Tag Archives: skiing

Canadian Rockies: to the top of Sulphur Mountain

Posted on February 18, 2014 by BarryH

During the last 10 days or so of my stay in the Canadian Rockies I decided to concentrate my efforts on trying to improve my skiing. With fresh falls of snow the conditions changed from the ‘hard-pack’ with which I … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Hiking, Landscape, Mountains, Winter | Tagged banff canada, Banff Springs Hotel, Bow River, canadian rockies, faux-Gothic architecture, ice, Mount Rundle, skiing, snow, Spray River, sulphur mountain, Sulphur Mountain Gondola, Sulphur Mountain Meterological Observatory, Tunnel Mountain | 5 Comments

Canadian Rockies: cold fingers and icebows

Posted on February 2, 2014 by BarryH

Usually I ski 3 days and then have a day off to let my legs have a rest. On ‘rest’ days I usually go walking which is more my métier. However, during the last week I skied 5 consecutive days. … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Landscape, Mountains, Winter | Tagged Banff, banff canada, canadian rockies, cold hands, icebow, skiing, snow sculpture | 2 Comments

Canadian Rockies: to the Top of the World

Posted on January 19, 2014 by BarryH

Whichever island I visit in Greece I always aim to climb the highest mountain. I have written about going to the ‘top of the world’ on Nisyros, Symi, Tilos, Hydra, Karpathos ……… . Generally they are not very high in … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Greece, Landscape, Mountains, Winter | Tagged Canada, canada skiing, canadian rockies, Continental Divide, Great Divide, Lake Louise, mountains, mountains in winter, skiing, Sunshine ski resort, Top of the World | 2 Comments

Sunshine Coast in the Canadian Rockies

Posted on January 17, 2014 by BarryH

The sleep I was looking forward to when I finally arrived in Banff wasn’t refreshing. I had temporarily forgotten that sleeping at altitude (albeit only 1400 metres) messes with my sleeping pattern. The lapse of memory was only short lived. … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Landscape, Mountains, Winter | Tagged avalanche risk, Banff Avenue, banff canada, Canada, canada skiing, Goat's Eye Mountain, skiing, sleep patterns, Sunshine Coast, Sunshine ski resort, Sunshine Village | 1 Comment

…………. at least I had mown the lawn

Posted on January 12, 2014 by BarryH

The weather in my neck of the woods, indeed throughout the UK, has been crazy. With the exception of a very occasional overnight dive to near zero with accompanying ground frost, temperatures have continued above freezing for weeks, sometimes hitting … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Landscape, Pontypool, Wales, Winter | Tagged blue sky, mowing the lawn, Pontypool, preparations, skiing, Stockport, sunrise, sunset, temperatures, time pressure, unforeseen events, winter | 3 Comments

Greece: Rhodes, Tilos, Nisyros, high speed island hopping

Posted on August 23, 2013 by BarryH

Wednesday morning and my daughter delivered me to Manchester Airport at 06.15 en route to an hour’s skiing in the Chill Factory. How bizarre a beginning to a day is that!!! Given that she was going to minus 2 degrees … Continue reading →

Posted in Greece, Hiking, Landscape, Nature, Wildlife | Tagged airports, bouzoukia, bus, dodecanese islands, english channel crossings, ferries, Greece, Greek Islands, Greek music, hiking, island hopping, Nisyros, Rhodes, skiing, snakes, swallows, taxi, Tilos | 1 Comment

Whistler in brief

Posted on February 11, 2013 by BarryH

Whistler is very different from Banff in many respects. It has a resident population of 10,500 compared with Banff’s 7,500 yet styles itself a village and nurtures that image. Banff retains the character of a ‘frontier’ town, a place which … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Mountains, Winter | Tagged Banff, Brew Pub, First Nation, lights, Olympic Square, ski runs, skiing, street art, The Stroll, Whistler | 1 Comment

Whistler-Blackcomb: snow and skiing

Posted on February 6, 2013 by BarryH

OK, so I’ve been skiing now for 3 weeks and apart from a brief gripe about snowboarders there has been virtually no evidence on the blog that I have done any skiing. Time to correct that. But first a brief … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Health and humour, Winter | Tagged Blackcomb, Camp Robbers, Canada Jay, Grey Jay, mountain scenery, ski boots, ski runs, skiing, skis, snow, snow conditions, snow types, snowing on the mountain, Whiskey Jacks, Whistler | Leave a comment

Survival: skiing, snowboarding and ice hockey

Posted on January 26, 2013 by BarryH

A small part of the church service which I went to in the Banff Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning was to exchange with the person next to or close to you something which you regarded as a blessing during the … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Grumpy Old Men, Mountains, Reflections, Winter | Tagged Alpine Rules, Banff, ice hockey, Lake Louise, Presbyterian Church Banff, skiing, snowboarding, Sunshine Village | Leave a comment

Confessions of an inadequate skier

Posted on January 18, 2013 by BarryH

And so to the skiing. Up at the Crack of Doom on Monday morning (05.30) in order to make an 06.30 start for the 2 hour journey from Calgary on the Trans Canada Highway westward past Banff and then to … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Health and humour, Mountains, Winter | Tagged Banff, Lake Louise, Lookout Mountain, skiing, Sunshine Village | Leave a comment