Only 18 hours after a visit to the G3 headquarters in North Vancouver I found myself skinning up and ready to shred a much anticipated feather-lite pow weapon. I had the pleasure of riding the original and versatile Black Sheep for most of last season but Carbon now rules my world in all my toys winter and summer. Besides the weight advantage there's no comparison for the snappiness and overall ride characteristics these boards exhibit.
Saturday the clouds parted so we headed up to catch a killer sunrise and get an early start to the day. This season more than ever the sled is proving to be a valuable tool with the long approaches to find the deep stuff.
The iconic Black Tusk and Mt. Garibaldi lit up the morning sky.
We set an up-track to the alpine and milked it all day.
Looking back towards home and Mt Tantalus.
This was the first truly good run of the season. Ross tried hard to enjoy it....
It was so good to be back on a long 168cm stick!
We ran into Paul and Andy half way through the day and enjoyed a lap together.
Cheers to December 21.... the shortest day of the year!
Over the next 24 hours the sky dropped another 25cms so we headed back on the Dec 23 to grab some more.... Our taxi gasped for air on the way up!
The new snow warranted a look to see what the early December facets were up to. It was slightly touchy up there.
Once again the weather cooperated....
Kurt Withers finally getting some goods....
The new G3 Black Sheep Carbon was in it's element!
Pray for snow!
