Photos, Powder day, Mar 25 2006

by Gerald Oskoboiny


I didn't get up to the mountain as quickly as I had hoped today, so I thought I'd be missing out on fresh tracks through the ~20(?) cm of powder we got overnight. I was at the base of Whistler's gondola at 8:30am, and by some stroke of luck made it to the bottom of Harmony chair just as it opened for the day; I was on maybe the 30th or 40th chair.

Photo: Harmony chair

Harmony chair

Photo: Harmony Horseshoes

Harmony Horseshoes

Photo: Fresh tracks

Fresh tracks

Photo: A few tracks

A few tracks

Photo: Curvy tracks

Curvy tracks

Photo: View from Harmony Ridge

View from Harmony Ridge

Photo: Entering Harmony Horseshoes

Entering Harmony Horseshoes

Photo: Inside Horseshoe 4

Inside Horseshoe 4

Photo: Inside Horseshoe 4

Inside Horseshoe 4

Photo: Fellow riders

Fellow riders

Photo: Snack break

Snack break

Photo: Snack break

Snack break

Photo: Powder-induced perma-smile

Powder-induced perma-smile

Photo: Hiking up Flute

Hiking up Flute

Photo: Flute Bowl

Flute Bowl

Photo: Flute Bowl

Flute Bowl

Photo: View from Flute

View from Flute

Photo: View from Flute

View from Flute

Photo: Bottom of Flute

Bottom of Flute

Photo: Flute Bowl

Flute Bowl

Photo: Flute Bowl

Flute Bowl


What an awesome day -- fantastic powder, sunny blue skies, and lots of friends to share it with. I started out with a couple hours on my own (including about three runs through completely untracked snow), then ran into Tristen, Deb and friends in line at Harmony, Clive and Ingrid in line later on, and Kris later in the day. I rode for about 8 hours straight including a 45 min hike up to Flute Bowl, stopping only for 15 mins for some snacks. On the way out I rode Khyber's(?) with Kris, ending up at Creekside with legs made of jelly.


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