Hemlock Lady's Day

I lucked out on my latest visit to Hemlock, a small ski resort near Harrison Hot Springs. The North Shore Mountains got rained on, but Hemlock had +30 cm fresh snow. I took my sweet time to contemplate if the conditions warranted the longish drive. But when I drove up the last bit of steep and windy road to increasing amounts of fresh snow I regretted not coming earlier. To my relief the lifts were not moving. And one of them didn’t run all day. So with a little walk over to the side of the closed lift I enjoyed powder turns and face shots all day. On my last two runs just before 6pm I only crossed a couple of other tracks. Almost too good to be true!

A shame to leave all this untracked pow behind, but it was 6pm! My tracks are the two wiggly lines ;-)

Fly and Ski, February 7/8

Ski conditions didn't look promising, so we decided to air out our wings. First flight of the year at Hemlock ski resort. There a paraglider pilot can take the chair up and fly, for a mere $8 per day! Unfortunately winds didn’t quite co-operate and after a first flight, it blew from the back. Time to pack up the glider and get out the skis for the afternoon. Coverage reminded me of mid-spring. A low-snow year. Sunday we hiked up to Woodside for a sledder. First time landing at Riverside for me.


Hemlock ski area - first flight of 2009

Back at Woodside - second flight 2009