Trip reports
Last weeks major storm system left a ton of new snow that settled down nicely on the South Coast. An upper ridge coming over the region on Friday and Saturday meant it was game on for some real skiing. I was still recovering from my christmas cold so we took things easy on Saturday and[…]
After a final exam marking marathon, I started my holiday break on Wednesday just as a major storm hit the Coast Mountains. I joined Adam for a day of powder skiing on Blackcomb Mountain and did lap after lap of fresh tracks as the sky kept puking. Thursday I dropped Sarah at the airport and[…]
I have never had snow on my birthday but Friday night, after celebrating with Sarah, it started to snow in the mountains. Saturday morning we woke up to snow low on the north shore and even saw a bit down in the valley during a run. I had to wait until Wednesday for a full[…]
When climbers go to the trouble of packing up a rope, rack and gear for an alpine climb, hike in, reach the route, and then decide not to climb it for whatever reason, one way of justifying the effort is calling it a recon. This trip was definitely a recon – certainly not a failure.[…]
We have had a mix of things going on lately, with moving, the semester starting, and Sarah’s new job, we haven’t been getting after it as big as usual but we have still gotten out plenty here and there. Sarah got in her first lead climb at a crag called Area 44. She sent the[…]