Slim Creek | ||
| 27 Dec 2006 to 1 Jan 2007
Doug, Jacquie, Jacqui, Jen, Louisa, Teresa, Anthony and myself grabbed a heli ride from Tyax into Slim Creek to enjoy some skiing over New Years. The snow was great for skiing in the trees, good for touring up high and the weather held out, for all but half a day. |
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Our Dinosaur Burning Taxi |
Jenn and Teresa |
Home for the next 5 days |
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Teresa digging out the door |
Heading out for our first turns |
Sunrise across the valley |
Good to the last lick |
After getting a bit settled in the cabin, we headed above the cabin for a couple evening turns. |
Having a pretty motivated group, we were up early and managed to ski dawn to dusk most of the days we were there. |
If you get the dishes clean enough, there is no need to wash them. |
Getting High |
Summit Shot |
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at the top of Scheryl |
On the top of Scheryl |
Skin Track |
Jacqui waiting her turn |
The Col |
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Doug is just not happy unless a ski trip has a bit of mixed climbing in there as well. |
On the other side |
Antony |
Doug and Jacquie |
It is all down hill from here. |
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After 5 trips, Doug finally got the big bed. |
Fireball |
T & A |
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I seem to recall that this bottle of fireball was in the cabin the last time I stayed there, sometime around 2000. Luisa managed to finish off the bottle during this trip. |
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Sheltering behind a rock |
The half day of not so nice weather |
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The wind does not really show up well in photos. |
Possibly the wind is a bit more apparent in this photo. |
Doug |
Dinnertime |
Millon Dollar Cowboy Bar |
Trying for some mixed skiing |
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For Doug... |
Doug in the trees |
The joy of a good powder run |
Story time |
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Jenn passed a number of evenings by reading the Princess Bride out loud. Quite entertaining, though there was some confusion over the footnotes and asides, and we never did find out if Fezzik survived that last fall. |
Digging out |
Time to peel the skins |
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Digging out the cabin and outhouse managed to fill a good number of evening hours. |
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Air Brown |
Air Hudson |
Air Wild |
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Air Antony |
Air Trudeau |
Reverends |
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All but Doug |
Sugar high |
Group Shot |
I think Luisa had her eyes shut in almost all of the photos I have of her. |
Maple sugar on ice. |
One last shot before we headed out on the 30km ski out. |
The End of the Road |
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Waiting in the rain for the car shuttle |
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