Although it feels like summer in Rossland, I’m still (as of may 16th) finding great skiing. Andrew and I drove in till we hit snow at the 8.5km mark of the Bannock Burn access road into the Valhallas, slept in the back of my truck and made an alpine start on a clear hot day.
Dawn [...]
Andrew- Dropping In.
After such lovely turns yesterday, I was keen to seek out some more powder while it lasted. We found good snow on the top 200m or so of the slopes leading into the Bananna chute on the north face of Old Glory. Below that it was funky crust, corn on 50’s Ski Movie [...]
Plewman and Old Glory from Elgood
It’s been cold and wet these last few days, but I woke early this morning to sunshine and a low snowline. It’s hard to find ski partners at 6am, so I headed out solo, up onto Elgood, and skied the North chutes (actually the spines as the chutes had all [...]
Ross and Melly.
After 2 weeks of surf, sun and chilling out in Mexico, I’m back in the Kootanays, and skiing corn on Mt Brennan seemed a good idea. We crashed at Stan’s in Rettalack, planning on an early start. With ideal conditions, it was a popular plan, with at least 16 people on the mountain [...]
