Category Archives: 2020

Kicking Horse lift-accessed backcountry – A Golden road trip part 2

Kicking Horse lift-accessed backcountry Kicking Horse Mountain Resort’s inbounds terrain is the tip of the iceberg. Generally speaking this is trite of any ski hill; quite obviously what can be accessed from lifts will almost always be a bigger area … Continue reading

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Sentry Lodge Ski Touring in January 2020 – Part 1

Sentry Lodge Jan 2020. Guided by Neil Warren and Chris Lawrence.
Our group consisted of Lee, Sharon, Graham Q, Jessie P, Gareth E, Greg P, Dan and Jake S. Some of Neils other clients Dicky, Dan, Dave and Keith also joined. Our Custodian was Cody and we were fed by the now retired Teresa Continue reading

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Golden and Kicking Horse – A Golden road trip part 1

Golden! It’s been overlooked by some as just another truck stop on the Trans Canada Highway, as a placename in the made-up Kootenay Rockies Powder Highway, and derisively as East Revelstoke. However good things can’t be kept hidden forever. Stunning … Continue reading

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Cayoosh Passpowgasm – Jan 2020

Snow seems to be returning to West Coast of British Columbia.   A series of storms tracked in to give Whistler/Blackcomb a base.  This same storm also brought snowfall totals in the Duffey Lake area (north of Pemberton which itself is … Continue reading

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Revelstoke, BC Report: Powgasboard; the beatings continue, morale improves – Jan 7, 2020

Can’t stop.  Won’t stop.  The stats keep rolling in.  As of January 10, 2020, 82 cms had fallen for the week with another 18cms forecasted for the balance of the week to bring the week to another 100cms + total.  … Continue reading

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Variable Thin Russian Roulette Whistler, BC Backcountry Snowpack

Lee Lau | January 3, 2020 | Avalanche Video by Chris M – Skier is not me but another person; footage is used with permission It’s said that a picture tells a thousand words; perhaps some avalanche near-miss video will tell several thousand.  … Continue reading

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