Powder-blasting on a long classic ski…this particular ski involved 2 layers of blue hardwax and 2 hours of smooth tracks and snow so soft that a fall on a downhill made no noise at all

Trying to decide which trail to take…they make it easy here: Green = flat campground, Blue = steeper flowy trails, Black = wall-steep ups and downs on old World Cup courses (photo: Dave Priganc)

Dialing in the sauce of the day. They’ve got a gigantic wax room here, but it was still quickly filled up with the 150-person CSU “army” so you really had to lay claim to a bench

Taking a swing-break on day 1. By the last day the snow was well above the swing seats…shoulda taken a before/after!

Team fondue night in Quebec City hit a small snafu when my roof box didn’t quite make it through the parking garage. Ken and I had to do a quick removal and adjustment

Despite being right across the street from the hotel, I resisted Tim Hortons all week before finally succumbing to the call of the cappuccino on the last day. Luckily it was open early even after the big blizzard rolled through as you can tell by the snow!

Morning paper at Tim’s. Main story? Quebec being “paralyse”d by the blizzard. The inside scoop on the top left? Quebec possibly hosting World Cup Finals this year! This is Alex Harvey’s hometown and he is a big star (rightfully so!)

Back to the skiing. Did I mention that it snowed a ton before that last day??

Can’t complain!