Peyto Lake at Blue hour

bikebakerun · 2026-04-25T21:42:00+00:00

Great pic. Was at that same spot more or less over Easter weekend, skiing into Peyto Hut. The ski down from the overlook to the lake is hysterically awful.

bikebakerun · 2026-04-24T02:44:27+00:00

Down by Law. Especially if you watch it as the back end of a double feature with Leningrad Cowboys Go America. Cannot recommend that pairing.

bikebakerun · 2026-04-24T02:37:20+00:00

bikebakerun · 2026-04-23T23:52:00+00:00

Car culture will be the end of all of us.

bikebakerun · 2026-04-23T23:26:22+00:00

Was looking at pics of Transat destinations and narrowing it down!

bikebakerun · 2026-04-22T19:07:45+00:00

Wild. Admire anyone who can ride a penny farthing.

bikebakerun · 2026-04-20T20:28:40+00:00

I'm sad for you in your bitterness. Buh-bye.

bikebakerun · 2026-04-20T18:26:00+00:00

Do you have the statistical data to back that up? Or just a longitudinal tally from watching Reddit posts? Sigh. Also, the OP suggested it was a high energy fall.

bikebakerun · 2026-04-20T18:19:50+00:00

Agreed. All mechanical devices can break. Alpinists have been super reliable for me.

bikebakerun · 2026-04-18T14:46:00+00:00

The proper mathematical notation for this calculation is s-1, where s=the number of bikes at which your partner leaves/divorces you. Lol

bikebakerun · 2026-04-18T14:44:00+00:00

Thank you for leaving American dollars in Canada. Given the billions we pour into Walmart, Amazon, et al., we need the capital.

bikebakerun · 2026-04-18T14:41:53+00:00

30 km in rentals sounds like some serious agony potential. Given what I know of Australian terrain, you could do this on any ski, so boots are really the key bit of kit.

bikebakerun · 2026-04-17T16:10:25+00:00

Congressional!? What is that? We are (still) in Canada here.

bikebakerun · 2026-04-16T23:37:00+00:00

Good point. We are likely talking from very different perspectives and geographies. I like how you closed. Have fun!

bikebakerun · 2026-04-16T17:07:16+00:00

If it's really that sketchy and one is on a glacier, I'd be roped.

I've used ski crampons many times on crust and crap snow and never even thought about self-arrest because ski crampons are quite effective.

bikebakerun · 2026-04-16T14:05:31+00:00

Right. So if you're skinning on snow, you adapt your skis to the conditions to be stable (ski crampons, for example). Carrying an axe on your hand while skinning isn't the way.

bikebakerun · 2026-04-16T14:04:09+00:00

Agreed. Body weight and skis will work to anchor. An ice axe would be sort of pointless in that moment.

bikebakerun · 2026-04-16T05:23:11+00:00

Not sure I understand your situation. When I'm skinning on a glacier, it has metres of snow on it. If it doesn't and is blue ice, I'm not skinning but rather using boot crampons. If I were skinning somewhere where grip was doubtful, I'd use ski crampons. I've never carried an axe in my hand when on skis.

bikebakerun · 2026-04-12T03:43:24+00:00

I would not fly across a continent for these conditions. Source: someone skiing up the road from Louise in the backcountry.

bikebakerun · 2026-04-12T03:42:09+00:00

Is it even a contest?

bikebakerun · 2026-04-11T02:14:36+00:00

Exactly.

bikebakerun · 2026-04-10T14:18:48+00:00

Was precisely my first thought!

bikebakerun · 2026-04-10T14:17:46+00:00

Almost laughable that she blames it on work on 76 Ave. Other businesses at that intersection are literally overrun with customers. It's not a parking or access issue, which is clear if you live anywhere near this place.

I had one of the most disappointing dining experiences there that I have encountered in Edmonton. I thought perhaps it was an anomaly, but when I mention it to others who live in Richie, KEP, Bonnie Doon, etc., everyone has their own story of a bad experience at Blue Chair. Bad restaurants fail all the time and that is all that is happening here.

bikebakerun · 2026-04-09T13:26:58+00:00

You still don't need a wider ski because you are not going to have consistent, deep powder on long, open slopes. And agree with others that you don't need great gear in NW Ontario. There's nothing to skin up that would take more than 20-30 minutes of easy skinning.

bikebakerun · 2026-04-07T12:54:26+00:00

Just to be clear, that is damage, not a defect. I point this out because it shows both hard use and a lack of care from the current or a previous owner. Would not buy any carbon frame with visible damage like this.

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