Fairy Meadows

The route passes through Fairy Meadows which has been a renowned ski touring destination for years.

This picture was taken about fifteen years ago on my first trip to the area.

Sir Sandford

This is the crowning jewel of the Northern Selkirks. Hope fully the weather co-operates and we can knock it off too.

The standard route climbs the glacier and ridge on the right side.

More miles to go

Fom this picture on the descent on Iconoclast the route goes to the horizon.

Mt. Iconoclast

If we can knock off a few ski descents on the way that would be icing on the cake. The pleasure of removing the big pack and whooping it up will make up for the miles of slogging. This is Mt. Iconoclast in firm ankle deep powder a couple of years ago.

Sorceror Lodge - Nordic Mountains

I was at Sorceror Lodge a couple of years ago and skied some of the route. This picture shows the crest of the climb out of Mountain Creek and Rogers Pass would be out to the left of the picture.

Northern Selkirk Traverse

It's been a lot easier to "fly" the route on Google Earth. Searching for Rogers Pass and Mica Creek in British Columbia will give a rough idea on the route. There are a couple of variations depending on enthusiasm, snow conditions and weather. We are going to start at Rogers Pass on April 2nd and hope to finish at Mica Creek around mid April. We have a food cache at the Fairy Meadows Hut for 6 days. See you soon. Here is the link to a Google fly-over that I completed after the trip detailing the major peaks and campsites etc. It's pretty cool. Interesting way of doing a guidebook
http://www.kootenayexperience.com/whowhatwhere/Trevor/RogersPass-MIca.kmz

It's all about character

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Heading out for Roger's Pass

Not too much ski touring this winter. I toured up to the snowcat early in the season, toured into Yurtopia Yurt before Christmas and did a run down Wildhorse Peak before the catskiing season opened up. Stewart Spooner invited me to join him and Andrew Gross on a tour from Roger's Pass to Mica Creek. Should be interesting. We are heading out on April 2nd and hope to complete the minimum of 100 miles and countless thousands of feet of vertical in a couple of days - maybe two weeks. Dan Morton heard this and said "I'd love to do that tour". He's coming too. The tour starts from Roger's Pass and cruises through terrain used by Sorceror Lodge, Selkirk Mountain Experience, Selkirk Tangiers Heli Skiing, Fairy Meadows CAC Hut and CMH Heliskiing. I hope it stops raining.

Picture is of Nordic Mountain in the vicinity of Sorceror Lodge