During the low tide we are still heading out skiing and enjoying ourselves. After all, there is snow on the mountains and travel is fast and efficient, perfect for climbing and skiing peaks and enjoying the beautiful sunshine and the company of friends in the mountains. Such a trip was had recently based out of the nicely appointed Coquihala Lakes Lodge where Mark, a great guy and owner of the facility welcomes ski tourers with open arms and smiles as in his words; 'they don't spray whiskey on the walls, wreck rooms or throw bones off the deck', indeed we did none of those things but we did have a great time nonetheless. But seriously, check out the lodge, its a great base for ski touring and you can ski more if you don't have to drive to Van/Squamish after..
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| Looking towards snowy summits, Coquihala range. |
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| John, happy camper and coast range intimate. |
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| Wonderful terrain and great travel. |
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| Chris and Ryan, stoked to be out. |
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| Nearing the summit, we actually had a great fun run down from here, jumping off little windlips and whipping down the soft windpressed lee side of the ridge proper. |
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| The omnipresent trucks on the Coquihalla |
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| Headlamp finish. |
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| Gaining Mt. Thar in corn conditions. |
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| T-Shirt lunch, pretty nice. |
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| Some 'edge deep' turns down the N Side of Yak/Thar col. |
Thanks to linda, Ellie, John, Chris and Ryan for a great trip!
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