Cheops North 5

It was a blustery day with a bit of snow in the air so we just headed up the Connaught waiting to see what the weather would do. If the visibility crapped out then we'd go to Ursus Trees. When we reached that decision point there was a little sucker hole of blue sky so we headed for Balu Pass thinking about Cheops 5.



We didn't do ourselves any favours that morning by leaving Revelstoke at 10 o'clock or something ridiculous. It was nearing 2 o'clock by the time we reached Balu Pass. We gave ourselves half an hour to get on top of the shoulder. Otherwise we'd bail back the way we came. Just made it in steadily worsening light.









The upper bowl was a little wind effected but the bottom half was great. A fine way to wrap up three days with Ross and Deanna.

On a side note over the last couple of outings we've performed a high quality fully controlled and scientific goggle study. Our results are summarized thusly: Smith I/OS Goggles suck ass.