Presidents Weekend, Marriott Basin, Canada
2/15/07
Canada elsewhere
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, departed early Saturday morning from Seattle. At first light across the Canadian border Team Nikon sprung into action on the glowing red fields of blueberries. Trading drivers along the glorious, and every growing, Sea-to-Sky highway we wound our way through Pemberton and beyond Lillooet Lake. On the paved and well-cleared Duffey Lake Road we experienced a bit of car trouble: a loud blow out sound and loss of power. We put-put-ed along the next 2 km to reach the trail head just past the Joffre Lakes turn out.
Kevin can read light and weather like few others I know. As the light grew flat, and we skinned away from the car he announced it would be snowing in two hours, and puking by the time we got to the hut. And like clock work the heavens opened on his cue. The approach was relatively straightforward, although we had slightly miscalculated the distance as the spur road to the true trail head must be skied. One drainage area was a bit thin and icy; the other contained to some treed slopes that offered some open areas at the edges. A pit was dug and reveled the 6 inches shifted from an isolated column with a few taps at the elbow on a shovel test. Traversing one steeper section we saw a skier cut this small slab. We stuck to the trees and lower angle aspects. It snowed all night.
Monday morning we skied out. We avoided the waterfall accent route, stayed skiers left and after negotiating some route finding entirely in Spanish, we entered a clearing that offered an open slope ripe for carving. Back into the trees we saw numerous folks heading in for the day, some carrying sleds of beer and propane. The road out was pleasant and the snowy views wide.
We put-put-ed again up the final climb, even pushing the car a bit uphill in order to let gravity work for us down to Pemberton. Within an hour, the turbo hoses of Kevins car were all repaired and we were off. Dinner at the Howe Sound Brewery buoyed the deluge to follow. It was pouring rain in Seattle which made for some fine turns at Stevens Pass yesterday. Glad its snowing again!
More photos here
Kevin can read light and weather like few others I know. As the light grew flat, and we skinned away from the car he announced it would be snowing in two hours, and puking by the time we got to the hut. And like clock work the heavens opened on his cue. The approach was relatively straightforward, although we had slightly miscalculated the distance as the spur road to the true trail head must be skied. One drainage area was a bit thin and icy; the other contained to some treed slopes that offered some open areas at the edges. A pit was dug and reveled the 6 inches shifted from an isolated column with a few taps at the elbow on a shovel test. Traversing one steeper section we saw a skier cut this small slab. We stuck to the trees and lower angle aspects. It snowed all night.
Monday morning we skied out. We avoided the waterfall accent route, stayed skiers left and after negotiating some route finding entirely in Spanish, we entered a clearing that offered an open slope ripe for carving. Back into the trees we saw numerous folks heading in for the day, some carrying sleds of beer and propane. The road out was pleasant and the snowy views wide.
We put-put-ed again up the final climb, even pushing the car a bit uphill in order to let gravity work for us down to Pemberton. Within an hour, the turbo hoses of Kevins car were all repaired and we were off. Dinner at the Howe Sound Brewery buoyed the deluge to follow. It was pouring rain in Seattle which made for some fine turns at Stevens Pass yesterday. Glad its snowing again!
More photos here
Great stuff Jess -- looks like a beautiful spot for a trip.
What was wrong with the car? /mechanicgeek
What was wrong with the car? /mechanicgeek
It was a great trip indeed.
Here are a few more pictures.
Here are a few more pictures.
Good stuff indeed, and great report Jessica! Here are my photos:
http://picasaweb.google.com/kevinsteffa/07_02_Mariott
p.s. Mechanicgeek/ An air intake hose clamp had been knocked loose on the undercarriage presumably due to hitting a rough bump the week before... Nothing complicated or related to bio-diesel usage.
http://picasaweb.google.com/kevinsteffa/07_02_Mariott
p.s. Mechanicgeek/ An air intake hose clamp had been knocked loose on the undercarriage presumably due to hitting a rough bump the week before... Nothing complicated or related to bio-diesel usage.
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