The first vehicle I ever owned was a 1990 Chevy Blazer.  It wasn't anything special, but it was my first, and I will always remember that.  The first place I ever got to go catskiing was at Valhalla Powdercats.  Now that is something that not only sticks in my head because it was my first time catskiing, but how amazing the skiing was.

Have you ever heard of a place called Kaslo?  How about New Denver?  Odds are, unless you live in the BC interior, or have a good knowledge of it, you have never heard of those places.  But nestled at the top of the pass between these two Kootenay towns is a place called Retallack.

We are back to reality now. It hasn't been that long since we were at Mustang Powder but it feels like a lifetime ago, if it actually happened at all. I say this because it really did seem like a dream. Let me explain....

Big Red Catskiing has a perfect blend of glade skiing that can accommodate all levels of skiers from Intermediate to Advanced. No major cliffs to huck yourself off of, but some beautiful slopes, trees, drifts, and features that make it all worth it. Each run is about 1500 vertical feet which makes for no wait times with the cat. That Saturday we managed to get eight or nine runs in. Perfect.

Valhalla Powdercats - Nelson BC
We had been skiing with the great crew at Valhalla for a couple of years, but this was our first trip to the new tenure they had got for themselves.  We were going to miss the old terrain because we had made some of our favorite tracks there, and not to mention the year before we were skiing on 60 cms of snow that had accumulated from the previous week.  What we were missing in the old terrain, was met with a whole new variety just a few mountains away.....

Season Finale with Big Red Cats - Rossland BC
Kieren Gaul of Big Red Cats in Rossland called us at the very end of the season. We thought it was over, we were wrong.