Eldorado Creek
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2-5 January 2007 Originally there were supposed to be 8 of us heading into the Eldorado cabin, but illness and work commitments knocked us down to 6. Unfortunately the loss of trail breaking, load hauling machine "Frank" was to cause some plan changes on day 1. We did manage to get into the cabin on the second day, but then Tony tried to scalp himself with his ski tip, this brought the trip to a premature ending, at least for Tony and myself. Still it was good to get out we got a couple of good runs in and it is always good to hang out with friends.
Problem #1	Problem #2	The end result
Our 2 sleds, carrying 3 people per trip quickly deteriorated to 1 sled carrying 1 person. There was too much snow to carry 2 on the first sled and the second broke down on the first run.	Plenty of trees had fallen across the road about 1km from the planned dropoff point. Even with them all cleared the sled went no higher than this. Photo by Tony Chan	The late dropoff, rain at the bottom of the road, heavy trailbreaking, and foggy conditions all resulted in a bivy about 2km short of the cabin. We spent a moderately comfortable night in a snow cave. Photo by Tony Chan
First Morning	Eldorado Creek	Pack Dog
With views like this, any memories of discomfort from the night before quickly disapear.	The view from the col to the east of the cabin.	Unfortunately he has not yet been trained to carry more than his own food. Photo by Tony Chan
Luxury	Forseeing Tony's Future	Day 3, time for some skiing
Enjoying a meal in a warm cabin.	For some reason, serious head injuries were not seen in the cards...	Meg and Cai
Helen	Tony	Tony's Acrobatics

Trasher of tracks	Winter Wonderland	The Top
Cai enjoyed straightlining peoples tracks.		At least the top of a small hill near the cabin. Photo by Kirsten McFarlane
The View from the Top	Wind Sculpting	Tony's Last Run
Looking NE, the cabin is down the the left.	The tops of the ridges were pretty wind hammered, but once off the tops the snow was pretty good.	Tony ripping it up, he did fine on this slope then crashed on the flats on the way to lunch.
What the Tarrot Cards Missed	Meg and Cai	Helen
Some head to ski tip contact gave Tony a 2" long gash in his forehead.	3 of us headed up for one more run just as the sun was setting.
Last of the Sun	The Group	And then there were 4
Helen heads back to the cabin in the last rays of the setting sun.	One last photos before Tony and I took off.	I headed back to the cars with Tony so he could get his head checked.
The End