7 - Phil. then Ashley & Matt skiing

video 8 - Mark, Zan & Tom in the condo hot tub

 

Sun Mar 11 - was a fog/snow/rain day on the mountain - so we went down to Kelowna to do some shopping - Zan, on a dare, got a "Mohawk" cut

video 1 - Sun AM in the condo - breakfast/surfing the net

video 2 - Phil & friend Mike returning from the mountain - soaked

video 3 - snowball fight at the condo

video 4 - new skis for Zan

video 5 - at the board/ski shop

video 6 - at the mall - Mark doing the "French pants" thing

videos 7 - 11 - Zan getting his "Mohawk" cut - before, during & after

video 7       video 8       video 9        video 10       video 11

 

Mon Mar 12 - the weather was back to normal & skiing resumed

video 1 - Phil (& Rob) skiing through the Slow area at Black Forest

video 2 - Phil (& Rob) skiing down to the chairlift at Black Forest

video 3 - Ashley, Matt, Tom, Mark & Zan playing a card game at the condo

 

Tues Mar 13 - cold & clear

video 1 - Zan skiing down Kalina's Rainbow at Gem Lake

 

Wed Mar 14 - 3" snow fell overnight - perfect conditions

video 1 - was to be a still shot, but somehow the video button got pressed.....snow was getting in Rob's eyes

video 2 - Zan & Matt ski dancing down the hill....Tom in the background

video 3 - Mark skiing circles, also showing Matt, Zan & Tom

video 4 - Zan on snowblades skiing the moguls

video 5 - Mark, Zan & Matt skiing a jump - small wipeouts

video 6 - Matt & Mark ski dancing then Zan & Tom ski/board in

video 7 - view from the top of the Bullet Express chair

 

Thurs Mar 15 - best day so far - more new snow, lots of sunshine & no wind - Mark, Tom & Zan hiked up to the summit

video 1 - Mark & Tom heading up to the summit

video 2 - Phil (& Rob) heading down the Sun Run from the Alpine T-bar

video 3 - panorama view at the top of the Gem Lake chairlift

video 4 - Rob (& Phil) skiing down Kalina's Rainbow at Gem Lake

video 5 - panorama view - Phil & Rob heading up the Cliff chair at the Parachute Bowl

 

Fri Mar 16 - "Big White Out" - thick fog in the morning - sometimes close to zero visibility

 

Sat Mar 17 - a little bit of everything - fog, cloud, flurries, ice pellets, some rain, mild temperatures - good skiing, though - Snowshoe Sam's for our last night's dinner

 

Sun Mar 18 - heading home after 9 great days of skiing/snowboarding!

 

BIG WHITE OFFICIAL PAGES:

Big White Ski Resort - official photo gallery

Big White Ski Resort - official videos page

download pdf high-resolution mountain map of Big White runs & trails

lower-resolution mountain map

 

Wikipedia links:

Skis

Skiing

Snowboards

Snowboarding

Rocky Mountains

Big White Ski Resort

List of ski areas around the World - with links

 

 

to Rob Freeman home page

 

 

 

 

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