Second Ascent for the Season

I walked up Wildhorse Peak once in December when road building preparing for the season just to get away from the sound of machinery. Chris, Gordon and I walked up yesterday to ski the south face. Beautiful knee deep powder through 2,400 vertical feet. Sunny skies and -12C. Only skied this one once before. We skied a few other lines and then came up to this point and skied back down to the valley bottom from where the photo was taken.

Winter is here

Sara and I skied at Whitewater on the groomers for Christmas Day. Skied three exploratory runs at Wildhorse and then the 29th and 30th of December in epic powder conditions. It was good to let the powder pour over the goggles and let the thoughts of snowcat maintenance, chainsawing, deisel tanks, clearing snow, shoveling snow, snowmobiles, invoices, credit cards, bank balances, safety equipment and a myriad of other thoughts slip into the past. Powder keeps ones thoughts simple, pure and present. Happy New Year.