Well Kananaskis went well. Quickly established I wasn't going to catch the fancy Acura and wasn't being threatened from behind on first four stages so just cruised and had fun and got to know the stages.
Lost a bunch of time with snow and ice on first running of Powderface Trail. It's also been a few years since I drove a stage of that nature, very fast, mostly 3rd/4th gear and lots of blind crests. Anytime the gravel spray got bad I'd have trouble hearing codriver (need earcups in helmet obviously) so trouble committing over some of the blind crests. Coming out of a corner at 60+ mph to a sheet of ice on gravel tires is puckering!!!
Here's a little bit of Powderface Trail.
Got proper roof scoops, mudflaps and window vents on the car in prep for that rally. Have had to miss Big White, Cochrane, and Oregon Trail due to conflicts. I'm a low probability for Olympus but may head out to spectate/crew for Rally.Build supported teams. Rocky might be similar spectate plan if my daughter's passports arrive in time.
Winter was fabulous up here. Almost every day was a powder day, got some avalanche training and a few days in the backcountry. Next year hope to do more backcountry and perhaps even some multi-day trips into Glacier National Park.
Car is under the knife with some new body panels, paint, DMS finally going into the car and probably a little reprep stuff like fixing the intake boot, changing oil, bleeding brakes, etc.
The new car has been sitting but more stuff has been showing up, lots of carbon fiber parts, footwells, door cards, etc.
The forum doesn't like my pictures so I can't post any. I'll keep trying...
Grant Hughes