Yesterday was a Saturday and after nearly 10″ of fresh snow on Friday there were a few people around – so to get out of the lift lines (which were a whole 5 minute wait) the crew thought it might be a good day to do some hiking.
The hike from one of the outer day lodges took us just on 1hr and our highest altitude was around 12,500 feet – we were definitely sucking in the O2’s. The wind got up a bit as well by the time we entered the gate for the run but the snow was on the lee side and we still had a foot of fresh snow.
Here is the recon pic we took earlier in the day…. Our line is in the gully just to the right of the rocks.
About 45mins into the hike – wind was howling by now.
Johnny making the most of the wait while Tim recovers his ski.
I think this picture speaks for itself. It took Tim half to three quarters of an hour (digging at times in chest deep snow) to find his ski. Temp (with wind chill) was reported at -25C.
We’ve got some great footage from the pow day the day before this one which we’ll be getting online today.