Wells Gray Park touring Off-Trail skiing on 19-Jan-2019

Eleven of us really enoyed skiing and staying at Discovery Hut for a full week. The hut was well equipped and heated efficiently by propane. allthough John saw an opportunity to help support the ceiling. Most of the time the weather was overcast, but we managed two days of sun. The first day we toured from the hut up to Table Mountain which was icy and wind affected. But the trees, coated in frost were quite beuatiful.

Table Mtn
Table Mtn

. In the following days the group split into two groups and skied Discovery Hill

On Discovery Hill
On Discovery Hill

and Dinner Roll

On Dinner Roll
On Dinner Roll

Ramblers snake up Dinner Roll in Wells Gray Park, BC.
Ramblers snake up Dinner Roll in Wells Gray Park, BC.

. There was a good opportunity for a variety of skiing from steep to gentle.

glades
glades

Terry and Ivan
Terry and Ivan

Terry
Terry

. Generally, there were early morning starts

Morning rush hour
Morning rush hour

Dawn on Trophy Mtn west peak
Dawn on Trophy Mtn west peak

.

Food played an important part of the trip and we all certainly ate well.

some appies
some appies

Lunch in the sun
Lunch in the sun

. Even the birds feasted.

crossbills
crossbills

.

Morning rush hour
Morning rush hour

Finally, we had to say goodbye for another year.

last load out
last load out

We generally skied between 10 -14 km a day with an elevation gain of between 700 -800 metres.

Thanks to John and David for photos. Thanks to all the group for a really lovely trip: and welcome to new members Ivan, Margot, Bob; plus regulars Kim, David, Nancy, Arnold and Terry

Christine

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