In Slovakia….Cheops skis you!

Like Krista pointed out this morning, “there is something special about being on snow when its warm and sunny”. It might be really nice here in town but out there in the mountains, its magnificent! Its the best type of traveling, believe me!

Today I hit a 100 days of touring for the season, pretty cool.

Having light fast gear is ideal this time of year, especially if you’re skiing with Miki, Stano’s Slovak buddy. They called me last night to meet up at the Pass for a quick ski. Miki is a strong and fine skier who’s taking his full guide exam in July, in a place like no other, Chamonix, France. It was great to see Stano back from Europe and Miki on his short visit to Canada.

As we headed out Balu Pass towards Cheops 5, we couldn’t help noticing the quiet and untracked terrain, with the exception of one snowshoer’s tracks. After skinning and a little boot packing along with lots of chatting, we made it up Cheops 5 and took a short break. The only time we had a cloud over our heads was at the top when we stopped.

We took a few pics, and started our descent. The snow was surprisingly good on the first pitch, a south west facing slope. We continued to get decent turns and eventually skied over some debris to finally ski fast corn snow on our way out.

Met up with the boys afterward for some eats at the Modern, I probably initiated the idea with my panini earlier on….I enjoyed their company before their long drive back to the coast and got myself a shot of espresso on top of a white chocolate scoop of gelato from a new place in town called La Baguette, to finish off this awesome day!

Thanks Stano & Miki!