Fairy Meadows Spell

Got these pictures from Gunnar - I think they deserve a separate post. They are taken on our last evening at Fairy Meadows. What a wonderful night! Full moon and powder. Seeing the pictures now I almost regret that I didn't take any photos myself. But than I would not have been skiing under the full moon. Guess sometimes you just can't have it all - and I'm happy with what I got. (All pictures by Gunnar O.)


Skiers on top of the Practice Slopes just right of Gunar's shoulder


Pete is starting down


First skier down, one more to go


That's me skiing in the moonlight


Cabin light and ski tracks

Snopril - April 10/11

Work is somewhere down there

First Snovember, now Snopril! Cypress reports 127 cm fresh in the last 7 days. And what a weekend: Saturday beautiful pow (waist-deep on foot, over knee-deep on ski) at Needle Peak, even with the sun out it stayed cold and fluffy all day. Sunday, for a total change we went climbing. The moves feels still OK on 5.7s, even after climbing only once a year for the last three.


Just can't stop taking pictures

Pow at Needle Peak

Powder Easter Bunnies, April 2-4

Decisions, decisions! What to do for the first long weekend of the year?

Options are the traditional paddle trip to Oregon, flying in the Interior or slip back into winter mode and ski. Cold temperatures, fresh snow and a seat sale for the last weekend of operation at Monashee Powder Cats make the final decision easy – we are off for 3 days cat skiing.

We get excellent snow, meet great people to ski with (including a now 74 year old Floridian we met 2 years ago) and the same great service, delicious food and a hot tub in the snowstorm. The Easter Bunny wakes us with coffee and chocolate eggs on Sunday.

The guides are still a bit edgy about avalanche conditions. Just a couple of days ago a cornice triggered a major slide. We also hear many interesting stories about the sketchy conditions earlier this year, airbag deployments, ski cuts etc. Shows again how lucky we were with our Fairy Meadow trip.