Travel Without Powder

I have now had 14 days skiing in this resort in Nth America and in all that time only 16cms of snow has fallen and that was in the first week. My powder tapes remained pocketed waiting for the renown powder of this resort.

Instead of powder like Rosco is experiencing (yes he has had heaps more) I have resorted to long groomers and climbing into steep bowls for a few less groomed turns.

Highest lifted point some 5600 vert feet above base

The sub-peak - a steep climb beyond the highest lift

Looking back to town

Looking into the bowl below sub-peak

Looking to the cat skiing area and beyond the resort

Choosing an entry can be critical

Looking back up the sub peak bowl

Ray out of bounds for a little pow last week

Rosco reports continual snowfalls

Streets of Kutchan

The drought that has hit the Vancouver Winter Olympics has spread much further a field. I wait with unfurled powder tapes for something more.