Life in the mountains
Gulmarg is an average picturesque ski town – if you took that town and transported it 2600m up into a war-torn and neglected part of India. And while war-torn may have been more accurate 10 years ago, the evidence of Kashmir’s violent past is everywhere. Bombed-out shells of buildings that would have housed whole families, […]
Read more "Gulmarg – Curry Powder"Everyone says that India is an assault on the senses, and when everyone says something it’s usually because it’s true. Delhi does not disappoint. Even the air in the cabin of our 747 became heavy and aromatic as we taxied towards the terminal. The arrival area is chaotic, but this is not unusual for any […]
Read more "Delhi to Gulmarg"The second of two consecutive weekends spent in the backcountry of the coast range. Same snowpack as the previous trip but all that snow has stabilized and been covered up, perfect conditions to get out on some big north aspect lines! Having lots of people in the area turned out be fun, as they were […]
Read more "Steep and Deep – Part 2"I’ve been sitting on these photos for a while now and finally have had a chance to sort and edit. Evan Mitsui, Robin MacLauchlan and I had some substantial snowfall prior to our arrival and we decided to haul in our friend sleddy/shreddy to accommodate the bottles of wine/beer and gourmet meals. These two factors […]
Read more "Steep and Deep – Part 1"Last weekend some friends and I made the trek up to Hollyburn ridge to see if the rain in Vancouver was falling as snow up high… It was.
CWells
Coté
Andrew
More Fun-guys!
Coté’s technical line selection method
Caroline scopes the drop in…
Andrew-splosion!
CWells shreds
All Smiles!
Littlefoot through the forest:
One of these skis is not like the others…
Anger or exhaustion?
Definitely the End!
Bonus! A random old pic of Evan!
30-40 cms of fresh snow, blue skies and no wind made for an excellent chance to get into the backcountry last weekend. These photos are from a trip to the Cayoosh drainage with adventurers Evan, Scot, Tanah (the husky-lab cross) and myself.
A more detailed write-up will follow… for now, the pics!
Also, I should make a note that all the weird light in the first days photos is from the mega-reflection off the avi-slope white bounceboard on the other side of the valley. At this point, my editing skillz (read: effort) aren’t quite up to balancing the colour, so stay tuned!!
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