There and Back Again

They say that sun is a great remedy for depression, but it is definetly not working for us. Southern British Columbia did not get any new snow in the last 10 days... and are depressed!

So after a quick stop in Rossland to check out Red Mountain (unfortunately their nice tree are not fun without new snow) we decided to head back to where the journey began: Roger's Pass.


In the vast playground of Glacier National Park, and with the help of Luc and Chris at the Discovery Center, we managed to find a few virgin lines satisfying our appetite for powder.

In our second in Roger's Pass, we went for the Tupper Traverse... a nice tour that provided us magnificent sceneries (you know... that f***ing blue sky).

One of JF friends that we met in Roger's Pass Discovery Center joined us on the tour. He is Belgian/Ontarian, but we forgive him since he invited us for shower and a sleep in his warm place in Golden (blue sky = -20C at night). Thanks Phil!

We drink beer and and eat wings at the Moberly's Pub for the last day of Commodore Marchette in the SnowChasers adventure. It was short, but a lot of fun!


Cheers!

The SnowChasers!

Le Shack à Hector

After 3 days in Kootenay pass without a single snow flake, the forecast was still calling for a blue sky... Nothing to please us!! We desperately took some advices from locals who told us about a cabin in a remote place where snow might still been untouched.

So after a great meal, we headed to Barrett Lake in the Bonnington Range.


A long hike was awaiting us: 1100 vertical meter and 8 km with loaded backpacks before we reached the palace!!! But it was worth it... some high class lodging (you need to shovel the front porch, log your firewood and the pit toilet doesn't have a door).

Fortunately, the snow was nice and we found some pretty decent lines. So nice that we even met a heliskiing crew! We tried to hitchhike for a run, but they wouldn't take us aboard unless we paid the regular fee of 1250 per day...

So we hiked more...

Enjoy the splendid view...


And got some good skiing ...


We now returned to Nelson to make another weather check and shop for food!


JF!