After a Thursday night mission on the north shore I was craving something a little longer, a little deeper. Friday nights storm dropped a massive 60cms on the North Shore of Vancouver leading me to believe that skiing might be good in other spots as well. Off the Coquihalla again.... It seems to be the go to spot this year. The snow pack is growing deeper and deeper every time I head east filling in all the gully's and smoothing out the features.
There was no sunshine and the 2 to 4 cms forecasted for the day was more like 10cms. That was on top of the 30cms or so that fell Friday/Saturday. Avalanche conditions were deteriorating by the minute and the snow seemed to change constantly as we worked up the mountain. So we bailed..... We still had to navigate a safe route down. Great turns where had.
As we descended our decision to bail was reinforced by the significant sluffing. Nothing big, nothing consolidated but enough to have you watching over your shoulder.
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Getting back to the car an eerie feeling set over us with the news of the avalanche fatalities in Washington state. The mountains are powerful and we can't control them. Respecting their power is important but sometimes accidents happen. When they do it is a sad time. We mourn the loss of our fellow mountain travelers.
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