In March of ‘12, DSJ got a call from Tom Tanner, manager at Ski Pro Mesa asking whether myself and my wife Karen would like to be part of a promo trip to Red Mountain Resort, BC. After quickly checking my schedule and frantically moving or canceling anything in the way, I said “Well, I suppose”. Thanks to Fran Richards, the Dir. of Marketing at Red, five of us were heading for Canada. So we had Tom – Ski Pro living legend, Dave Ridgeway – friend and associate of Fran, Spy Optics rep, and all-around great guy, Nick Wittl – Ski Pro employee extraordinaire and resident wild man, Karen – DSJ COE (Chairman of Everything), and myself.
After a short flight on Southwest to Spokane, we stuffed our junk in the trunk of the rental Suburban and pointed it north…