Duffey Powder Day, Dec 26

Best snow we ever had on the Duffy Lake Road!

Knee-deep freshies made trail breaking hard work, but the runs were sweet with face shots and snow flying over the head.

Who would have thought? Now that we finally get some nice weather, we are off to Hawaii - but I'm sure we will have some excellent adventures there too!

Rain, rain and more rain

The weather forecast is becoming a bit repetitive (Environment Canada source). For a couple of weeks now we have seen nothing but rain. Green Christmas in Vancouver.

Since no good skiing trip came up, we booked flights for a week long trip to Hawaii!

Coquihalla Skiing, Dec 19

We have been up the Coquihalla a few times now but snow coverage is still a bit on the thin side, much less than we had last year around this time. What's going on with La Nina?

But good fun to get out anyway. And the not quite epic conditions give me a chance to get my skiing legs back at a leisurely pace.

Light was wonderful, almost eerie. So as usual, I had a hard time putting my camera back in its case.

Harrison River Eagle, Dec 18

Eagles are out in full force at Harrison River, over 5000 last weekend. According to the Fraser River Bald Eagle Festival website that’s more than the chief 'eagle biologist' has seen in his life-time.

We paddled down the river on Saturday and saw between 150 to 200, in the trees, on shore, in the water, in the air. 40 or 50 were soaring in the strong outflow over a northwest ridge of Mt Woodside. At least someone is getting airtime!

Pretty neat and fitting that after watching the record Sockeye run on the Adams River we now get to see this record eagle congregation!

First pow of the season, Nov 21

A week later than last year and with less coverage, but a good way to spend half a day in Vancouver, we did the first turns of the season at Mt Seymour and joined quite the crowd of people enjoying the sunshine and the snow.


Looking across Indian Arm from the first pump