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Brother helps sister


Very much to the parents’ pleasure little Molly also caught a severe bout of ski fever. Lately, with the temperatures going up and the snow, at least in the lower areas, becoming a bit slushy, Molly started to complain that her skis were too slow. Now, the last wax had been applied for the race in Kicking Horse – over three weeks ago! Time to get working on those skis again. Except that this time it wasn’t Daddy, who had a go at it, but big brother Max:

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Big brother waxes skis of little sister.

Max fully understood that the performance of the skis could not remain as bad as it was and grabbed the waxing iron to apply the rather excellent “Revelstoke Butter”, a simple, but effective ski wax.

 

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Racing in Silver Star – Up’s and Down’s


Yet another race weekend in Canada. This time it was a boys’ weekend: Max and a race buddy of his from Revelstoke’s U12 and the two dads had a condo booked in Silver Star – a resort that we had already visited for a previous race. The condo was great: ski in, ski out, two bedrooms, so no need for messy sleep sofas or Murphy beds.

Skiers meditate
One would hope the young racers watch Ted Ligety or Felix Neureuther. But no – a horrible remake of “The Longest Yard”, starring Adam Sandler as American Footballer, is holding the youngster’s attention.

Despite the apparent lack of professional pre-race meditation the first race day went pretty well: Continue reading “Racing in Silver Star – Up’s and Down’s” →

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Father and Son Skiing


I feel very privileged to have a wife and two kids who all enjoy skiing as much as I do. I feel even more privileged to have a family who turns out to be fairly competent at skiing. I always dreamt of kids, who would overtake me at skiing at the age to 14, 15 – I’m afraid, this point is nearer than I would have thought with Max. Today Max skipped school in the morning and we set off to hike Subpeak, a little summit just above the Stoke chairlift,  highest point in the Revelstoke Mountain resort. The short hike covers 120m altitude – not too much, but it climbs up quite steeply; not so easy to negotiate for a 10 year old.

We had a couple of warm-up laps with a friend and his daughter; when we pushed over to Sweet Spot (check out Revelstoke’s North Bowl trail map) we passed some truly wintery trees on the way:

Icy trees at Sweet Spot
Snowy trees on the way to Sweet Spot at Revelstoke Mountain Resort’s North Bowl.
Max and I had talked about hiking Subpeak for a while Continue reading “Father and Son Skiing” →

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Impressions of Kicking Horse


Race weekends are fun: the kids are having a great time meeting and competing with lots of other kids (in Kicking Horse we had around 170 starters) and the Breadbaskets get to see other ski resorts.

So, the last weekend, as you know, let us to Kicking Horse. Kicking Horse is in the Purcell Mountains, one step closer to the Rockies from the Selkirks, where we’re usually roaming. Kicking Horse is the name of the ski resort, approximately 20 minutes from Golden, a rather charmless village at the Canadian Highway No. 1.

We stayed in a classic motel not too far from the highway, the Days Inn in Golden. These inns are not the most charming of all places, but they are very convenient.

The Day Inn - Motel in Golden
Breadbaskets and bad-ass monster truck in front of room #106 at the Days Inn in Golden. Drove the baggage right into the room. Charming, isn’t it?

As practical as this might look, the view across the parking lot was a different story: Continue reading “Impressions of Kicking Horse” →

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Kicking Horse – Yet another race


The Breadbasket kids were at it again, this time in Kicking Horse, about 2 hours East of Revelstoke in the Purcell Mountains.

And the results were beautiful: Continue reading “Kicking Horse – Yet another race” →

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50 Days of Skiing…


…in a row. To make it short: do I have enough now? Nope. It’s fun, a lot of fun, actually. Revelstoke Mountain Resort is a superb ski area.

The whole family on a bluebird day. Bunny Molly, Mad Max, Powder Anna and Dan Vader.
Telemarking – I love the, albeit not always visible, elegance of the movement. Super smooth, demanding on the thigh muscles but easy on the knees – I love the free heel.
Climbed Subpeak (well, it’s actually only 115m altitude, but the path leads up pretty straight, so is demanding for the part time ski bums) on a foggy day. Worth it? Worth it!
Clouds on the lower mountain. Sometimes rain. But so far always great on top. Apart from the two days of crusty sheets of ice.
Bluebird on the higher mountain. Clouds on the lower mountain. Typical Revelstoke.

The guys who run the show here say the mountain has three weather zones – and they are right. Continue reading “50 Days of Skiing…” →

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Revelstoke Ski Club Race


February is a fairly raceless month for the kids, so Revelstoke Ski Club decided on a local race: Saturday night we had a dual slalom, where Molly certainly gave it her best.

The flood lit dual slalom was a great success: the kids were having enormous fun and the parents had a laugh, too.

Sunday followed with an exciting Glalom (a mix of Slalom and Giant Slalom elements), where the kids in all age groups had to give it their best to bring down good runs. Continue reading “Revelstoke Ski Club Race” →

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A Day in the Helicopter


February 4th, 2016 – Anna and I were sitting in our monster truck on the way to meet the Tangier Selkirks guys for a day of heli skiing. In the car we were having mixed thoughts: snow was falling hard, we were looking at 15-20cm of fresh snow and the valley was covered in clouds. This would have been fun in the resort, too, we thought.

Continue reading “A Day in the Helicopter” →

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Silver Star Ski Race


Race weekend again: this time focussing on the smaller kids, and little Molly was rather keen to do some racing herself after having watched her big brother. Thankfully, the older kids could race, too, so both Breadbasket kids gave their best in the gates.

Molly at full speed with pink ears upright.
Max illustrates perfect speed skiing.

As it can easily be seen, Molly and Max are in different stages of their development as racers! And a full success it was:  Continue reading “Silver Star Ski Race” →

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