MONASHEES 2008

well - that's all what's left after 11 years of CMH, a bunch of pins...???
but - how could i have done better?
ok, ok, it's maybe a big big mercedes - or 2 small ones...
but lets be honest: what would have been left of a mercedes (or 2) after 11 years? not much, eh?
sooooo - what about heliskiing??
jyrki said: once in a lifetime - second edition... this is now the 11th edition for me, and i'm still addicted to it - even getting more addicted from year to year...
great skiing, fantastic landscape, unique company, unforgettable memories.
THAT's what it is all about.
and that's simply the reason why!
JUHHHUUUUUU!!!!!!

ummm - i think they start to take notice of my being in post hotel in lake louise.

nice room with fireplace ;-)

again - why are these king size bed always made for 3???
1 kokanee reward...
very cosy - like it!

sunshine village - inbetween banff and lake louise.

very nice resort, especially when there is not enough snow in lake louise

ok minus 20 C let me take advantage of a mask...



my favourite hot spot: goat's eye - steep on the top, nice carving slopes at the bottom...

sunshine village - i'll be back!

and here right at the monashees lodge - endless snow! what a difference to 2003!!!!

high expectations for this week begin to rise

main building

west wing of the lodge
heli pad close to the lodge
do you like it, pekki?

pekka heading for the lunch spot right through the trees
to have lunch right above another tree run lets you shiver with....
anticipation!
who is this forzen lady?

udoline!!!!

udo and his halo

nice slopes
noooooo - it was not cold at all... just a bit frosty at minus 29 C - so what? cosy!

;-)))
can you find somebody in the trees?
1 kokanee award...
veit, jyrki and guide allan

me and the halo

posing in front of my halo
..........?
well - as the heli is broken (again) we do some snow profiles...
and practice how to build an iglu (i'm still hoping for training purpose only)

ribs, ribs, ribs...
+grasshoppers & kokanees...
does one need anything else??
what a day, what a powder, what perfect runs, what the hell....!!??!!!
yesssss!!
jyrki checking the potential of a good face shot... ?!

christoph tried to decease in a self built avalanche - we were able to persuade him, that it isn't worth to do so before his first 1,000,000 vertical feet....
my personal run of the week: purity.

awesome trees - just set exactly the way i wanted them to be!!

what about dying fins?