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Chester Lake and dislocated shoulders

 

Taking Brendan and Adele out backcountry skiing for the first time – Chester Lake, Kananaskis Country

 

 

Along the skin trail to Chester Lake

 

 

And then there was a shoulder dislocation – Brendan had done his shoulder recently, and popped it out again as he was pushing himself up after falling in the powder. We had all sorts of fun getting it back in again, and then worrying how we’d get him back down the hill. In the end, we put skins on Brendan’s skis and he was first back to the car – very fast on his skis.

 

 

Elephant Rocks near Chester Lake

 

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Cirque Sub-Peak, Icefields Parkway

And another fantastic outing in gorgeous weather and blue skies. The snow wasn’t great, but you can’t have everything (except for those days when you do).

 

Up

 

 

And up

 

 

And up and up

 

 

Across to the summit

 

 

The low sun above the Wapta Icefields

 

 

Sunset sky over the Wapta, and turns as we head back downhill

 

 

The sun setting over the Icefields Parkway

 

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Tryst Lake

 

Skinning in from the road

 

 

A gorgeous sunny day

 

 

 

And then there was the skiing part of the day, of which I inexplicably have no photos, as I was busy skiing… It was also beautiful and blue-skiied though.

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Rogers Pass – SNOW!

Out to Rogers Pass, BC for a weekend. Arrive late and skin out to Wheeler Hut in the dark to spend the night, then back out to the car, and a day of skiing on Grizzly Shoulder…

 

Heading up to Grizzly Shoulder, Rogers Pass

 

 

Skinning… K2 Dawn Patrol

 

 

Zara, her second time out backcountry skiing… and POWDER!

 

 

The creek below Grizzly Shoulder

 

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Early season madness

Despite the fact it was only forecast to hit a high of minus 20oC or so, we went out to near Chester Lake. Because it was early season. And we were desperate. And it seemed like a good idea at the time.

 

Gorgeous bluebird, but it was also about minus 25oC at this point, and it really didn’t get much warmer

 

When it’s that cold you spend the entire day wiggling your toes and fingers in the fight to stop them from going completely numb. And it hurts! Oh, how it hurts.

And everyone gets covered in breath-ice: