Coquihalla Lakes

Jason booked a couple of nights at Coquihalla Lakes Lodge and kindly invited us for a couple of days of skiing. We drove up with Tabea on Friday night. Pulling into the parking lot after dark we weren't sure if we were in the right place. The two girls walked off towards a distant light while I bravely waited at the car. Ten minutes later Tabea reappeared on the back of a skidoo accompanied by Eddie, our chauffeur for the evening! We loaded the sled and trailer with all of our crap and headed back down the road. I demonstrated my sledder credentials to Eddie by only falling off once. We settled into the cozy cabin and were soon joined by the others.

It was the weekend that the big Pineapple Express came through which meant a ton of snow followed by freezing levels well above 1800m. Anticipating poor conditions wherever we went we saved ourselves a drive and simply skied across the lake and headed straight up the low peak right behind the cabin.



The ski down wasn't all that bad. The snow was wet and sticky and we had our fair share of yard sales but we had fun. Although rather than heading back up for another run (it wan't that fun) we instead built a kicker just like the cool kids. Jason and Tabea got the hang of it. The rest of us, not so much. Thankfully it was a forgiving landing.







We retired to the cabin by mid-afternoon just as a series of snow squalls began dumping a few centimetres of wet snow. We sat in front of the warm fire with beers in our hands and watched the snow as it swirled across the frozen lake. Dinner. Wine. More wine. Bed.

Sadly, wolves prevented us from getting an early start the next morning.



Eventually we escaped and after navigating a fence behind the old toll both area we skied up onto Coquihalla Lakes Ridge in the bright sunshine.





This would be a great place for some easy laps in good conditions. But today, not so much, with wet challenging snow again. But all in all a fun and novel weekend. It's all about novelty.