With the snow being the way it has been here in the rockies, the decision to go skiing was easy to make when M-A and I had a day off this past Friday. Off we drove down the austere looking icefields parkway and into the land of high snowbanks and cold, still white.
The forecast on the CAA rated the area as considerable yesterday due to a number of reasons so we decided to take a liesurely path up through the trees and out of harms way, here marc can be seen wearing tan pants and a green jacket, hiking up the rock hard wind crust.
Digging a snow profile is always good fun, especially when the skiing isnt great. Here, the floose can be seen with a 125cm colum of snow which came off with a hard shear right at the ground which still seems to be radiating heat. If I was buried under the snowpack for 2 months I probably would'nt be radiating much heat.
At about this time some nice folks slowed down and asked us if everything was OK, Yes I replied, thank you though for stopping. Even though all of us have been spoiled by the epic early season we have been having, its still a great day to be touring around in the mountains with your friends and enjoying the surroundings. The alpine is good for the soul.
The forecast on the CAA rated the area as considerable yesterday due to a number of reasons so we decided to take a liesurely path up through the trees and out of harms way, here marc can be seen wearing tan pants and a green jacket, hiking up the rock hard wind crust.
Digging a snow profile is always good fun, especially when the skiing isnt great. Here, the floose can be seen with a 125cm colum of snow which came off with a hard shear right at the ground which still seems to be radiating heat. If I was buried under the snowpack for 2 months I probably would'nt be radiating much heat.
At about this time some nice folks slowed down and asked us if everything was OK, Yes I replied, thank you though for stopping. Even though all of us have been spoiled by the epic early season we have been having, its still a great day to be touring around in the mountains with your friends and enjoying the surroundings. The alpine is good for the soul.
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