Had a great time skiing and touring with Linda, John and Ryan over two days lately up in the Diamondhead area of Garibaldi Prov. Park. Just a bunch of fun skiing with friends in the scalding cold, blue skies and remarkable beauty of the Coast Range...
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| Skinning up to the Gargoyles.. |
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| Great preserved and slightly windpressed pow on the SE fave of the Gargoyles. Wind pressed POW is my second favorite kind of pow....I love some good wind press. |
I joined the crew on their second day up at the hut. They had been walking around and discovered that S Aspects held quite enjoyable skiing due to the preserving nature of the cold temperatures and so with that in mind, made a nice descent off of the S side of columnar during their first day. When I arrived we headed back to the south facing terrain, this time the Gargoyles. South facing because we had the desire to stay warm amidst the arctic flow but also, its not always possible to ski S aspects on the coast...
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| You guessed it...Gargoyles! |
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| Gargoyles? yup! |
The Upper slopes of the Gargoyles were a bit 'schnarbed' but still quite ski-able, as we went lower though, the surface turned to powder and we enjoyed multiple laps on this great little ski peak. Hooting and hollering and just enjoying the great day, company and ski conditions...
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| The H.U.T. |
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| The focus. |
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| We did an exploratory mission down the NW side of Columnar Peak, was very cool and even a tad remote feeling down there.. |
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| Back to the Gargoyles! |
A great trip, thanks Linda, John and Ry!
