Bear Valley Back Country Ski/Snowboard Trip

The 2009/2010 ski season came finally to an end late May with the last trip to Bear Valley. We started the weekend by getting the equipments (snow shoes, beacons...) to MAS at Bear Valley Village.

On Sunday not so early morning, we hiked up Super Cub, Spring Gap to the top of Porridge bowl, where the kids warmed up on the cornice.

We then, dropped Cliff Run to reach Mickey's meadow.

Since the snow was getting too wet on that side of the mountain, we made some fun runs from the top of Snoopy Dog hill.

The video was shot with an iPod nano and edited with Final Cup Pro. Enjoy.

Music from The National, Song England.

Santa Cruz Breakers U9 Soccer Tournament

Lucas played 4 games 8v8 with his team from the Breakers during the weekend. It was only the second time that they played 8v8. They won one game and lost 3 (2 of them by only one goal).

The dream team

By the end of the game, all the players come to thanks the referees.

Santa Cruz French Bakery

A few treats that I baked for the Breakers soccer tournament. The brioche Vendeenne is a specialty of the French west coast.

Brioche Vendeenne, Madeleines and walnut bread.

Bear Valley Back Country Trip - May 2010

For the last trip at Bear Valley, we hiked up to the top of the ski resort with snow shoes. It took us about 1 hour. Benoit and Lucas warmed up by jumping the cornice. We finished up the day by a few runs of Snoopy hill.


Lucas is getting ready. The snow shoe ended up too large for him, so he hiked up with his ski boots. Not a problem, since the snow was icy enough.

View to the Bear Valley lodge

Lucas off the cornice. They did not jump from the highest point because of the risk that the cornice will collapse!

Benoit "Flying" off the cornice.

Benoit can be seen on the top of the hill.

Full Rainbow Santa Cruz Bay

First time that I have ever seen a full rainbow over the Santa Cruz bay.

Sun rise over Cowell beach.

Santa Cruz Board Walk

Digital photography has been increasingly popular in the last decade or so. Nevertheless, the time has come, for me, to remove the dust from my 40 years old mom's camera and go shooting. It was quite an experience!

Possibly one of my best picture in a long time.

Lucas, Claire and Benoit posing in front of an old building.

Bay View Santa Cruz School

School Play ground

Santa Cruz West Side Sunrise Sunset

A few photos from the west side of Santa Cruz during the sunrise and sunset. Enjoy.






Who knows who got the best pictures? I bet I did :)

Santa Cruz In Hotel