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The Fat Lady ain't sung!

  • 2011-05-27 11:57:36

    Hard to tell how much is up there and what the quality would be - but being May 27th does it really matter?

    kootenay pass backcountry skiing photo


    so who has some beta for us???


  • 2011-05-28 00:49:20

    20 cm's of cold dry snow above 2000m on Ymir Peak. Good Snow - Bad Vis up high. The opposite down low. Things got messy Below 1900m with every turn over 35 degrees producing size 1-2 wet snow slides picking up mass as they chugged through 10 cm's of slop. Good Fun.
  • 2011-05-30 17:11:09

    OK, you win!