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Cayoosh Mountain

On January 14th 2019, I was able to stand on top of a mountain that I have wanted to for a long time. Cayoosh mountain. It was on the list of things I wanted to do before Logan and I tried to summit it once before, read about it here https://www.naomiprohaska.com/2017/03/25/cayoosh-cols/ I have been tobogganing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling and cross country skiing around Cayoosh since I was a baby. In recent years I have started ski touring there, but I had never been to it’s top. Last night we decided to go for it because the avalanche hazard fit and it … Read more

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Not Quite Wonderland

On the second day of 2019 I set out on my first day ski touring of the year. My dad and I left our house at 9am and drove down the road for less than five minutes. Arriving at the Spetch Creek Forestry Road it was really neat to be going to a place so close to home. We hopped on our old snowmobile and set off up the road. Having to check the map in the beginning after a wrong fork we soon found ourselves in front of a fallen tree. It was a small tree and my dad … 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