In 2011 I started my love affair with skiing while we were living on the Gaspe Peninsula. I had done some alpine skiing (downhill) as a child in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, and after a 25 year hiatus was re-introduced to the sport and discovered that winter was eminently more enjoyable with skiing as part of my life.
In the eight years since that re-introduction I have taken up three ski variations - backcountry alpine touring, backcountry cross-country and front country (or downhill, resort) alpine skiing. (I did telemark skiing for three years, and truly loved the history and aesthetic but not the thigh killing work-out.)
Skiing has transformed winter for me. I now live to ski.
This is a journal of my ski adventures from the 2019 season