Hello from Revelstoke!

So, for our spring break trip this year, we came to Revelstoke British Columbia for a week of skiing in the Canadian rockies. Yesterday was a long travel day, something like 13 hours of flying and driving. DIA to Calgary, and then a 4 hour drive to Revelstoke.




The town its self is kinda lame. the surrounding mountains are sick no doubt, but the town, lies somewhere in between 1970's era leadville, durango, and craig. lots and lots of redneck sled-heads. maybe more snowmobiles than any other place ever. not to mention the fact that the guy behind us at dinner was wearing a shirt "help i've fallen and i cant find my sled." sweet.



The ski area is very nice. incredibly different from colorado. there's huge vertical relief here. the resort only has two lifts, but more than twice the vertical of loveland. the mountains are just huge. also, it's the first year of operation so everything is brand spanking new. no old funky lodges or lifts. just shiny wood and stainless steel.





on another note, canadians are incredibly scary skiers. asides from a group of fairly core locals, the majority of folks here are goofy-talking, hockey-jersey-wearing, out of control skiers. not the coolest people to ski with, but what ever.