Way to go Wayne!

Congratulations Wayne for making it to the final 3 on Canada's Greatest Know-it-all. You'll always be number one with us.

WOW - What a day!!

The sunshine brought many people out today - the conditions were excellent. You could ski anywhere on the mountain, and the powder was soft even after it was tracked up. Grandparents to babes in arms enjoyed the suns rays. This was one of those days that you can't really forecast, but you feel lucky and happy to have been here at the right time.

If you have ever worked at Baldy, you know the mountain and the snow, and want to come back to ski. I skied with a groomer operator who worked here in the '70's, Swan was here, Owen, Rutka and the boys, and probably lots more.

Great day!

BACK COUNTRY WARNING

An avalanche was reported in the North Bowl today - an area accessible from the top of Baldy, out side of the ski area. There were snowmobiles in the vicinity, and the slide is believed to be man caused. To the best of my knowledge, there were no persons reported missing, and no one was believed to have been caught in the slide.

RCMP and SAR were here, and an avalanche expert  was flown over the slide by helicopter.
(former Baldy staff, "Portman")

The Canadian Avalanche Association had issued a special warning bulletin on Friday, warning of recent heavy snowfalls sitting on layers of concern.

The slide occured on the "east" side of the bowl, with heavy snow still sitting on the "west" side, as well as the cornice area.

Stay safe - stay out of the backcountry in these conditions.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150624135806448

hope the link works - video from snowmobiler

Mountain Living

My green today? A salad made with lettuce and dill grown in my cabin - Aerogarden. Back in the day, my Dad  bought an Apple IIC, and tried to convince me that computers were the future. I think even he would be surprised at how technology as evolved.

The internet is a key part of keeping me from being too isolated living full time at Baldy. I had high speed before the current ISP came to Baldy, and am the last cabin standing with the older technology and dish. Tuesday, I will get the new equipment. In the meantime, my dial-up and neighbour's wireless is not giving me a fast enough connection to upload photos.

I have some great ladies day photos from Hilary, some green ones from today, and would like to get some green photos from anyone taking photos at the lodge tonight. I'll catch up mid-week with the photo uploading. 

The Last Stretch

We are down to the last three weekends of the season. Check the schedule on the sidebar. Long John Baldy tonight and the 31st. don't forget Baldy is open the next two Thursdays.

Happy St. Patrick's Day - Go Green

Long John Baldy tonight - the party starts tonight at 7:00 with bring an appy - I gather a green appy is preferred - heard someone talking yesterday about stuffed jalapenos. Not sure what time the music starts, but the festivities start at 7:00 in true "Vortex" style.

The snow is coming down at 8:30 this morning - powder should build throughout the day. On and off the groomed should be sweet.

CBW

Welcome to the blog CBW! You see, if you actually read the blog, you find out all kinds of things, and might even see your name or mug in print. Thanks for dinner.

Baldy doesn't get lineups.....

270 hits on the blog yesterday

Mild - Your Call

Mother Nature gets the last laugh on this one. All that powder, and the temperature went above freezing today. As of 9:00pm the temperature is minus1C, it is snowing, blowing a bit, and there is a crust on the snow at the village elevation. Forecast is for the temp continuing to drop, and snow throughout the night. Big dump in the forecast for Saturday night.

POW

When we were kids, we hoped for so much snow that the road would be closed. It happened once - and we had the hill to ourselves. The snow plow originates at Baldy now, so it doesn't happen anymore.

I once went straight down the Shaft - the snow was so deep we were poling straight down the hill without turning. The ski patrol had quite a time breaking trail on the old Baldy Tee.

Fast forward to Friday - from what I am hearing, I expect a line up when the Eaglechair opens. There is snow in the forecast right through the weekend, with the heaviest amounts today (Thursday) and Saturday. So if I sleep in and let you have first tracks on Friday, I can still get the fresh stuff Sunday morning.

Of course with my local knowledge, I'll still find fresh stuff when you think you have it all trashed on Friday.

We are...........ski baldy

In order to help you find all the Baldy info available on the net, the social media stuff is being converted to the familiar Ski Baldy.

the website   www.skibaldy.com
this blog       www.skibaldy.blogspot.com
facebook       ski baldy

Go to the ski baldy page on facebook and click "like" to get regular updates from Mt. Baldy - the other sites - some of them dormant from other years, will be phased out.