For the 10th semi-annual Barney Clark Memorial, I met up with the Barneys in Sandpoint
Idaho. More accurately, I drove down there, and they say in Portland with cancelled flights.
But they eventually made it, just about 18 hours late.
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First, a sense of how cold it was the week before the Barney Clark trip this year. I went for
a xc ski in the neighbourhood to ensure my body could still work.
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A sense of how cold it was.
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Natalia and I having a drink together.
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My new sales guy Andrew with his new mascot as a customer's office.
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Out for a fat bike ride in Cochrane.
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On the way to Schweitzer, I stopped in at Nak for a few laps. It was -29 deg C when I arrived
but with a bit of wind, it was borderline too cold to ski.
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My buddy Andrew and I enjoying some fresh snow.
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Some baby bighorn sheep leaving Nak.
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Nice look at Storm Mountain as I got up to the divide with a bit of snow on the road. Nice
bluebird day though.
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My new favourite gas station in Yahk, BC.
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I got in, hit the grocery store (you can buy beer at Safeway in Idaho), and 'stocked up'.
Obviously, this addresses all of a dude's needs.
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and a 'Tushy' toilet.
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and chips of course.
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Coffee in the hot tub.
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I thought this chipmunk was funny since his little hands were like how Henry draws cats.
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So, the boys were able to get the first flight out of PDX, but since there was fresh snow
I thought it was better to wait for them on the ski hill. Decent snow for sure and always
fun to explore a new mountain.
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Schweitzer is basically two big bowls, with the back bowl being larger than the front.
Lots of fun steep lines and good tree runs would make this place incredible, with a bit
more snow.
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Inside the pickup station of 'Stella', the 6 pack on the backside.
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Phineus Schweitzer, proprietor.
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Funny sticker at the Outback Inn.
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I trusted my nose and went sniffing for powder. The T bar had just opened earlier in the
week for the first time in the year, so it wasn't that hard. It just took a bit of work
to fight through tighter trees.
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Fresh snow is wonderful and addictive.
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Outdoor bonfire at the Outback Inn.
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Their napkin holders have funny comments.
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Another winner.
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The two-man Sunnyside chair with no seatbelts.
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The boys arrived to Spokane just before noon and joined me on the mountain by 2:30pm, even
including picking up rentals for Ross.
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Ross and some fun snow on the front side.
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The boys eating chippie appies.
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Billy with chips in the face, instead of 'chips in the pocket'.
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Morning coffee and hot tub stretching time.
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Great sign at the lodge to remind you that people are douchebags.
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Glamour shot of Billy with Lake Pend D'Oreille behind him.
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Ross with the same view.
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The Barneys at Schweitzer with Lake Pend D'oreille.
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Bill and I, with Ross figuring out how to deal with a tree that's going to fall on his house.
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Bill and Paul off the T bar on Colburn School.
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Great sign with Pucci on it. And a sweet mustache.
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Beer drinking at Pucci's at the end of a great ski day.
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Bill showing us his skills on the squeeze box.
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Ross trying too.
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Winner roadsign enroute back to Canada.
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A good look at the amount of the ice on the car after I got home to Cowtown.
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Lots of bighorn sheep on the highway near Radium.
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Skiing with the boys.
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