March Storm

We got a little suprised in a very pleasant way on March 8th with 40cm of snow falling over the day after 20cm overnight. Yes, it was epic. Yes, you should have been here.

Seeking Fresh Lines

Some of the most interesting days of skiing at Wildhorse Catskiing are in the days well past the last storm. Storm skiing is great - don't get me wrong on that one! This year we have been challenged by the snow gods with lower than usual snowpack and infrequent snowfalls. We search for the untracked lines, climbing Wildhorse Peak, or traversing into Wildhorse Bowl to ski lines that perhaps get skied only once a year and they are sweet.

Ymir Days

Rosco let it fly for Ymir Days with a jump from the third floor balcony into the playground. Other activities in Ymir included snow sculptures, antique snowmobile races, The "Toques" playing at the Ymir Community Hall and lots more.

Tyler - Cat Driver

Argueably one of the most valuable members of team Wildhorse is the snowcat driver. What do you do when you get to the bottom of run - get into the cat and go back up with Tyler driving. On the rare occassion that we let him out of the snowcat for good behavior there are snowmobile and snowcat maintenance or perhaps more enjoyable carrying skis up to the summit of Wildhorse for another wicked run. Thanks Tyler.

High River Huckers

This is Dylan hucking in Perfect Glades. Sara did an awesome job of stitching the photo together to create this composite. After a bit of a dry spell we are back into the dry and light powder. The next week should be awesome. There is a couple of seats available for standby. Check out availability at www.skiwildhorse.com or send an email or call 1-888-488-4327 and leave your credit card on the answering machine and indicate the number of seats you wish. Or you can also put an order in online. We are pretty much gone from 7am - 7pm most days so we are little hard to get hold off. You can also try to get hold of us at 250-357-2157 which is our number in Ymir.

Road Building and Sunshine

After a couple more days of snow and low visibility we have a short break between catskiing bookings to finish the road network. We had a bunch of roads built but they were drowned in 100cm of snow in 36 hours and a small avalanche across our upper road network. We got out today and started rebuilding. We built the road to Wildhorse Peak and then were treated to a beautiful sunset. It's good to be getting up high again. The skiing looks amazing.

First day of catskiing. First Day of January 2009. Happy New Years. Happy skiers skiing 30cm of fresh powder. 20cm the previous day. The arctic high that was dominating December with cold temperatures and low snowfall is gone. Back to Kootenay January storm cycle weather where every day is snows. Here is today's photo of the day. Our guide Andrew leading the charge. More photo will be uploaded shortly to our 2009 Wildhorse Gallery