Christmas 2007

Between Christmas and New Years we spent four days at Rogers Pass. We skied at Cheops Glades, Hermit Meadows, Ursus Minor, and NRC gully. Fred joined us at Cheops and Hermit and Steve joined us at Hermit.

We slept in the van each night and this was almost as much fun as the skiing itself. Each day we'd finish skiing around 4:00 which left us with several cold, dark hours with which to entertain ourselves. There's not much in the way of amenities at the pass. First we'd drop in at the visitor centre.



The centre is a fantastic facility with great ambiance and it does a really good job of conveying a sense of the history of Rogers Pass. When skiing here you almost always start your day at the visitor centre to check the weather and avalanche forecasts and to obtain permits for the ski areas which are sometimes closed for avalanche control. We'd spend an hour here drying out in front of the fire before they chucked us out at five.

We'd then make the cold walk across to the the perennially weird Glacier Park Hotel. I can't describe the hotel any other way. It's just weird. We'd spend a couple of hours in the lounge surrounded by stuffed animals and stuffed leather chairs. It's like a gentleman's club from 19th century London. We'd nurse some drinks and watch the weirdness for a couple of hours before hunger would eventually force us back to the van to cook some dinner and then we'd be in bed by nine. Life was good.

Steve at Hermit Meadows


Fred in Cheops Glades


Brenda on Ursus Minor Ridge