Who needs blower pow and bluebird skys? Not the competitors at the Lake Louise Big Mountain Challenge in Alberta, Canada, who turned the rocky face of ER-6, into a proving ground. The visibility was good enough for the judges, but the flat light unfortunately meant some serious carnage though some of the rockier sections. Skiers that made it through the first round stayed up through the technical sections, while those who got rowdy in the dangerous conditions were penalized. Top female qualifiers Karolina Ekman and Tessa Parry stepped up against the adverse conditions and charged as hard as the rest of the pack. Everyone who made it through the second ground really took it upon themselves to make something out of nothing. Today’s finals should be even more impressive.