macboy - 20-1-2008 at 07:27 PM
Here we go. Exactly 22 minutes from the Tim Horton's drive through down the street from my house. Drive right out onto the lake and enjoy. Your coffee
will be just about finished by the time you're set up and ready to go.
36 square kilometers of snow and a fun playground maintained by a lake local who happens to be a kiting enthusiast that owns a backhoe loader that he
drives across the lake to this location - hence the kickers and jumps.
Lat: 53°24'16.99"N
Long: 113° 5'21.11"W
Panorama:
macboy - 20-1-2008 at 07:28 PM
The playground
macboy - 20-1-2008 at 07:28 PM
Playground closer
macboy - 20-1-2008 at 07:29 PM
Our pit area today
First timer
macboy - 20-1-2008 at 07:34 PM
Not only his first time kite skiing, it was his very first day on skis period. Ever! He managed quite well, sadly the wind dropped off on us just as
he got underway. This is the "brother in law that I suckered into this crazy addiction at Christmas" ; )
GlideGuy - 20-1-2008 at 09:41 PM
Hey Kelly,
Glad to see you're enjoying yourself up in the "City of Champions" Looks like you guys have a ton of snow. We got about 6"-8" this week and we've had
a few days with some wind to enjoy it.
Thanks for sharing your pics, hope we see you back here soon.
Dean L
macboy - 20-1-2008 at 10:58 PM
Hey Dean! Nice to hear from you! You'll be excited to hear I've got a 10m Access XC on the way to me - super stoked but prepared for the coming
absence of wind...
Vincene called and told me I could get in if I could get down there today but I'm out of town carving for the next two weekends. Next weekend is Ice
Magic in Lake Louise - you bet I'll be bringing the kites and skis! Do you know where I might go Monday morning to get some time in? I'd prefer to be
west of Lake Louise (the homeward side of the mountains ; ) Of course if the wind's blowing at the Chateau I'll just ski there in the morning but it's
in a pretty sheltered basin. How about Bow Lake?
The weekend after that I'm in Vernon - you or anyone else know of any locations around there?
strictlycarved - 21-1-2008 at 01:52 PM
so i also went snowkiting for the first time today, totally awesome although i wasn't great and the wind kept shifting direction i still had fun.