Backcountry skiing, climbing, and similar stuff near Kelowna from Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
After spending much of the season lamenting how busy Rogers Pass has become we then have a day like this. Not a soul to be seen.
We broke trail to just below the wind scoured col and descended far skier's right of the icefall.
At the end of the day we skied through the box canyon to just above the Elephant's Trunk which was good for a laugh and a few tumbles.
"Highway closed. Begbie or Fingers?" said Nick's text.
Begbie it is then.
The road is plowed for logging this year so that saved a few hundred meters of uphill slogging. We pointed the skis uphill and broke trail with no particular plan in mind until hitting the ridge.
It turned into one of those days when the snow is so deep and the terrain so steep that you're almost falling through the snow with barely contained glee.
At the brake check pullout Steve realized he'd forgotten his boots at home. So we returned to his place and skied from his front yard. Bonus: no one fell in the creek this time.
