Wells Grey - Part 1

This had been a dream of mine for a long time... Fortunately we made it a reality this year and spent a week in the backcountry of Wells Grey Provincial Park, BC. We had an amazing group and couldn't have asked for better conditions. Heady, Nick, Robin, Grant, Heather, Ian, Agata and myself should have brought snorkels, as it snowed over 90 cms that week. Can't wait to go back next year. Enjoy the pics.

Coolest cat ever! We had to take a 12 km logging road to the park boundary and hike another 4 km to the hut. However, with the rediculous amount of food that we brought, that 4 km was done twice and Manks, Robin and I almost didn't make it...

Our first home, Trophy Hut, complete with composting toilets, propane heat, individual beds, and the best part a sauna!

Did I mention the snow. Heady is loving life, look at that pow grin.

The most stylie skier out there, Mr. Gordon.

Heather rippin the pow.

Schipper's killer air. I think he hit every booter in the park.

Agata up to her waist.

Wells Grey - Part 2

After a 4 night stay in Trophy, we made the long traverse across to Discovery Cabin, deeper in the park. It was a spectacular traverse with some great turns. The hut was hidden in a valley at the base of a dynamite run. At this point we were accompanied by our fearless guide Ian, who was kind enough to ski cut some slopes that hadn't been touched in a few weeks.

Trophy Hut, notice the fresh snow on the roof!

Carving an uptrack to the backside of Discovery.

This was the lightest snow I have ever skied. You could pull your pole through it with no resistance at all. I believe I may have a pow grin.

Meadow in front of Discovery.

Nick leaving his mark.

Robin rippin the ridge.

Traverse on the way out of Discovery, the start of a really long day.

A final group shot in the park. What a trip.

New Years at Roger's Pass

I was able to meet up with Manklow, Ian, and Agata for some quality turns at Roger's Pass over New Years. I think we made it to 11:00 on New Years but definitely made up for it during the day. The first 3 shots are actually from a trip to Asulkan hut that Nick and I took the year before. Yes, all those tracks belong to Manks and I (mine are the prettier ones)
Best feeling ever!
Such an amazing magic hour. This picture was followed by the infamous run, Steps to Heaven.
Manklow showin off the styles.
This is a common view of Nicks backside. Common winter scene.
I love the PASS!

New gear!

This was Heather's first tour on her new gear. I've finally got her hooked!

Emerald Lake

Heather and I were able to get away for a relaxing weekend.
Shoulder season + offseason rates = Beautiful weekend at Emerald Lake
The clouds were really low all weekend which made for some great atmosphere for mysterious pictures. As I posses little mystery, all the pics are of the mountains.

It's tough to beat the scenery, even in the clouds.

Halloween Weekend

After a trip to the market, I totally schooled Heather in pumping carving. However, I may have cheated and used power tools...l

Nostrils are really hard to cut with a knife.

Look at that surgical technique.

Artsy October

Heather took some fantastic pictures coming home from work this week. Not bad for post call!

Ha Ling

We were able to get away on this beautiful Saturday to avoid most of the snow. Heather got some great pictures as the light was perfect on top.

Who knew Spray Lakes could look so good.

She made me pose for this one.. I'm not pondering life, just thinking about skiing!

Honeymoon - Part 1

Welcome to paradise! After the wedding we flew down to Nicaragua and had an unforgetable time at Morgan's Rock Lodge. This place was everything we could dream of - socially and environmentally conscious, luxurious, and so relaxing. The food we ate was grown on the 2000 hectare preserve surrounding the lodge, all the employes were local villages working on their english, rain water showers and grey water recycling for the crops, solar power, rain water pool, the list goes on. Needless to say, we had a spectacular time. The resort was nestled in a private bay with as little impact on the forest as possible. You can see the main lodge in the upper right corner of the picture.

We were two of 8 people staying at the resort. We had our own private cabin with courtyard and porch. Check out the swing bed on the deck!!

Fresh, locally grown coffee was delivered to our cabin every morning. We were definitely spoiled.

The cabins were all built from native and recycled materials. The woods were absolutely beautiful. The cabins were open air and 2 or 4 walls were screen. We woke up to the sound of the ocean every morning and could hear howler monkeys all night (pretty strange sound if you've never heard it before, kinda haunting.)

To get to the cabins, you had to cross a suspension bridge through the canopy. We saw a whole troop of howler monkeys in the forest around the bridge.

A common sight, Heady with a glass of fresh fruit juice. I think she drank about 3 L of pineapple, passion fruit and dragon fruit juice a day. They even sent us home with some!

Notice the fruit juice in her left hand...

It was like we had the whole place to ourselves.

The main lodge by night.