christinalusti

ACMG Assistant Ski Guide

christinalusti — Tue, 01 May 2012 03:39:53 +0000

Four Years ago this spring I stepped away from a life of competitive ski racing ,after retiring from alpine racing I knew where I wanted to spend my time and energy . . . the mountains! Hanging up the skinny 184cm GS skis was a easy decision, so I moved to Revelstoke and started up my new path of becoming a Ski Guide. In 2008-2009 I spent my first season away from alpine racing coaching the Revelstoke Ski Club and ski touring around the area. After being accepted into Thompson Rivers University, I spent the winter’s of 2009-2010, 2010-2011 completing the Adventure Guide Diploma.

Once finished with TRU I decided I would apply for the ACMG assistant ski guide program, the plan being if I didn’t get in I would spend my season in Europe adventuring around the ski mountaineering scene and seeing the alps from a different view!

*Visiting Europe This Winter 2012-2013

Getting accepted into the program mid summer stoked the motivation, and so the training started! The program consists of three training camps; Alpine Skills, Mechanized Guiding; and Ski Touring, and a 9 day ski mountaineering exam in the spring. My Winter consisted of epic ski mountaineering, deep BC powder skiing, adventures in the mountains, and of course training days.

After a long season of training and preparing for my assistant ski guide exam . . . the anticipation and the excitement of the long term goal was just beginning. The assistant ski guide exam took place at Sorcerer Lodge and Benedict Creek base camp giving us the opportunity to ski in remote glaciated terrain based out of both a tent base camp and hut.

The exam is 9 days long with 7 days of ski mountaineering, I enjoyed my time on the exam. . . how could I not? The weather and conditions were amazing and I was with a great crew of people!

After completing the ski exam there was a two week waiting period to find out official results. Checking my email close to 5 times a day, I was very excited to find out I am now a ACMG Assistant Ski Guide!!!

In alpine racing, goals are reached in about 2 minutes on a race course, this goal was 9 days! With years of training . . . I love how the sport of skiing has shaped my life, it is an amazing sport and I feel fortunate to have created two amazing careers out of it!

I am curious and excited to see where ski guiding will take me, so cheers to many more great adventures with amazing people !

see you can have fun on exams!!! still smiling day 4

Glacier walking

Sorcerer Lodge

Iconoclast beauty

Camp living . . . ham in a can !

Northern Selkirks beauty.

Benedict Creek Base Camp.

Thanks Arcteryx and Rossignol for a great season !

Skiing with Captain Canuck at Whitecap Alpine!

christinalusti — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:00:03 +0000

Trevor Linden . . . kinda a big deal (if your into football !)

photo: http://damiancromwell.blogspot.ca/

My tracks are lookers right

Manny making ski touring look good !

A stoked Baby guide and Ass Guide !

Alpine Love

earning your turns! or as Manny calls it the DEATH MARCH !!

Great weather, amazing terrain @ http://www.whitecapalpine.ca/ !

Ski buddies since 11yrs old.

after he put me down he told me I was heavy for a girl, and thats why I love my friend !!

Heli Bumping this zone !

Whitecap has the goods !

watch your sluff !!

The Zone après shred !

The Crew

http://www.whitecapalpine.ca/

http://www.noronalife.com/blog/

Dave Norona’s hilarious edits:

Whitecap Alpine 2012: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRh67bwkRqg

Noronalife, 10 Questions with Manny :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLISXJVwaB8

3 1/2 Days

christinalusti — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:21:32 +0000

What do you get when you combine GOOD friends, weather, stability, snow, and three and a half days ?

Heartstrings: tick

Cayoosh, Million Dollar Couloir: tick

Matier: tick

Slalok: tick

Mt Currie Pencil Couloir: tick

The Team on the summit of Slalok

left to right: Ross Berg, Alex Wigley, Christina Lusti, Veronika Vackova, and Lars Andrews

Hearstrings

Top of Heartstrings

Million Dollar Snow? Million Dollar Couloir !!

Photo credit: Alex Wigley

Alex Wigley making millions!

Setting out for Matier and Slalok !!

Summit ridge of Matier.

Summit of Matier.

Down climbing in the fog

Skinning away from an amazing day !

Mount Currie Heli drop

Pencil Couloir

Heli smiles !

Climbing up the south face of Mount Currie

upping

getting into it

Alex Wigley, Deep pow in the Pencil Couloir.

Veronika shows the boys whats up!!

hiking out

Mount Currie. . . until next time !

Another Best Day !!

christinalusti — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 03:33:12 +0000

Another Best Day.

The Rossignol Team arrived in Revelstoke and so did the snow.

We spent three days shooting with the Rocky Mountain Sherpas and Blake Jorgenson.

Shredding with the Rossi Girls was all good times, giggles, and deep snow!

Blake Jorgenson Photo

Izzy Lynch, Lynsey Dyer, Tatum Monod, and myself.

Shredding in My new Arcteryx duds

Lynsey Dyer Photo

A stoked Matty Richard.

lift smiles.

Izzy Lynch, Lynsey Dyer, myself.

All smiles after a good day of shooting!

Thanks Arcteryx for the new gear, I truly think I was the only Athlete shooting that stayed dry !!!

A Week At Whitecap Alpine Touring

christinalusti — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:29:05 +0000

Just a quick update…

Joey Vosburgh and I spent a week at Whitecap Alpine Touring doing a Practicum with mountain guide Lars Andrews, and assistant ski guide Neil Warren.

check out the pictures . . .Learning lots and skiing amazing terrain, cant wait to go back.

Whitecap alpine Touring: http://www.whitecapalpine.ca/

Check out Neils handy work at Alpine ThreadWorks: http://www.alpinethreadworks.com/

Heli pick up in D’Arcy

Joey Vosburgh Photo

Whitecap POW!

Joey Vosburgh Photo

Touring on Telegraph Ridge

Joey Vosburgh Photo

Coastal Granite

Kinley and I heading up to the ski line

Joey Vosburgh Photo

Kinley enjoying the alpine sun

High Pressure Continues. . .

christinalusti — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:48:01 +0000

Here are some pictures from the last two days.

Tuesday Feb.14th: Joey, Mark, and I chased Greg Hill up to the summits of North Fidelity and Corbins.

Wednesday Feb.15th: Julie, Zoya, Conor and I went for a wander in the southern Selkirks to find great skiing, sunshine, and a summit.

Now it is off to the coast, heading into Whitecap Alpine Touring for a week of skiing (training) stoked to go back. . check it out if you haven’t : http://www.whitecapalpine.ca/

Me skiing off Fidelity in my New Arc’teryx outfit !!

Photo Credit Joey Vosburgh

Summit of Corbin’s and our ski run down.

Mark up’in on the boot pack.

Joey on the descent of Corbin’s

Feb.15th

Zoya’s got POW!

Ridge walk home.

Conor showboating

Avalanche Mountain. By Joey Vosburgh

christinalusti — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:52:23 +0000

Check out Joeys Vosburgh’s Video : http://vimeo.com/36612745

and Blog: http://trappersnowboards.com/joey/?p=1929

Great Day Crew!

High Pressure

christinalusti — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:27:39 +0000

Most people love powder . . . I am not saying I don’t love skiing bottomless snow! But there is nothing quite like skiing steep alpine lines from the summit of a mountain; add sunshine and good friends and that’s what I call living !!

The weather went high pressure after one day of being home from the coast !!

Here are a few pictures from the last few days . . . and a little video of my friends loving life !

Photo credit Aaron Chance

check out more at: http://visionsofchance.com/

Avalanche South Ridge.

Summit of Avalanche.

Photo credit Aaron Chance

Ty Mills Rocking the Rock step on the Jupiter Traverse.

Me on the Jupiter Traverse.

Hight Pressure Smile.

Jupiter Train.

A few days in the sun !

http://www.arcteryx.com/?EN

Recommended for a good time !

christinalusti — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:47:05 +0000

ACMG: Assistant Ski Guide Touring Training.

I just recently finished the 3rd of the 3 Assistant Ski Guide Training courses. This last course was the ski touring course held on the Coast. We spent 7 days training and ski touring around the Whistler and Duffey Lake area. Most of this terrain was new to me, making the training difficult and a great learning experience . The challenge of on-sighting terrain from your map is such a great skill to have and something I find challenging and exciting trying to perfect.

The course was instructed by three very knowledgeable Mountain Guides, Steve Ludwig, Helen Sovdat, and Matt Peter. We spent one day skiing off Whistler Resort, three days two nights of winter camping on the Duffey, and our last day off Blackcomb Ski Resort.

With good feedback and coaching along the way I have now been recommended to take the ACMG Assistant Ski Guide Exam!

Looking like the Rockies. . .STOKED !!

Now It is back to “Training” !!

Kate Devine, my aspiring ski guide partner in crime!

(we have no fun at all)

The bad skiing, makes great training !

Video of days skiing with friends

The Coast Part 1

The Coast Part 2

Whitecap Training Camp

christinalusti — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:57:18 +0000

A little place called, Whitecap !!!

Coach: Lars Andrews

Team: Veronika Vackova, Kitt Redhead, Danny Uhlmann, Christina Lustenberger

Check out Whitecap Alpine Touring: http://www.whitecapalpine.ca/skiing-snowboarding/abilities-programs/

Thanks Lars for the great training camp!