Revelstoke, BC - Backcountry Skiing Canadian Rockies Days 6,7,8

 

Its Official we have just gone in a big circle! After skiing around Kootenay pass for a few days we made the trek north, rode another Ministry of Transportation Ferrie and ended up in Revelstoke, BC. Revelstoke is a pretty funky community, it seems that most of their economy is built off of tourism, but none the less has a homey mountain town feel. We skied one day, kinda, spending most of the daylight hours "Brapping" the sled around up above a large hydro-electric damn. The Dam's Gate Keeper was quite a character telling us how security of the area has increased 10 fold for the olympic games. He is quite a funny man, owning a jacked up late 1980's pickup and talking straight Canadian Eh! Revelstoke is also home to an awesome community Aquatic Center. We spent both evenings here ripping the waterslide, climbing the over the water climbing wall, and chillin' in the hot tube and steam rooms...only $5 canadian! Check out the pic of the Canadian Snowboard Rack that we saw in the parking lot...plain awesomeness! Yesterday, after re-organizing the truck we hit up a local coffee shop we were told to check out. The shop was located in an old Victorian home which served breakfast on the main floor and had a chill second floor full of couches and coffee tables to post up at. Once we got a bite to eat and a coffee for me we took off over Rodgers Pass back to Golden. Arriving to late to get any skiing in we found a community hockey event to go spectate. It was an entertaining spectacle of 3 on 3 with team names such as "The Killer Rabbits" (monty python) not to mention the girls team that worn tutu's. And yes there was a beer garden and most of the athletes were indulging themselves too. It was here that we came across the "stump stove" which is a large log that has a chimney cut into it and then the whole thing is lit on fire from the inside out. These things are way rad! and crank out a ton of heat! Well, today we are off to shred some Kicking Horse Backcountry and ski some faces, I'll let you know how it goes!