Thursday, March 29, 2007

La Grave Photos



Here's a little La Grave eye candy for your veiwing pleasure.

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Thursday, March 15, 2007

La Grave wrap up

Well we're back in Whistler, and the boys are all scattered back to their various dental practices around the globe. The trip was fantastic, proving to be a real eye opener to personal limits and possibilities.
Everyone shared an excellent evening of rockin' blues fun on Thursday night. There was even a guest appearance by the legendary suitcase precussionist Joe " suitcase" Valone. A few bleary eyes the following morning weren't enough to deter the adventurous from exploring the long meandering valley down to the town of St Christoph. This 3.5 hour epic run proved to be a personal testpeice for some, with steep skiing, river crossings, and a half hour walk through pastures and peoples backyards, all part of the La Grave experience.
We hope everyone enjoyed the skiing and personal experiences. La Grave is a very special place in Ski Culture, and We at Extremely Canadian are proud to havebeen able to share it with the "Off Piste Dentists" We'll follow with some photos to help your story telling at home. Remember, never let the truth spoil a good ski story.

Derek and the Ex-Can Crew.

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Monday, March 5, 2007

Skiing in La Grave



After 5 straight days of being closed due to high winds and heavy precipitation, we finally got our first day up La Grave today. Our various crews hit most of the classic couloirs and everyone was stoked to get on the steeps and into the true spirit of La Grave. Here's a couple shots of some of the boys shredding today. And Andy Pandy crashing. Cheers Pete, and the Ex Can crew.

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Sunday, March 4, 2007

The Chad



After months of fixing his foot. He's back. And the little nugget seems to be skiing alright...... this is from Powder Mt last wed. Nice work Dude. Peter

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La Grave

Weather has finally broke, Bluebird day but Avi risk still too high...The Mayor of the town and the three representatives of the three giude companies gave the thumbs down and the reort was shut again... C'est La Vie...however it looks promising for tommorrow...Made the best of it and skied in Serre Chevalier, had a very good consolation prize scoring some nice fresh lines on the higher north facing slopes. A demain por le prochaine.

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Saturday, March 3, 2007

La Grave

After 4 days of storms, challenging ski conditions and high avalanche danger; the clients arrive and it goes blue bird. La Grave was clear and for all to see, for the first time, as we got gear sorted for the coming week. With a cooling trend in the works for the coming week it looks like once again Extremely Canadian has weather on it's side.

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Thursday, March 1, 2007

La Grave


Day two and we are still missing ski bags. Drew is planning to ski in boots thee sizes too small. But he thinks they feel good. We discovered the La Grave party scene last night, the local guides threw a birthday party for one of their Swedish girlfreinds. Born on a leap year, she turned 5 and a half. We celebrated with them till 5AM. Good thing the lift was only open to P2 and raining below there so we didn't miss much. Tommorrow looks like the weather may improve so we'll go up with guide Joey Valone and ski some classic couloirs.

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