BC Hut Trip Report – Day 3 – Pillow Powder Day With a Nasty Darkside Sun-Kiss

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Report from January 7, 2023

Today was a pillow powder day.

We got out early and headed straight for the pillows.

The sun was out a bit in the morning and just there being some blue skies brightened things up and made the skiing better via greatly improved visibility.

Greggy’s bases. image: snowbrains

It’s record low tide here right now so we tread lightly.

We hit a few pillows at the top to test things and it went pretty well.

From there we hit a couple more slightly bigger pillows.

Ollie and Greggy. Pillows. image: snowbrains

Then we hit the mini pillows under the cliff.

Then we did a fun powder run to finish it off.

We were saving the bigger pillows for tomorrow…

Rockies. image: snowbrains

Then on our way home I saw that RHC had hit the pillows we were saving for tomorrow!

Bastards!

No, it’s all good.

Greggy coming in hot. image: snowbrains

I just assumed no one was gonna ski those pillows today…

Damn.

Well, c’est la vie – although I’m still bummed…

Out there. image: snowbrains

Hopefully, we’ll find some more pillows that haven’t been hit.

And hopefully, it’ll snow and possibly refill those pillows again.

It’s supposed to start snowing moderately again Monday night.

Pillows. image: snowbrains

Fingers crossed for some more deep snow and pillows.

In the meantime, we’ll scratch n sniff around and find some soft fun powdery pillows to drop if all goes well.

Thanks, BC!

Photos

Ollie with Greggy between. Pillows. image: snowbrains
Ollie. image: snowbrains
Yellow icicles. image: snowbrains
The rockies. image: snowbrains
Sun and shadow. image: snowbrains
Boulders. image: snowbrains
lake peak. image: snowbrains
Sunlight. image: snowbrains
Hut. image: snowbrains

Ollie slide. Pillows. image: snowbrains
Snow monster. Pillows. image: snowbrains
Greggy. image: snowbrains
Da hut. image: snowbrains
Bent. image: snowbrains
Pillow. image: snowbrains
Pillows. image: snowbrains
Pillows. image: snowbrains
Cliffs. Pillows. image: snowbrains
Pillows. Pillows. image: snowbrains

Pillows. image: snowbrains


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