Monday, March 9, 2009

Boarding at Grouse Mtn

Last minute decision to head to Grouse today after having a decent snowfall last night. There was quite a bit on the ground downtown and when we arrived at the base of the mountain it was looking even better...


The sun was shining and there was hardly anyone else up there and the snow was the best I've ever experienced.

After hitting a couple of runs flat out we got a bit cocky and attempted to get from one black diamond to another through the trees. We DID see the sign that read 'Cliff' but obviously were feeling pretty damn invincible so carried on trying to make our way through. Then we decided to take our boards off and step down over the rocks, logs and trees. Then Jon took a massive tumble and things got very dicey. I had my hand in the pocket ready to call in the rescue teams but we managed to pluck our boards out of the trees after we both lost them and slid down and back onto one of the runs.