Exploring Mt-Revelstoke Park

 I remember 5 years ago when I first spotted this line. I looked at it and told myself to remember it so that one day I could come back to it. Its a small line but has a dramatic feel to it. Two days ago I was convinced to ski the chute to the lookers right but I had looked down this run and could not get it out of my mind.

The snow was perfect, steep and deep. My first turns started sloughing and I chose to out run them and then ski out a rib to avoid the moving snow.  A short run but well worth it.

After such a great start to the day I followed Dougs track up and further into Mt-Revelstoke National Park. Out and around Mt-? and we dropped into the north side. From here all I could see was untracked summits that I had never skied before. I chose the most aesthetic ascent combined with a nice summit and a descent in the general direction of home.  The skin up was fantastic, glacial with beautiful benches to wrap up and onto the summit. Quite nice…  A new summit for me and then  a fast descent towards the col. I thought I would meet up with Doug here but he chose another route and was nowhere to be found. So I curled around the peak and hiked up to the top of this chute. After all the skiing and touring I  was finally standing on top of the line of the day. Fantastic turns awaited and I was ready to head home. 10 500 feet of new descent

Quickie up Mt-Mackenzie

We had a nice morning as a family, we went to the pool and then went to  the doctor to get Aidan’s shots.

Then it was off to Mt-Mackenzie and a 6000 foot hike to the top. Its a great place to solo since you don’t have to worry about avalanche hazards, since it is all skied regularly by cat skiers.  To the top of the peak I went and I was rewarded with fresh shots of the peak and some decent turns into cat skiing zone. A couple of quick laps brought me around to ten thousand and home.

 This mountain is the future of our town and I can see and know the potential. Its over 6000 feet from top to bottom, how often does anyone ski 6000 feet continuously? I did today and my legs were burning halfway down. I can’t wait to see the gondola  and lift access..

10 200 feet in 5 hours and 10 minutes.  Sorry not to interesting but I didn’t have any time..

North Face of Mt-?

 Doug has dreamnt about the north face of Mt-?  for awhile so we decided that today was the day. Ian, Doug, Derek and myself toured up from the Giant cedars at about 8 am, we traveled quickly and aggressively up a ridge to gain a short and deep descent into the bowl. Things were feeling great and the snow was perfect so we set up and lapped a great run and a small run in the bowl before heading to the summit and skiing the North side.

The north side looked fantastic and judging by our turns it was. 5000 feet of continuous fall line to the creek bottom, and powder the whole way down.

After all that fantastic skiing we had to tour out the valley and find the woolsey creek road that would finally lead us back to the car. All of us toured 10 000 feet today, with it being Derek’s first 10 000 footer ever. 

It was 10 000 feet of new descents for all of us, the ascent was a repeat but all the descending was exploration. 

P.S. I have removed the name of this summit because it seems to be in a Cariboo sensitive area and I cannot encourage more people into this area.