if you want to go straight to the photos...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cragbetty/sets/72157623778091554/
day five....3/30/10
avi forecast: high
weather forecast: 100% snow
snow accumulation: 7cm
area: cafe latte, i think.
and it’s still snowing. really. so we decide to hit up the trees again. somewhere close to the hut. so we went across the lake (that’s next to the hut) and did four runs. i’m not sure what the name of the area was, but it was sooo good. and it snowed the whole day. i had a shit-eating grin on my face the entire time. yes, even on the hikes up. :D
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| touring towards caffe latte |
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| Tina in a steep little chute |
day six.....3/31/10
avi forecast: considerable
weather forecast: partly cloudy, flurries.
snow accumulation: 7cm
area: unnamed peak, beaujolais
and we see some sun....we hiked over to an unnamed peak next to mt. john carter [the name of that peak was probably named after the guy, but there are some funny names here]. there is a ridge called mega-sore-ass ridge. named as a play off staga-sore-ass ridge that is not too far from [insert name here]. the prominent features in the area is definitely the battleship [literally looks like the profile of a battleship] and the pyramid [literally looks like a triangle] and the kokanee glacier above that. given our semi-good forecast and avi conditions, we decided to bag a peak and see what’s good from a higher vantage point. the hike up was decent. we had a little bit of a tense moment when the skin tracks we laid “whomped” or settled, as in the slope we were on sank under six people. moving in a group of 12 may not have been the best idea. at that point, we spread out the group.
the views from the top of the peak was spectacular. we were a little over 2000ft above the hut.
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| skyward |
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| adjacent peak |
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| pano from the summit of unnamed peak |
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we skied down (descending about 600ft) to the saddle and had lunch there. we were now on top of the area called beaujolais. after lunch, we skied (i rode) a 1400ft run down to the bottom. it was hard to get the shit-eating grin off our faces so another run was in order. we climbed back up and did another 800ft run. a group of us headed back to the hut after the second run. it was good and we were tired. it was a good day. |
day seven......4/1/10
avi forecast: considerable
weather forecast: partly cloudy with 30% snow
snow accumulation: 3cm
storm total: 30cm
area: the hut....
rest day!!! much needed rest. i think i can really only go two days on. i could feasibly go three days on, but i think i would be pretty gosh darn slow. i’m stiff, i feel everything, i’m sore, i ache. plus, it’s nice to have a day to read (i already finished three books) and putter and write the tr, edit photos, or nap....the possibilities are endless.
went out to the slocan chief cabin for a nice an easy tour and to check out the interpretive display in the cabin. for the winter, a lot of the displays were put away. it’s a bit of area history, from the mining times (pre-park days) to when the place became a park and then to the folks who tended it and did a lot of the development of it. it was a pretty neat tour, with teh sun peeking out from the clouds every once in awhile.
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| slocan chief cabin and yes, it's snowing... |
