It was a stellar day with mostly blue skies but the wind was howling across the ridge. The 8812 Bowl is just before Bruins Pass and is accessed from the col in this photo. You can just make out some old tracks.
It was a terrific run that went went on and on until we were forced to stop and give our aching legs a rest. The bowl doesn't look overly steep in this photo but as you make those first few turns from the top it's enough to make that little voice in your head say "gee I hope this all holds together".
A great day in the mountains. Brenda and I were each sporting a good sunburn on Monday morning. More photos here and maybe some video later. And happy birthday to my Dad and my brother Ian.
Oh and edited to add that we ran into Diana and Al, who we know from Ottawa, and their friends Carole and Ray. In the pub they regaled us with epic tales of some of the long ski traverses they've done over the years. Good luck on the Churchill traverse you guys.
Great turns, and exciting stories. I am pretty envious of this trip, as both areas are on my to do list. I have enjoyed following your winter fun, and surprised we haven't crossed each others paths on a skin track yet.
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Mark
wow, blog comments! we should make an effort to go for a ski together before the winter's out, it would be great to meet our "blogosphere buddies" in person. how nerdy.
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To add to the comments.... I'm also very envious of your weekend. I've always wanted to ski 8812, it's such a long run. Maybe sometime this spring...we'll see.
ReplyDeleteHey would you guys know a group of older skiers (50ish) from vernon, 2 tele 1 AT. we met them at malakwa last weekend and they seem to go there a lot and they seemed to have been involved with the whole non-motorized designation of the area. They also were talking about the tenure area for the heli skiing etc. I meant to leave contact info on their dash but forgot at the end of the day. Just checking if you might know them. They mentioned having skied a bit with the ACC.