Saturday Mar 22 |
 | Trail running 1:20:00 [3]+440m | |
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| Went for a nice easy run with Anita and Regnly up around FFTW. Arrived home from Moberly Pass late last night and will retroactively update the log over the next few days. Sure is nice to get back to running. |
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Friday Mar 21 |
| Backcountry ski 2:30:00 [1] | |
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| First official day of spring and last day in camp. Did a few easy skis with Andrew south of camp, back towards Centurion and tracked up the last of the untouched powder. Mostly re-runs of prior runs with subtle variations. Weather variable, didn't wear HRM.
Flew out about 4pm after hasty camp takedown. Then did insane drive back to PG, arriving at about 2am. Stopped in Jasper and saw the re-run of the game I saw when I was in San Jose (vs. Anaheim). |
Thursday Mar 20 |
| Backcountry ski 3:00:00 [1]+1615m | |
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| Blue skies and little wind and so we finally made the trek up to Goldstream Neve and did two awesome powder runs in the Stitt Creek drainage. The powder was so deep I could barely keep the skis up. Never thought my skis would not be fat enough for powder but I was wrong. Took lots of photos and had some massive views south across Moberly Pass and beyond. Saw lots and lots of heli ski tracks in Stitt Creek. Got foggy snowy on way back across Neve but found the way easily enough. Lots of sun crust to contend with on the way back to camp but ok if you stayed way back and kept the tips up. Total boot time 8.5hrs. |
Wednesday Mar 19 |
| Backcountry ski 3:25:00 [1]+1691m | |
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| Snowing during breakfast. Skied two runs on south facing avalanche paths east of camp. Sunny and warm by 2nd run and snow began getting heavy. Did 1500ft there. Then skied up to nice col by eastern end of Centurion Glacier. Then did a nice 2500ft ski down to creek. Glades tight and steep at the end. Hiked back towards camp via Gold River. Nice canyon with beautiful views and huge pillows of snow. Did a final 800ft run just east and below toe of Centurion. Great snow. Saw ?hare tracks coming down a very steep gully and booking it across the slope. Wonder what was chasing it...
Made it back for a nice, sunny evening in camp. 9hrs total in boots and feeling it. |
Tuesday Mar 18 |
| Backcountry ski 2:20:00 [1]+1000m | |
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| Took a light day. Skied up towards Goldstream Neve but turned back. Began snowing heavily. Had one good ski down a gully with crust ~20cm down. Dumped harnesses and skied the north facing slopes south of camp. Disappointing skiing today - caught in the back seat too much and dumped on a couple of rolls in the low light. 3 good runs total and awesome powder up to knees, lots of chest shots. Headed back to camp early and worked on the igloo. |
Monday Mar 17 |
| Backcountry ski 4:15:00 [1]+1543m | |
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| Headed out NE of camp and aborted the trip to Goldstream neve due to weather - lots of small cells coming and going all day. Did a nice short glade / creek run down behind the camp. Then headed across valley to Centurion Glacier. Did a few runs. Ali led the craziest uptrack of the week. Ended up doing six runs, mostly in very deep powder. The tree mushrooms were spectacular on the hike back up the Gold River. |
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| Celebrated everyone's Irish heritage by killing most of a bottle of Jameson's Irish whiskey. Good fun. |