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Sunday Mar 31, 2019 #
10 AM
Backcountry skiing (Alpine touring) 5:30:00 [2] 24.0 km (13:45 / km) +1220m 10:58 / km
Mount Gordon with Laura, Slice, Steve, Erin and Peter
met at 8:00, skiing at 9:40
A long hike in. The track in through the canyon was pretty good. A couple of spots were a little slippery; had ski crampons with me but never pulled them out.
Stopped at Bow Hut for folks to tape up some hot spots on their feet. Didn't bring any glacier gear; the two folks in our group who had been up there before said they hadn't brought it previously. It is pretty low angle, and we had 2 metres of snowpack when we probed. Had some good views, it was cool to look out over the Wapta, and we could see down into Yoho Valley and Iceline from the summit. A little bit of wind lower down but none higher up, enjoyed hanging out at the summit. Started our descent at 2:30 and were back at the cars at 4:00. Some nice turns in about 10 cm of soft snow on the surface on the way back down although most of it was pretty low angle. Low hazard and low angle meant we got to have fun skiing the slope together down a nice long run. Was able to glide almost all the way until you exited the canyon. Then the last bit of walk/skate/pole across the lake to the parking lot is always a bit of a slog.
met at 8:00, skiing at 9:40
A long hike in. The track in through the canyon was pretty good. A couple of spots were a little slippery; had ski crampons with me but never pulled them out.
Stopped at Bow Hut for folks to tape up some hot spots on their feet. Didn't bring any glacier gear; the two folks in our group who had been up there before said they hadn't brought it previously. It is pretty low angle, and we had 2 metres of snowpack when we probed. Had some good views, it was cool to look out over the Wapta, and we could see down into Yoho Valley and Iceline from the summit. A little bit of wind lower down but none higher up, enjoyed hanging out at the summit. Started our descent at 2:30 and were back at the cars at 4:00. Some nice turns in about 10 cm of soft snow on the surface on the way back down although most of it was pretty low angle. Low hazard and low angle meant we got to have fun skiing the slope together down a nice long run. Was able to glide almost all the way until you exited the canyon. Then the last bit of walk/skate/pole across the lake to the parking lot is always a bit of a slog.