Maui Ski Bus

On the island of Molokai is a heiau, a temple, nearly the size of a football field, that was used as a “luakini heiau”. A temple that has a very eerie feel, one that is not inviting at night, one that has sounds of screams still echoing through the dense jungle that had grown around this luakini heiau. Human sacrifice was done here hundreds of years ago and MauiSkiBus Steve used to do extreme expeditions here by sailboat in the 80′s. On one of those journeys, a solo hike was done with a white Lab named Aleo, into the valley of Ili’iliopae, the temple of human sacrifice. High on a steep Molokai ridge, a Hawaiian burial cave was found, and the protectors of this sacred cave, the stinging bees armed with poison stingers, attacked MauiSkiBus Steve, and an escape down the steep cliff was the only way. A Molokai ski patroller was found at a ski resort that shredded down slopes as fast a those Molokai bees protecting the burial cave.

Upon an an ascent of a chair, me liked a Luke of the Sno quality with an “Aloha” to be shared. The knowledge of Molokai way up upon the slopes of Washington, looking out to the Cascade Alps in the distance, was shared and an invite to the patrollers main lodge was given. Some fresh Hawaiin poi, the starch paste Hawaiians love and tourists abhore, was shared with some poke, a marinated raw Hawaiian fish delicacy. An emegency call, a change of thought, and off was MauiSkiBus Steve and Snoqualmie Luke, to attend what patrollers train for and what MauiSkiBus Steve had seen too many times.

Abbey Lane is famous with the Beatles and an Abby of Snoualmie Summit is famous with MauiSkiBus. From right to left, the party scene was seen and the music vibes, were heard, on a fabalous day at the pass of Sno on the side of I-90. MauiSkiBus shall return, return for the EZ access, for the vibe of Snoqualmie, and for the stinging pain MauiSkiBus thighs had, following Molokai paroller Luke down the steep faces of Snoqualmie Summit, he so protects.

A resort can be the biggest or a resort can be the smallest, but a skier or snowboarder zipping down a slope out of control can have dire consequences. Injurying yourself is one thing, injurying another is the cruel side of enjoying a day at a ski resort. MauiSkiBus has stopped numerous radical skiers/snowboarders, with questions of way too fast. The Luke of Snoqualmie Pass endorsed this, as he attended to an injured skier from someone elses mistake.

Snoqualmie Pass is on the pass and had too miss and pass on I-90, skiers peering down on the semis passing on through to the east.

Ideas come to some and some have no ideas. Often a question can be asked, “What do you want?”, while the answer may be, “I don’t know.” What kind of answer is that, something in the middle of the road, not really an answer, but a sense of still in confusion. Many just pass an answer right on through and still have no answer. Is it a fear of having an idea and getting attention or being ridiculed? Let it pass on through, let it go right on to the pass, pass on through like the master Steve of MauiSkiBus. An idea for everything started somewhere and the mind that came up with that idea, let many comments pass right on through.

Extreme sport athletes are well aware of what they are doing. Injuries and death are just part of the sport. Extreme skiers often live to the edge, often push the limits, often get out of bounds, often go to that line, that line that states, “Death awaits”. Every winter, skiers die skiing. Most are due to avalanches and this particular resort MauiSkiBus visited had skiers that left, left to never ski again. A thought sent in cyberspace goes to them, the ones that passed on through, passed on through the resort MauiSkiBus Steve visited. Turn it around, bring them back, it can not be done, but turn around pass and Steve, and a Steven’s Pass emerges.

Knees of skiers get worked, especially when moguls form on double diamond runs and MauiSkiBus had to NOT stay off these runs. Whether it is lookers left or right or skiers left or right, these extreme slopes were there to be shredded. Work those joints, pop those bumps, hit those deep moguls, hard, so hard on those knees. Barefoot beach runs on Ka’anapali Beach, Maui, made fit legs to handle the extreme slopes of Steven’s Pass.

An idea came to a Bruce Kehr  and Don Adams to make a ski resort where non had existed. They had questions and followed up with answers over 70 years ago and the year 2012 had a Nate Escalona running the show at the Pass. MauiSkiBus had heard of this area and now has some definite answers on Steven’s Pass, Washington, home of some fantastic knee grinding double black diamond mogul runs.

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A million dollars is a thousand thousand dollars and that may seem like a lot of money, but in many ski resorts, a thousand thousand dollars does not buy much slopeside. Whistler, Aspen, Vail, Sun Valley, Breckenridge, Beaver Creek, and then try go to Europe with a thousand thousand dollars try to buy ski in/ski out. What happens when you go to a ski resort that has had OVER a thousand inches of snow in one season? If you owned a thousand thousand dollars condo, you will not ski here. Why? There are no condos here. Just real skiing for real skiers that only want that frozen white stuff falling from the ski heavens.

MauiSkiBus has heard about the legend that bakes a huge amount of snow and was not dis-appointed with the drive to this remote Wash. ski area. A resort has a ski village and those thousand thousand dollar condos, however, Mt. Baker has none. Just snow. Mounds of snow far overheard of MauiSkiBus’s rooftop dance floor. In fact, the snow here was above two MauiSkiBus’ and the season was not over.

Upon delivery of the Maui goodies to the Mt. Baker ski patrol, an invite was given to join and visit special areas of Mt. Baker. “See that gully down there”, a patroller stated going up the chair. “There is over 100 feet of snow down there from all the avalanche control work”, he mentioned, “And this is not even a heavy snowfall year”

In the distance from the ski resort, which is on the flanks of Mt. Baker, the blue ice of Mt. Baker’s glacier can easily be seen. A beauty to the eye as beautiful as any sight in Hawaii, a castle on a peak in the Alps, or the fall colors of Vermont. MauiSkiBus was relaxing and taking in this view, when an “Aloha” was echoed from above. How can one recognize another with ski clothes and googles on? The dude from above was Oliver Schipp, a sailing buddy from Maui that had seen the bright yellow MauiSkiBus in the parking lot. A fine day was had ripping up the snow of Mt. Baker, in some areas with the summer dirt 100 feet below my Fischer Watea powder skis.

One of the things that our busy society wants is easy. Easy to make dinners, just zap it with a little nuke energy in the wave. Easy recliners, easy smart phones{is this possible?}. Easy weddings, right! Easy and fast jet rides, hoping to get it easier with a free upgrade into first class. So easy those silly cavemen use it. Easy to get fit, just use any workout machine from an informercial. Some you only need to use for five minutes, three times a week. Or the easy to swallow pill to get fit. Forget about swallowing it, you might have to grind it. Or then there is the grind of that grouse that will kick your butt. Get on it or get on up it.

Drive into North Van, hop on the Grouse Gondola, click into skis. Easy.

Ski resorts stay busy with people that want to enjoy slopes or activities that require snow. One resort that MauiSkiBus visited seemd to be busy with fit humans that had no real desire to enjoy the snow. In fact, the snow impedes their time up, up under a gondola that the other humans were on to get to their beloved snow. One set of human grinds up and the other set of humans slides down. One dresses to stay cool and one dresses to stay warm. Thye both meet at the top, the ones that did the grind up then going down with a sweat and the other clicking into their skis to start their slide down.

MauiSkiBus had a dangerous cliff face named after it at Grouse Mtn.

North Vancouver has something very unique with their ski mountian that overlooks their famous city. The bird that lives up here hides in the bushes and the slopes are often in hiding due to the clouds that linger here, depositing heaps of snow to the delight of many. Grouse Mountain, an EASY drive from Vancouver, is famous for their Grouse Grind, an uphill trek to the top of the gondola that deposits skiers to those hidden slopes. Fit lives here and busy is not the word to describe the scene. MauiSkiBus parked at the base of the Grouse gondola late at night and Gykaiya was busy at 6:00am with the early risers wanting the hard trek up of the Grouse Grind.

Christina of Grouse Mountain, B.C., signed the jacket of MauiSkiBus.

MauiSkiBus visited the ski patrol, was invited to do some mountain inspection on some cliff faces, and had the honor to have an un-named cliff named after MauiSkiBus. An unseen Sarah made sure that the mountain manager Erik was there for the Google show, a new view of ski resorts that a computer screen will soon show. Grouse is known for the snow above Vancouver and shares this with their version of a sno-limo, for those more immobile that want to get out and enjoy. Gettin’ it easy can be had here, but the Grouse Grind is for the ones that want it hard. Onward Grouse Warriors!

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Rings. First thought?…….. Diamond ring. Singular. Needs to be plural. Next thought……. telephone. Not a really a device that rings anymore, as there are too many ringtones that do not sound like a ring anymore. Maybe qualifies as rings. Next……. piston. Good for men, not much of a desire for most ladies. It does qualify as rings though. Another hint. These rings happen every four years…… oh….as in O…..lympics. Press release. Cy went from the sea to snow to see the five rings.

Recycling everywhere in the world should be this easy to use. Right on Cypress Mt.!

Not many ski areas have an easy access that actually starts from the sea. In fact, MauiSkiBus only knows of one, and has a Maui present for any that can help name another. The drive up to this resort made famous by the rings of the Winter Olympics of 2004 are north of the city of Van, as in North Van, BC. Add in some midwest base here and what pops up is why Cy had the Press release made public. Add some master skills of a Joeffery, place the five rings front and center, see that the sisters of Boyne are pure, and what is emitted is Cypress Mountain, one of the many sisters that are of the Boyne clan and the only one with Olympic honors, and a real base at the sea, next to the might Pacific.

The Olympic rings behind world known dogs from Maui.

The ski patrol was tired of digging snow, so MauiSkiBus stepped in to help.

This adventure that MauiSkiBus is on has new surprises nearly everyday and Cypress Mountain was not anywhere near a dis-appointment. From the front row parking, the happy attitude of a lift operator from Rio when he recieved a MauiSkiBus sticker, to the sweet marketing ladies and the photos they took. Plus a fireplace that looked better than the Olympic slopes outside and definitly better than the ski patrol snow removal work. An invite was given and MauiSkiBus had the oppurtunity to meet some fantastic employees of Cypress Mt., partial sight of the 2004 Winter Olympics. The five rings of the Olympics stand proud here, next to the proud skiers/snowboarders that drive from the sea below to the snow of Cy’s Press release.

Cypress Mtn., BC., made the MauiSkiBus jacket.

Fueds. Simple minds talk about people, average minds speak of events, and great minds discuss ideas. Energy that goes over there in anguish, should stay over here and go forward. A door can close or it can slam. It might slam hard enough to open another. A valley outside a metropolis has the rumblings of some winter fued decended from the times that the five rings of the O was here. Never need heed, this land of the Callaghan Country, next to the nordic jumps high on the ridge, and down from the ski metropolis of the black Whiz..Per, is really still as a brad nail already set. Get on, get past, and leave the other side to fued alone.

A rolling black lab mix snow baby.

The sounds of silence were enjoyed by Gykaiya and Franklin at Callaghan Nordic

Nordic skiing is a great way for a non-skiing family to get into a great winter activity. A sport can be made of nordic skiing, however, it can be intimidating. Get out there, go see the winter nature, and a great location in in the country run by the Brad, a master at winter rescue, a delight to speak with, and the energy of a little boy when MauiSkiBus came to visit his nordic center.Legs of MauiSkiBus were not ready to do nordic as a sport, so it was nordic as a winter activity. The sight and soft subtle sounds of the wilderness in the depth of  winter can be had at Callaghan Nordic Center, a short stroll down from the home of the 2008 Winter Olympics in Whistler, B.C. There is no reason that a non-skiing family can not afford or enjoy a day at Callaghan Nordic, there only excuses.

Brad Sills is famous in the Whistler area. Modest is awesome another word he is.

Instead of nailing a brad, drill a Brad for stories of winter rescues, of treacherous avalanches, of ones that pushed too hard and lost to the cold of the winter. An education can be had here, one not found in a book or classroom. Another added benefit, texting is not here, have the younger dudes see the messages that a mother of winter leaves for all too see. The messages are there, see them at Callaghan Nordic, BC.

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The sub-conscious part of the mind may never be understood completly by researchers and that is part of the reason that many mind researchers are mad or go mad. Hyponosis gets into the deeper part of one’s mind, but it so easy to be, just stay in the now conscious state, just go to the easier side, just stay to the right at the starting point, just use your brush on the whistle side. For the black opposite the whistle will intimidate, will drive the wanna bes away. MauiSkiBus saved itself, saved some power juice in the legs, to attack the black, to part it from a brush down to a comb.

These ambassadors of the black mtn. wanted on MauiSkiBus, but needed a note from their husbands.

Legend has it that these Black Elk horns impaled five ski patrollers.

One chair at the base of the black leads to another that leads to another and there’s gonna be a showdown at the tee bar going to the tip of the land iceberg, the glacier high above the black lands. Running a comb through the snow this high up will leave snow that willingly asks to be used, over and over again, with no thank-yous needed. This is the spot to let it rip, give it your all, as the name next door is in the light and known all over the world and your name is in the dark, the black, the deeper part of ski sub-consciousness. Adding a little pakalolo might not be legal, but here you can glide down as fast as you desire, leaving the snow on fire, letting others smell your burn.

MauiSkiBus has fans from Korea now. They are armed with weapons pointed north.

Combing your hair after a day here on the slopes of black, shows a show off. Just Let It Be, just rip and sweat, top to bottom in the glacier is the call, stop only when the bell rings the day is over. Social Whiz…Pers next door, here the black will weed out the ones that belong elsewhere. Get it On here, see it to the end, fly by the mind shrink, these are the runs for legs that boast Bring it On. MauiSkiBus has studied hypnosis and was just one bit of a step ahead of the light of the black, combing down its mogul runs with grace and ease, splitting the crowd resting on the top to bottom glacier runs, and paying the price after the bell rang the round was over. #89 is not a 98 pound weakling, it is just MauiSkiBus hypnotized the combed runs of this black mountain.

Canada has many things to be proud about and the Whistler-Blackcomb operations is tops.

Until we meet again.

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MauiSkiBus is here next to Waldo.

Many ski resorts across the western USA/Canada are nestled high up in the mountains, requiring a drive up steep so/so paved or gravel roads. For miles ans miles, MauiSkiBus has driven to numerous resorts this way, sometimes in the day, sometimes with snow falling, and sometimes at night with snow falling. A metropolis of a resort made #88, did not have any steep roads to it or away from it, had undeveloped forest land at the beginning and at the end, was the owner of five rings, and is known at every ski town, ski shop, and on the lips of every skier/snowboarder in the world. It only needs a whiz…per on those lips to be known.

Whistler ski patroller Ryan skied with MauiSkiBus and showed off his magic ski poles.

The base area of this concentrated metropolis of a ski resort has a magical feel of a still being lost in the woods. With two access points upward, one being split by the black atom next to the brush, international runs here. Just sit in any of the courtyards of any of the plazas and languages of the world will be heard. Dollars run high here, snow is higher, and the slopes rise highest, so far the word glacier can be said with that soft whiz…per.

If the statement, “I’m bored” or any version of it is uttered, send that soul far away. A day here or a few, much to say a week, is not enough to hear all that whistles here to do. One run down from top to bottom is equal to the vertical of a mile, forget the distance of the slope itself, as thighs will say, “No Way” with a strong lactacted voice. The events of the first set of rings are past the 20 plus ten, however, the five rings of the International O will be sure to return here, minus any ski events in the city of van a mere distance away.

Under these umbrellas, an international crowd is Whiz..Pering to each other

Try it. Try to Whistle, or Whiz..Per, just try to say I made resy’s for the place up from the van, the place to never be bored. A loner will not last, as a whsipering Peter the Great, the marketing lad of this ski metropolis, was on it for MauiSkiBus, with a double pass for both ski resort loves here and hints on the secure parking for MauiSkiBus. Even in this metropolis, his name was not hidden night or day, as Ben Day, of the Blackcomb Lodge, on the opposite side of the black brush, knew Peter the Great of Whiz..per.

If one can not figure the name of this resort, no more need to be said. This metropolis does not need to ask, as it will attract and attract, over and over again. MauiSkiBus was given rooms via Whistler Premier, spent time on an electronic keyboard device, and did not get to enjoy all that the the metropolis of Whiz..per has to offer.

Taking the Peak2Peak tram is like a first class ticket between two bits of snow paradise.

The winter of 2011-2012 has seen an abnormal amount of ski fatalities. A mention of a farewell “Aloha” to ski patroller Duncan MacKenzie. May you Whiz..Per the sounds of steep and deep down from the heavens.

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The north shore of Kauai has cliffs that decend from the clouds to the sea, a sight that should not be seen only once. These red, orange, and green hued cliffs drop thousands and thousands of feet from the peaks hidden far above the sea. Near the base of these cliffs, is a trail that goes up and down and up and down over vertical spine ridges. This trail is called the Na Pali trail and is mostly an extreme hike. Backpackers take all day in the hot sun to transgress the eleven mile hike. MauiSkiBus has legs to do it in and out in one day. This is nothing compared to traveling around the world by hand and wheel.

Going from the peaks that can loop around mental corners, a man wheeled, with hands that were powered by a fall, a fall not from grace, but a fall towards the sun. And then the chair came to a place, a place high above the can of loop, where the green feline mastered the snow, above the peak,  but far below the sun. MauiSkiBus arrived late at night, again, found the spot, and a bit of yellow was seen by a nance and a hanse, as in Nancy Green and Rick Hansen, two of Canada’s most popular athletes. A young unseen Chelsey wanted MauiSkiBus to moor on a different scheduled day to add some yellow to to the sun shining down on the 50th anniversary of these peaks.

Rick Hansen added Sun Peaks and signed to the jacket of MauiSkiBus

A simple bit of a drive north from Kamloops, BC, is Sun Peaks Ski Resort, a northern feel of a Beaver Creek or Squaw Valley. The design of the lodge area is geared to walkers and skiers, as both have their paths throughout the village. An unwritten local motto hear is you won’t get married to Sun Peaks, however you may get engaged. Pride of this ski resort is here, as the locals love their slopes, decorate their own slope side Christmas trees, and plant spring time flowers to add some color to the heaps of white snow. Politicians do not need to campaign here, as the watchful eye of authority is administered from the mayor’s office, slopeside.

A broken binding needed a sailors knot to get the off duty ski patroller down Sun Peaks

It was an honor for MauiSkiBus to be invited to Sun Peaks on a special occasion and an addtional honor was to ski with two ski patrollers, even helping one patroller when his binding broke. From a highly decorated female Canadian Olympian, a famous round-the-world wheelchair record holder, the actual real life mayor, and a broken down ski patroller, Sun Peaks, BC, enlightened MauiSkiBus to keep the focus on the importance of each correct turn.

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The mayor of Kamloops used MauiSkiBus for a compaign stop at Sun Peaks.

The island of Kauai has a northshore cliff shoreline called

Na Pali

Anuenue, pronounced “ah new aye new aye”, means rainbow in Hawaiian. Often in the early morning, when standing on the beach,  looking to the western horizon, rainbows form at sea. At sunset, most miss the rainbows, as most look to the west to see the sunset, while beautiful Hawaiian rainbows form behind them, with the green of the mountains as the backdrop. Anuenue colors of the rainbow , minus a sliver, can be found, on a slope, under a star.

Such a beautiful sight for a tropical ski bum.

The Hawaiians Islands have many colors and the slopes of ski slopes usaully have only two, white of the snow and green of the various types of pine trees. Driving up to resort that did not #86 MauiSkiBus, anuenue colors were to be seen. Blends of blues, surrounded soft yellows, then add in a bit of vibrant green, and of course, sexy red, was a star minus a sliver of of a view. The sliver of view was not down or up, as this star resort sits in the middle. Snow does fall, blending all to white, however an anuenue glows through. The village of the sliver of Silver of the snow Star, is painted vibrant rainbow colors, easy to uplift any spirits.

SilverStar resreved the whole mountain just for MauiSkiBus.

MauiSkiBus drove from Silver’s star sister, Big White at night, and stopped at the canyon entrance at an awesome olympus of a bike shop for the night. Upon the west street shore came an anuenue of a Pete, owner of said shop, a welcome was given, a time was set, and MauiSkiBus skied SilverStar as the MauiStar with the SilverStarSkiers. A comet of six was followed down slopes reserved for the SSS dudes and MauiSkiBus made their own lines.

Hands up against the wall, MauiSkiBus!

Welcome greetings, the Canadian way, was given by a Robin and a staff of chicks, to MauiSkiBus upon arrival to their silver nest. Upon a departure of the anuenue ski village, MauiSkiBus didn’t need long johns for that Hawaiian nite breeze warmth. #86 resort, belongs to Jim ster and staff at SilverStar, BC.

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MauiSkiBus getting a taste of the tropics.

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