Great conditions on a classic Whistler backcountry line.
Year: 2009
Blackcomb Backcountry: Decker & Corona
I had a great day out with Ziff in the backcountry of Blackcomb skiing Decker Mountain, Spearhead Glacier and Corona Bowl. What a day! Boxing day was very quiet in Blackcomb backcountry, we saw very few people, likely because of a forecasted strong temperature inversion. Despite the forecast, snow quality remained very good. Ziff and…
Beverley Lake – Hanging Lake Loop
A poor avalanche forecast sent a large crowd of us looking for mellow terrain. what we found was a horrible snow conditions, good weather and great company! Check out Grahame’s picts. Check out Dave’s picts. Malcolm heading up Beverley Creek. Finally, the subalpine! Where’s that lake? Julie and Matt talk project management. Rob, now rocking…
Mount Frosty
Stephen and I checked out the eastern slide path on Mount Frosty. Crossing Lightning Lake towards Mount Frosty. The slide path we skied is directly above Stephen in the photo. Uh Oh, not quite enough snowpack for a good ski track. Skinning in the pleasant Larch forest. Views back to Lightning Lakes. Heading up the…
Cerise Creek
Florian and I got out for a nice day on bad snow in the Cerise Creek area.
Cerise Creek
Had a fairly large crew up at the Duffey. Check out Dave’s photos.
Chief Pascal
What a day! After my less than stellar first day of skiing in the season, I was feeling desperate for a good day in the snow. After watching a week of record setting snowfall from my cubicle I was feeling super keen. I wasn’t alone; as plans were made Friday night it looked like the…
Seagram Lake
Grahame, Mike, Doug, Blair and I had a great day hiking from Squamish Main Branch 220 up to Seagram Lake. What a beautiful place! Check out Doug’s Trip Report.
Mount Chief Pascal
Gabe, Stephen and I spent a day on the Duffey climbing Mount Chief Pascal
Edge Peak White Dyke Attempt
Aborted attempt, things didn’t go very well.
Thar Peak – Nak Peak – Yak Peak
Grahame, Sasha and I got out to the Coquihalla for a great traverse of three summits.
Crown Mountain Crater Slabs
Anna and I had a fantastic day climbing Crown Mountain via the Crater Slabs route. Great fun just outside of Vancouver!
Brew Hut
Rohan and I headed out to Brew Hut.
Cypress Peak
Stephen and I finished off the season with a spring tour up Cypress Peak.
Little Diamond Head
Cam and I made our way out to Little Diamond Head for a spring tour.
Mount Price
Good tour in the Garibaldi Lake are with Doug, John and Dave.
Chief Pascal
Solo day.
Journeyman Peak – Callaghan Lodge Area
Teamed up with a great crew for some touring in the Callaghlan Lodge area. Took a shuttle into the lodge and spend the day enjoying great terrain and snow.
Mount Seymour
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Marriott Basin
Made a nice little loop tour in the Marriott Basin area with Grahame, Mike and Kurt.
Mount Rohr
Touring on Rohr with GQ and Kubik. Good times with good folk!
Steep Creek
Great times touring in Steep Creek off the Duffey.
Markhor Peak
More Coquihalla touring with Jesse, Stephen and Chris.
Mount Ann
Beautiful weather and snow south of border.
Paul Ridge
Making the occasional Paul Ridge trip…
Mount Strachan
A quick tour with my friend Pascal on the North Shore.
Rainbow Mountain: South Chute
A nice trip from the Callaghan side up Rainbow Mountain to ski the prominent south facing gully back to 21 Mile Creek.
Needle Peak – Two Bears Traverse
Nice tour off the Coquihalla heading up into the Needle Peak area and exiting to Two Bears.
Hollyburn Mountain
More North Shore skiing.
Great Bear
REMers out for Coquihalla ski tour.
Mount Strachan
Alpine meander with Pascal.
Mount Seymour
Another Mount Seymour sunrise tour.
Mount Seymour
Had a great sunrise Trip up Mount Seymour with Jeff and Mike.
Hollyburn Mountain
Hollyburn was in pretty reasonable condition in January so I made my way up there a number of times with a variety of good folk.
Hollyburn Mountain
Hanging with the MEC team in the North Shore. I wish I had know where dlav was going to take the organization..