Powder Cowboy - Family Day

 The first annual Powder Cowboy family day weekend extravaganza was a huge success. We used 2 sleds to shuttle our gear and friends up to the hut for the weekend and spent the weekend enjoying the amazing ski terrain around the hut (both sled and tour accessed). It was awesome to have such a big group of friends together in the mountains and we had plenty of space in the well equipped hut. The weekend highlights included giant bonfires, ridiculous games, overcooked pasta, backflips, sunset laps, alien lights in the forest, stargazing and some skiing too!

Powder Cowboy

2 Weeks of Van Life in Japow

It doesn't seem that long ago that I attended the World Premier of MSP's "Push." My friends and I watched the teaser endlessly until we knew it by heart. When we saw each other in the halls of our high school, we would shout "push!" and give each other a shove. By the time it finally came time to load the Whistler Gondola for the movie screening at the Roundhouse (pretty awesome for a free show!), we were so excited we couldn't talk about anything else. As the lights dimmed and the roar of the igniting matchstick filled our ears, the crowd erupted into cheers and didn't stop until the final scene. 

That was 14 years ago and I remember it like it was yesterday. On that screen, I saw my ski idols shredding powder through snow-laden birch trees in Japan. I was captivated and couldn't get that image out of my mind. To this day, thinking about Japan conjures up visions of skiing bottomless powder through deciduous forests, soaking in hot springs and views of snowy mountains over steaming bowls of ramen.

The things dreams are made of