noobie Sharing some recent stoke
noobie Sharing some recent stoke
Hey all, I started skiing this winter and wanted to share some pictures of my adventures. The stoke is real, and I’m loving backcountry Nordic skiing, and making attempts at tele turns. I bought a pair of Madshus Eons, 195cm, waxless, and mounted NNNBC AUTO bindings to ski the rolling hills of cherryville/monashees, in BC, Canada. I am 5’10, 170lbs (for anyone who cares) and I LOVE my ski set up. Most of what we are doing are loops on FSRs, and exploring gentle and technical terrain. We have been skiing down cut blocks as we have seen enough snow this year, and had temps reaching -21 Celsius. Starting to move into more moderate terrain.... today we traversed and skied “saddle mountain” in lumby. Technical up hill climbing with fairly committing descents. Starting to get exciting for me. Anyway, hope this brings a smile to someone’s face!
I’d definitely like to start taking better photos, but I’m often too excited to think about it...,
(Pictures are not from today’s Saddle Mountain journey)
I’d definitely like to start taking better photos, but I’m often too excited to think about it...,
(Pictures are not from today’s Saddle Mountain journey)
- lowangle al
- Posts: 2752
- Joined: Sat Jan 11, 2014 3:36 pm
- Location: Pocono Mts / Chugach Mts
- Ski style: BC with focus on downhill perfection
- Favorite Skis: powder skis
- Favorite boots: Scarpa T4
- Occupation: Retired cement mason. Current job is to take my recreation as serious as I did my past employment.
Re: noobie Sharing some recent stoke
Thanks for posting Jigz. The joy of the tour never gets old. Imagine how much stoke you will have when you are cranking out effortless turns in soft floaty snow. IME the more skill you have the more physical pleasure you will get.
Re: noobie Sharing some recent stoke
what a great way to start ! I learned on Vt ice.
Re: noobie Sharing some recent stoke
Nice days out. Winter is wide open to you now.
- lilcliffy
- Posts: 4147
- Joined: Thu Jan 01, 2015 6:20 pm
- Location: Stanley, New Brunswick, Canada
- Ski style: backcountry Nordic ski touring
- Favorite Skis: Asnes Ingstad, Combat Nato, Amundsen, Rabb 68; Altai Kom
- Favorite boots: Alpina Alaska BC; Lundhags Expedition; Alfa Skaget XP; Scarpa T4
- Occupation: Forestry Professional
Instructor at Maritime College of Forest Technology
Husband, father, farmer and logger
Re: noobie Sharing some recent stoke
Awesome stuff Jigz-
Please do keep posting and let us know how you make out.
Forgive me if I missed it- what boot are you using with the Eon?
Gareth
Please do keep posting and let us know how you make out.
Forgive me if I missed it- what boot are you using with the Eon?
Gareth
Cross-country AND down-hill skiing in the backcountry.
Unashamed to be a "cross-country type" and love skiing down-hill.
Unashamed to be a "cross-country type" and love skiing down-hill.
- MSU Alum
- Posts: 115
- Joined: Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:33 pm
- Location: Wasatch Back
- Ski style: Old man - New school!
- Favorite Skis: Rustler 10
- Favorite boots: Crispi Evo
- Occupation: Retired
Re: noobie Sharing some recent stoke
Nice pix!
- Smitty
- Posts: 148
- Joined: Tue Feb 20, 2018 10:37 am
- Location: Alberta, Canada
- Ski style: Bushwhacking
- Favorite Skis: Asnes Nansen
- Favorite boots: Alpina Alaska
Re: noobie Sharing some recent stoke
Beauty! Keep up the Stoke and the pictures!
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