I recently made a trip from my home in Banff, AB to visit a friend on the coast who was desperate to get away from his 9 to 5 in downtown Vancouver. I was promised epic powder, bluebird days, and bomber stability. We set out with a crack of noon start from whistler on February 11th and skiied to our base camp on the Diavolo glacier only to sit around camp the next day waiting for the whiteout to clear and the winds to die down.
We awoke to frost on the inside of the tent from a cold and clear night, and sun hitting the vestibule. The wait was worth it, and our story is told in the video below. Check it out! It's not a GoPro Edit!
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What we ended up skiing:
North (left) Face Cheakamus
Benvolio
NE Face Overlord
Quick lap on Fissile on the way out
And some photos for those of you too lazy to click play:
Sunset on our home
Climbing Mt. Cheakamus:
Summit of Cheakamus:
Stoked for the sun peeking through!
Squeezing one more run out of the day:
