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Ski Mountaineer Caroline Gleich Is Open About, Well, Everything
Ski Mountaineer Caroline Gleich Is Open About, Well, Everything (adventure-journal.com) BY SHAWNTE SALABERT The first day of December 2018 was a bluebird day in the Banff backcountry. Ski mountaineer Caroline Gleich and her fiancĂ© Rob Lea hovered on the shoulder […]
Paget Glades
Spent another day at Paget Glades with Anna Elkins where we found the snow had become more supportive for skiing than previous days. There were plenty of people in the parking lot but somehow we only came across two of […]
Paget Glades
I spent the last two days (Dec 14 & 15) in the Paget Glades area skiing laps between 1800m and 2000m with Anna Elkins (14th) and Heather Burbidge (15th). During that short time I have noticed the recent storm snow […]
Hector South Ridge Avalanches
Went up to Hector South Ridge, Southern Unnamed Peak today with Rob Mazc, James MacNeil-Mah and Taylor Sullivan. We remote triggered several avalanches while walking along the ridge and at the flat highpoint. Skinning up to treeline is now pretty […]
Dolomite Shoulder Skills Day
Did a skills day with Laura Kos and Sierra Y today on Dolomite Shoulder. The shoulder and lower bowl ski like resort chop, there’s still a few pockets of nice snow but not enough to make a return visit. Treeline […]
Fatigue Mountain
After 10 years of looking at and getting turned around over a dozen times Melissa Tremblay and I skied Fatigue Mountain’s southwest face in near prefect loose dry snow conditions today. Yesterday I mentioned to Vince Goyette that I was […]
Observation Sub Peak
Did another lap up to the summit of Observation Sub Peak today with Hannah Rebecca Smith and Vince Goyette, this time we also went to the slightly lower east peak before skiing the southwest aspect. Great, fast travel all the […]
Dolomite Flu Recovery Forest Lap
Anna Elkins and I did a little walk up to mid-treeline below Dolomite Shoulder today. She has just gotten over a month long flu so it’s a great little forest lap to grab some quick exercise. Some of the skin […]
Observation Sub Peak
Today Fred Heikoop, Brandon Gulstene and I did a lap down the south aspect of Observation Sub Peak from the summit. The access via the south ridge to the summit is in great shape, we only took our skis off […]
Lake Louise Sidecountry
Anna Elkins and I did a quick sidecountry lap in the low angle trees behind Paradise Chair at Lake Louise today. The snow is shallow and facetted but if you stay light on your feet it actually skis pretty good. […]
Dolomite Avalanche
Today I was back on Dolomite Shoulder with Caroline Gleich and Rob Lea in near prefect weather. We remote triggered a size 1.5 soft slab avalanche on the east aspect slope that is found a little north of the lower […]