Finally it hit MauiSkiBus. That thing, that thing when one is gone away from home for an extended period. OK. Homesick. It all of a sudden happened while reading a trail map. Why did they have to name one of the four sides of this ski resort Paradise? Perfect tropical breezes, the sound of waves lapping on the beach, humpbacks whales playing in the foreground, while a blazing reddish orange sun sets far away on the distant horizon. Maui, No Ka Oi in Hawaiian, which means, “the best”, an island in the real paradise, far over the see from something else without the red sun but with the white snow on top of the red.
Canada has BC, and BC has Rossland, and Rossland had GOLD, now it has Red Mtn.
British Columbia has some really fantastic ski areas and one has a big gold money history. What it doesn’t have is an abundance of people in the area and that means slopes above the gold mine shafts that one can easy “derhs der” or “shred red”. See it? Or is it the thought of undiscovered gold under your skis that you see. Get the red out of your eyes by looking up to Red Mountain, BC., just around the wild corner of Rossland, a ski town that doesn’t sleep.
The gold under Red Mt. is not a gem but Red Mt.'s Jodie was showing MauiSkiBus around.
Mek ahh, soft as soft spoken, shared time with MauiSkiBus and we met Jodie, a gem of a ski bunny, to shred red on the golden Mountian of Red. A Gathering was there, in that ski town of no sleep, at an 1898 hall miners built, where the famous of today will have photos live forever.
MauiSkiBus had an invitation of honor by Mika{Mek ahh} to attend the 4th annual Gathering, a show of photos and video on the now best in the world. Fun times were had and two plus am was seen on the watch. A detour for the next day was a must and Red Mountain, Rossland, BC., was history at #82.
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