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Three Huts, One Day

On Saturday March 11, my dad and I ski toured until dark on the Duffy lake road. Before we left I put Leukotape on my blister prone zones on my feet. Having read about this and tried it once I decided to tryout for blister prevention. We left our house at 8:15. Our goal for the day was to train, not to ski powder. We were planning to hike into and out of as many huts as possible in one day. The max would be four huts. We arrived at the salt shed parking lot at 9am. Our dog jumped … Read more

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Whirlwind

On Monday February 27th, my dad and I left our house to ski Fissile Like a Missile. The avalanche advisory for the backcountry was low in the alpine, tree line and below tree line. It is very rarely low across the board. My dad did not think it should be that low, he thought that wind loading was definitely a problem now seeing as it has been very windy in the alpine lately. The visibility was not very good so we knew we might not make it to our preferred ski line. Fissile is a mountain that is accessed from … Read more

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Skiing On Mt. Rohr

On January 2, my family and I skinned and skied on Mt. Rohr on the Duffy lake road. It was cold and windy, about -35 wind chill so we decided to ski a south facing slope. We skied for 600 meters, in and out of avalanche run outs.… Read more

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Four Day Trip

On December 20 my dad, my dog and I left our house on our two beat-up snowmobiles. We sledded up the Birkenhead Service road for about 20 kilometres. It took us an hour and a bit to arrive at our destination after needing to U-turn. We stopped at a small clearing around the road where we would make our camp. We dumped most of our gear and hiked uphill for an hour. My dad was amazed at how hard the trail braking was, but that usually leads to awesome skiing.

On the way up we saw sings of instability on … Read more