The ice is hard... to fall :)
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Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Lake Kodiak, AK Ice Report
Here are pix from a few hours ago. Devils Walk is compressed pan of peaks behind town where I went hiking today. Found a pond which will be great skating but too small for wings.
The rain which recently fell has exerted enough hydraulic pressure to pump warm ground water into shallow spring fed lakes and ponds. Where there was a nice three inch plus black ice sheet on Lake Lee last week I found very weak black ice floating away from the edges with open leads. The wind was pumping the ice sheet keeping the water flowing around the edges. Despite 36 to 48 hrs of temps below freezing free surface water is not ready to set up. Lake Lee needs some time and temps in the low 20s to upper teens to grow enough new ice. Forecast temps and yet another warmish blast predicted at the end of this week are not likely to allow the Lake Lee ice sheet to set up with the additional 1.5 to 2 inches of new ice recommended before anyone goes skating.
Heitman is open. I dashed up hill today with hope in my heart. Went for a dream skate by the sunny shore to the tune of wind and wavelets lapping the rocks.
Skiing high alpine might be a better idea for a while.
Richard Saltonstall
Thursday, November 24, 2011
WISSA 2011 - Random Photos
courtesy of William Tuthill
- Snow start for the wings
- Pierre-Alain [Switzerland] et Christelle [Finland]
- Simon Gill [Montreal]
- Team Quebecois 2011
- Side trip to the amazing Savonlinna Castle
- Finnish trains are excellent!
- Dr. Tiuja Salo [Finland] repairs the chin of Annie Tuthill [USA]
- Ouch!
- Short Track Slalom [STS]
- Rainer Salo [Finland]
- Juha Mannermaa [Finland]
- Riçards Leipens [Latvia] Expert STS director
- The new school "formula style" snow sailing sled. Vadim Volotskoi of Archangelsk, Russia , won best design in 2011 for this line of excellent thinking. Why didn't we think of this sooner?
- At the hotel after racing. Can you say party?
- STS / wings
- Eric Udstrom [Finland]
- 7 years old
- Eesti rocks!
- Nea Sellen
- Lithuania
- François Cuizinaud [France]
- Team Sverige! So great.
- Lars [Sweden]
- Alex [Sweden]
- Jibe
- Draksegel
- Ossi [Finland]
- Tha-crew
- Endless Jibes
- Best Friend
- Kalev / Moomi
- Roger [Holland]
- Klaus [Canada]
- Fast snow sailing sleds
- Renaud [Quebec]
- Denis and Oksana [Russia]
- These guys are the BEST!
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
WISSA 2010: Photo and Video Coverage
Hey, I just found this link...
http://www.fotofocus.ca/kite/
Do not expect much from the photos because copyright is important.
http://www.fotofocus.ca/kite/
Do not expect much from the photos because copyright is important.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Lake Minnewanka in Banff, Alberta
by William Tuthill
This is 18 April on Lake Minnewanka in Banff, Alberta.
24 inches [60 cm] of ice so hard that it is buckled like an alligator's back. There is so much cold stored in this slab that even above freezing temperatures have barely etched the surface. The lake is drained and that causes banked edges. In one place where the ice was trapped between warm air and a concrete ramp, the ice had candled into vertical honeycomb structures. I tried to pick up a handful and carry it to the car a short distance away, but the cold was so intense that it stung my skin. At present, more cold is on its way with some snow mixed in to keep the sun's rays from doing any damage. :-)))
WISSA 2001 organizer Barney Kenney moved to Alberta from Saskatchewan a few years ago, and has sent photos taken in May before. It is one thing to see pictures, and something very different to go there in person. I recommend it to ANYONE!
As we descended the mountains heading towards Calgary, we saw places where open water had re frozen. There will be ice on this, and other high mountain lakes for several more weeks! World class skiing is available throughout May.
This is Barney's new foot steering sled. It carves just like a short board in water.
The custom made skis are capable of sailing in deep snow. The front skis turn and the back ski tracks.
On the one day that we had available to sail, there was almost no wind. The Concept Air Freestyle 5.5 meter was flying, but only if it could be whipped around. The windsurfing rig only got moving a few times. After we left, the wind came up and blew hard for several days. Typical.
This is a VERY fast surface!
This is 18 April on Lake Minnewanka in Banff, Alberta.
24 inches [60 cm] of ice so hard that it is buckled like an alligator's back. There is so much cold stored in this slab that even above freezing temperatures have barely etched the surface. The lake is drained and that causes banked edges. In one place where the ice was trapped between warm air and a concrete ramp, the ice had candled into vertical honeycomb structures. I tried to pick up a handful and carry it to the car a short distance away, but the cold was so intense that it stung my skin. At present, more cold is on its way with some snow mixed in to keep the sun's rays from doing any damage. :-)))
WISSA 2001 organizer Barney Kenney moved to Alberta from Saskatchewan a few years ago, and has sent photos taken in May before. It is one thing to see pictures, and something very different to go there in person. I recommend it to ANYONE!
As we descended the mountains heading towards Calgary, we saw places where open water had re frozen. There will be ice on this, and other high mountain lakes for several more weeks! World class skiing is available throughout May.
This is Barney's new foot steering sled. It carves just like a short board in water.
The custom made skis are capable of sailing in deep snow. The front skis turn and the back ski tracks.
On the one day that we had available to sail, there was almost no wind. The Concept Air Freestyle 5.5 meter was flying, but only if it could be whipped around. The windsurfing rig only got moving a few times. After we left, the wind came up and blew hard for several days. Typical.
This is a VERY fast surface!
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