SteveR
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Winter was slow getting here, which was fine with me as I was still enjoying our extended fall, riding dry dirt in shorts a mere 10 days ago. All good things must come to an end though, and it's time to embrace the white stuff!
A nice dump of fluff made for a great first day of backcountry powder, a week ago:
Surprisingly, we had our favourite easy access ski zone to ourselves, other than a handful of snowshoers who thankfully did not trample my skin track.
The skiing was excellent!
Back up for another 3 runs before darkness began to fall. The highway accessing this area closed on Dec. 1, so we were lucky to have such a fine start to ski season.
A return on Saturday to that now closed highway, to ski the "back door" shortcut to the Kananaskis Lakes fire lookout.
Despite the brilliant sun, a cold overnight low and moderate winds made this day a frigid reminder of what winter in Alberta entails.
Topping out at the lookout in the face of a cold south wind. The views were nice, though!
Frozen fingers panorama, before a quick lunch and a fast fun ski back down.
So, whadaya got to keep this thread going? Doesn't have to be skiing- hiking and snowshoeing welcome. As long as you don't posthole the ski tracks!
A nice dump of fluff made for a great first day of backcountry powder, a week ago:
Surprisingly, we had our favourite easy access ski zone to ourselves, other than a handful of snowshoers who thankfully did not trample my skin track.
The skiing was excellent!
Back up for another 3 runs before darkness began to fall. The highway accessing this area closed on Dec. 1, so we were lucky to have such a fine start to ski season.
A return on Saturday to that now closed highway, to ski the "back door" shortcut to the Kananaskis Lakes fire lookout.
Despite the brilliant sun, a cold overnight low and moderate winds made this day a frigid reminder of what winter in Alberta entails.
Topping out at the lookout in the face of a cold south wind. The views were nice, though!
Frozen fingers panorama, before a quick lunch and a fast fun ski back down.
So, whadaya got to keep this thread going? Doesn't have to be skiing- hiking and snowshoeing welcome. As long as you don't posthole the ski tracks!
