Day 3 – Tour of Zone 4 and 5
Today we opted for a big tour to check out the north face of Mt Fosthall. Unfortunately the winds reaked havoc on the Alpine making the best snow in the trees. We did have a good run from Cirque Lake to Peters Lake and crossed a hiking trail that is in Monashee Provincial Park. We then had a long meadow tour, just less then 5km back towards Margie Lake, up Ned Zone and Lodge Notch for an easy ski back to Sol Mountain Lodge.
We stayed high to traverse to Cariboo Pass, it might be better to traverse lower and gain the pass via the ridge when the pink dotted hiking trail is. The area around Margie Lake looks awesome but alas was also destroyed by the wind. It is a good tour despite the -18oC temps and windslab.
Cold temps make for nice sunrises
Relaxing morning start
Allison our awesome cook doing her thing!
Prebreakfast fruit, oatmeal, granola and yogurt
Skinning along Mission Ridge towards Fosthall
Skinning along Mission Ridge towards Fosthall
View towards Sol Mountain and Pride Rock
Skiing down from Malbec to Cariboo Pass
Skiing down from Malbec to Cariboo Pass, view of Fosthall
View from Cariboo pass to Peters Lake and Monashee Provincial Park
Looking back at Fosthall and the run – Avalung.
Top of Peters Glades
Fosthall North face
Glades from Cirque Lake to Peters Lake – very nice.
Skinning across Peters Lake with Slate Mountain in the back.
Skinning across Peters Lake with Fosthall in the back.
Stew looking cold in the sunset
Sunset ski down Shiraz
Lodge meadows and Merlot
Sunset on Fosthall
Moonrise over the cabin
Sharon’s birthday Lindor!
Peters Lake to Margie Lake Tour
