Well today Zach, Amitae and I ventured up into one of my favourite spots in the Rockies, Emerald Peak for some deep deep powder skiing. We were fortunate enough to hear about the amazing conditions from my friend Martin "The Real Beal" Beal and so it was this in mind that we awoke at an early hour and sped up towards the alpine for our little chance at glory.
I must say that after re-breaking trail over the previous days up-track and noticing that we were in fact breaking trail in 30 cm of new storm snow over the last 40 cm that fell the day before it was rather tempting to just point em down and ski all the way down with large grimaces. We eventually went up to a rock face near the top of a side gully and got ready to enjoy a snow sandwich. The first turns where all-time as the snow piled up against our stomachs and flew over our shoulders until we landed at our up track, indeed with grimace intact. After 3 good laps, the crews of skiers started to show up en masse and it was time to head to The Trailhead cafe in Lake Louise for a bean and donair fix.
Thanks guys for a stellar stellar day.
Thanks to Martin for the inside scoop!
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