Last Skiing of the Year
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30th June, 1st July 2007 Day n-1, in the quest for Snow. In a last ditch effort to find turns, a crew headed up onto the Duffy to see if we could use the now clear logging roads to access some of the last patches of snow...
Foiled	Foiled again	The ups and downs of logging
Guess they really mean that road closed sign. Up the Downton Cr Rd	Avi debris this time. This time on the Gott Creek Rd.	we would not be up here if it was not for the logging, but it certainly is not pretty at times. Kind of like a bad haircut.
2:49 pm at the trailhead	Just a quick bushwack through the trees	Look at all that snow
Not quite an alpine start, but we can see the snow	About as fun as it looks.
The way up	A brief stop at the col	What makes it all worth while
Not even work putting on the skis for the way up.	5:30pm, you have to love the summer long hours.	The quick way down
Turns	More turns	End of the run
		The snow ran out all too soon
One Last Look	Bushwack Back.

On the second day we found where all the snow was hiding. The Hurley road had been plowed only one week before and though the snow quickly disappeared quickly after cresting the summit, there was plenty of snow above the road. We headed up Donelly Creek towards Locomotive and Face.
Easy Walking	There it all goes	Locomotive and Handcar?
Once again the snow made for easy walking, it was not necessary to put on ski's most of the way up the valley.	Lots going downhill, but still plenty left.
Between Locomotive and Face	Approaching Faceless	Bit of a Bootpack

The summit, almost	The Blind Descent	Last turns of the season
	We were not sure we could actually makeit out this valley, but with some leapfrog scouting we made it through the cliff bands and had a great run down some spring corn.
mmmm, tree sap	Not quite	The wade out.
I am not counting these as turns	Matt practicing for the long jump.	coming out was a bit of a damp at times.