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Category Archives: sharonandlee
Fritschi Xenic Alpine Touring binding review
image: Fritschi – The Xenic alpine touring binding Introduction New for the 2019-20 ski season is the Fritschi Xenic. The Xenic builds on Fritschi’s pre-existing Vipec EVO and Tecton binding using many of the same concepts and materials. This means that the Xenic … Continue reading
Kicking Horse lift-accessed backcountry – A Golden road trip part 2
Kicking Horse lift-accessed backcountry Kicking Horse Mountain Resort’s inbounds terrain is the tip of the iceberg. Generally speaking this is trite of any ski hill; quite obviously what can be accessed from lifts will almost always be a bigger area … Continue reading
Golden and Kicking Horse – A Golden road trip part 1
Golden! It’s been overlooked by some as just another truck stop on the Trans Canada Highway, as a placename in the made-up Kootenay Rockies Powder Highway, and derisively as East Revelstoke. However good things can’t be kept hidden forever. Stunning … Continue reading
Tecnica ZeroG Tour Pro – Alpine touring boot 2018 – 9
Introduction The touring boot that can do it all. Everyone looks for it. It skips uphill on fairy dust. Downhill you’re transformed into Candide; ripping turns, straightlining chutes, producing instabangers. I’m a cynic. There’s no such thing. But every year … Continue reading
MT BAKER BACKCOUNTRY – Table Mountain & Swift Creek – Dec 2016
We haven’t been to baker in FOREVER cause the border sucks. But since the storms have been trending south, and its been cold, but not arctic cold we decided to check it out! We stayed at Snowline Lodge, booked through … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, 2016, sharonandlee, ski, ski 2016
Tagged baker, freedom, Mount Baker, pow
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Harvey Headwaters Circumnavigation – Dec 16, 2016
Or we did it so you don’t have to — or Slide alder is the new quadruple overhead blower pow ______________________________________ Hey lets ski the ridge of the West Lion? Really? Ok. Gregor Wilson has done it! Matt Gunn has … Continue reading
Whistler’s Alpine is ready to go – Top of the World to valley trails 2016
Whistler’s Top of the World trail is open again for those wanting to get to the alpine for a fix of views and flowers. The trail is in great shape and even gets dusty as you get lower. View of Castle Towers … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, bike 2016, sharonandlee
Tagged whistler, whistler bike park, whistler mountain biking
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Economic Impact Assessments of Mountain Biking Tourism
Introduction This is a collection of literature (both academic and non-academic) having some connection to economic impacts of mountain-biking. In the articles I attempt to analyze the literature and abstract data to the extent practicable and possible to allow … Continue reading
Zhiyun Z1-rider2 3 Axis Gimbal with GoPro mount – mountainbiking review 2016
Zhiyun Z1-rider2 3 Axis Gimbal with GoPro mount – mountainbiking review There’s been a lot written about gimbals which don’t need to be repeated and can be found in google searches. The Zhiyun Z1 Rider 3-axis gimbal is essentially is … Continue reading
Early Season Skiing in South Western BC – November to Dec 2015
Well so much for El Nino hurting the snowpack. We’re off to a pretty decent start. Above average in the alpine and average in the valleys in most locations. Some early season pictures and video. A nice turnaround from the … Continue reading