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Monday Feb 8, 2021 #
10 AM
Backcountry skiing (Wayback) 3:30:00 [3] 12.0 km (17:30 / km) +1400m 11:03 / km
A week of very cold weather coming up with alpine highs in the low minus 20's in the forecast. Yikes - tough skiing conditions. When it gets this cold the best option is to ski in the sun so headed to some south aspects... it was cold but not unpleasant (for the most part). Sun actually didn't come out that much as some convective clouds built through the day. Fairly calm and never colder than -19. Coldest I got was skiing down - self created windchill;)
Sean joined me for his first ski of the year. Parked at 20k on the Gorge FSR and headed a couple km up the road, turned left at the cabin and then started up through the forest. I thought it looked like we might have a little bit of fight but the forest was very pleasant travel. The traverse right took us onto the lower angle shoulder which was nice travel. Saw some snowmobiles - curious how they got up there? The goal today was the furthest skiers left chute off the ridge. We started a little too far lefl (temps were not conducive to checking Gaia frequently) before cutting back right. The line is quite nice (space for 5-6) with good pitch but no serious avalanche concerns and is a good length. We went back up but Sean was not keen for the full climb given this was his first day out so we cut across into the run early. Second ski seemed longer depiste being shorter - weird. Scrapping some skin glue off my bases helped. Cold snow was definetely not fast... might wax my skis for tomorrow. A few of the other paths/gullies look worth skiing while a couple have way too many xmas trees.
Sean joined me for his first ski of the year. Parked at 20k on the Gorge FSR and headed a couple km up the road, turned left at the cabin and then started up through the forest. I thought it looked like we might have a little bit of fight but the forest was very pleasant travel. The traverse right took us onto the lower angle shoulder which was nice travel. Saw some snowmobiles - curious how they got up there? The goal today was the furthest skiers left chute off the ridge. We started a little too far lefl (temps were not conducive to checking Gaia frequently) before cutting back right. The line is quite nice (space for 5-6) with good pitch but no serious avalanche concerns and is a good length. We went back up but Sean was not keen for the full climb given this was his first day out so we cut across into the run early. Second ski seemed longer depiste being shorter - weird. Scrapping some skin glue off my bases helped. Cold snow was definetely not fast... might wax my skis for tomorrow. A few of the other paths/gullies look worth skiing while a couple have way too many xmas trees.