Picture for Alyssa

Here's a picture from Sam and me that's an early birthday present for Alyssa.

Hope you have fun on your birthday!

Lake Louise Web Cams

Here a couple of links to the web cams they have running at Lake Louise. The first camera is located at the bottom of the mountain in the Lodge of the 10 Peaks Louise Cam 1 and the second camera is located halfway up the mountain at the Whitehorn Lodge Louise Cam 2.

Check the "Discussions" link on the left of this page over the next couple of weeks. I'm hoping that World Cup volunteers will use the space to make posts about their experiences. Everyone is welcome to use the forum to post any questions or comments they may have related to this year's races.

Home for the Holdays Ceilidh Webcast

Got an email from my buddy Dan about a gig his new band, The Freeloaders, is playing tonight in support o' the Home for the Holidays ceilidh at the Trap and Gill in Calgary.

Those of you reading this in Calgary owe it to yourself to get down to MacLeod Trail and check it out. "The Trap" is worth the price of admission on any night and tonight promises to be special.

Fortunately those of us who can't be there will be able to check out the webcast of proceedings.

Capers Away: Remembering from whence you came is an article by Dan's wife Wendy McMahon about how this annual fundraiser (this is the 5th) got started.

Things get underway in Calgary (and "virtually" all over the world ;-) this evening at 8:00 PM.

Hope you get a chance to check out the party!

Sociable!

Lake Louise

Looks like I was a day early with my report of skilouise being open for business. November 06 is when the lifts will turn this year.

Send your pictures.

World Cup at Lake Louise

It'll soon be time to head to the Lake to participate in another World Cup. I've been checking the web cam and it's nice to see a good start to the snow we need to get the races off.

It's always a question of which crew of Ski Louise employees, along with the army of World Cup volunteer course workers, will put in longer hours: the snow makers or the groomers?

From the looks of the pics from the hill, it'll be the groomers who'll be busier this year again.

As of today, they've had 51 cm of snow. That's not quite enough yet, but it certainly is a nice early start to the season.

In fact they're open for business tomorrow, which if not the earliest opening date has to be close.

This year's races mark the first time that the races at Louise are the first of the season.

If you've yet to experience it, skiing in the Canadian Rockies is something you've got to try at least twice.

Hope those in Calgary who might be reading this are already making plans to get some runs in. If you go, send me pictures and I'll post them here.