Week two saw Paul and I once again on a Greyhound to Panorama (there was no other transport options apart from renting a car). What a cold morning it was too. The great thing about Greyhound is how cheap it is. One of the less desirable features is that it drops you at a bus stop usually far away from where you eventually want to get too. The trip from Golden to Invermere (18km from Panorama) was less than $14 but the taxi from Invermere to Panorama cost us $45.

Another cold week with temps below -20C each morning. It is probably age (and loss of hair) but for the first time ever I had discard my cotton cap and purchase a polar fleece hat to prevent my skull from freezing to the point where my brain was going numb (may be a good thing at times). Panorama, also with a 4000 foot vertical drop and some super groomers to go with it, meant that you easily generated a -40C, or worse, windchill once you settled down to a smooth black downhill run. Dan had just arrived from Australia so our party was now 3.

The big news for Panorama is the opening of the Tayton Bowl. This enormous area over the back of the resort has been compared to the Hobacks of Jackson Hole. Personally I think Tayton is somewhat better and if Panorama were ever to get the snow pack that Jackson is privy too, then Tayton would be absolutely awesome. The entire area appears to have been left in its natural state but the tree glading varies across the bowl allowing you to decide what density of timber you wish to navigate. The bowl is steep but by choosing the gullies you get gentler grades than the ridge lines and some lines off them which offer steeper terrain.

Two weeks after the last snowfall in Panorama we were still able to link 12 turns together in boot deep untracked light powder. It may be the fact that there is very little sunshine in this bowl or the challenging terrain or the lack of knowledge about it that kept the snow in such good condition.