GOLDEN, REVELSTOKE, ROGERS PASS

Holy shit, its winter in the rockies again! Dre and I had planned an epic mission to the Lyells, but with snow in the forcast and the potential to be walking around in circles on a glacier in an f-in whiteout we decided to head to the Golden and go from there. After a warm up tour to Sherbrooke Lake, just west of Lake Louise we arrived in Golden to find a strong, warm wind blowing in from the south and smashing up the dogtooth! Only one thing happens in this type of weather! It was like Christmas Eve at Caimin's place as we all made plans to hit Kicking Horse on the friday before the weekend rush. When a report came in from the sled trail groomers at 11pm that 30cms was on the ground we knew it was on!

Practicing on the flat before the big day!

It may look like good snow... but its not!

Heading home after a good day of field skiing.

The storm approaches!

When there hasn't been pow for two months there is only time for shitty camera phone photos on the chairlift.

Beards, they not only make you look sexier but act as great "epic condition" indicators!

After an epic day at Kicking Horse we rested up and prepared for another, but things changed the next morning when I checked the snow report for Revy. 8cms at Kho and 19cms at Revy overnight, our decision was made and we hit the road. Unfortunatly for Calgary, but fortunatly for us there was an accident on the highway between Lake Louise and Field. Our backs were covered and what could have been a busy weekend never occured.

These types of things can work for you or against you, this time it went in our favor!

A sweet little run with a big reputation.

Dre gets ready to drop into the pow field below.

With two hits in the bag we looked for the third, and after waking up in Rogers Pass as one of five vehicles in the parking lot and over 50cms of snow on the mountains, we thought we had done it again! Unfortunately the sun beat us to Grizzly shoulder and turned most of the goods into mush. We were able to save the day with a short north facing run down the hour glass and successfully navigated the pass at a 3x High avy danger rating. Mission success and maybe the save for a rough season!

The real men sleep in their vehicles! (and woman!)

Pk. 8812 looking calm despite the storm of avalanches running on all aspects.