#OnTour in Kicking Horse Mountain! Follow our crew as they head up the mountain to assess the condition on T1 South, the chosen competition venue for the 2024 Kicking Horse Golden BC Pro. Last preparations are underway, stay tuned for further updates as we are still aiming to hold a competition in the first few days of the weather window.
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00:06 >> Yeah, we're ready to go whenever you are.
00:11 >> Awesome, all righty, so we'll start with the setup period like usual.
00:15 So for today, obviously, some pretty overcast cloud out there, and
00:20 we are looking for those scattered flurries kind of to start.
00:24 We'll say about mid to late morning.
00:26 They are kind of a few hours delayed this morning.
00:29 A mid morning to early afternoon and beyond.
00:32 You said that there's a good likelihood of direct sunlight for the face check.
00:38 >> Yeah. >> Potentially too soon.
00:39 >> Yeah, yeah, I think we'll have our usual kind of little bits of morning cloud
00:43 kind of lingering around.
00:44 But then it looks like we should see sunny skies from,
00:47 I'll say about 10 AM onward.
00:49 >> Okay, great.
00:51 >> Yeah, that's perfect for us.
00:53 >> All good.
00:54 >> Okay, thank you, have a good morning.
00:55 >> Have a good one, guys.
00:56 >> Thanks, bye.
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01:05 >> So we're just heading up T1 here with the team.
01:08 We're just gonna do a transceiver check on our way up.
01:11 And then we'll get to the top and ski through the venue for the first time.
01:17 And then, yeah, if we can go there before they get to, because I wanna make sure
01:20 that if they dig any sort of platform that I would be on the right place.
01:23 >> All right, all right, sweet.
01:25 >> So if we've probably got enough width this way, the issue will likely be this
01:29 way, and then we have the athletes dropping right off of this spot.
01:35 >> Looking at the venue, a bit more towards left,
01:37 like the left foot to the right foot.
01:42 >> So we went to start two, looking about the snow pack and
01:49 the different option riders can have.
01:52 And we saw that we got fresh, light snow, like 10 centimeters on compact snow.
01:59 So we will decide about that with Lolo and Kazza, the other guys.
02:04 And now we are just moving on bamboos and
02:08 nets who are still on the face of the venue to clean it.
02:12 And we're gonna ski down to look how is the rest of the venue.
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02:27 >> Yeah, we checked out T1 South, firm underneath,
02:42 but about 15 centimeters of snow on top.
02:46 Quite nice skiing and quite supportive, not punching through at all.
02:50 And then getting down lower where it gets a little bit steeper,
02:53 you can feel the crust underneath still, but you're not punching through.
02:57 So there's still snow on it, and it's still quite supportive.
03:02 The biggest difference between two years ago and this year are the amount,
03:07 more trees sticking out of the snow this year than two years ago.
03:12 But overall, the snow quality's pretty good.
03:15 much better than ozone was.