The sun shone on us feebly from far away.
But the snow was soft and fluffy.
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rogers pass
First trip out to Rogers Pass – three days in Asulkan Valley, staying at Asulkan Cabin. Below the glaciers, above the trees – it snowed the whole time we were there, so visibility wasn’t great, but the tree skiing was excellent.
Starting out on the trail – sorting out packs.
Skinning up to the hut
Alex, telemarking down again
Asulkan Cabin – the skin collection hung a lot thicker first thing in the morning, half of the people in the hut had already headed off by the time this photo was taken.
James contemplating the skin back up.
The view back down to the hut and Asulkan Valley
Revelstoke also had trees…
blue skies (some of the time), more trees
and runs that really went forever (4700 vertical feet/1400 metres).
Had trees…
…and runs that seemed to go forever.
Over the last week or so, a nice big flow of warm moist air has been sweeping over here from Hawaii – the particular weather pattern is referred to as the Pineapple Express, and is renowned for bringing large dumps of snow. We got 50 or 60 cm over a few days, and the snow has kept trickling in since. Today was the first day with much blue sky since all the snow arrived to cover the diminishing base…
