First stop on our BC ski road trip: Steep Creek. Just north of Pemberton on the Duffey Lake road, the "Steep Creek" drainage is a large area in the coast mountains surrounded by steep trees, large alpine bowls and gnarly couloirs. We skied into the backcountry near Darkside lake on Friday afternoon, and were joined shortly by Dave, Jenn, Tia and Greg just after midnight. It was a busy weekend, with around 30 people staying in the area for a couple of days. Not surprising - it was the first big dump of snow in a long while. With 30cm of new snow the skiing was great, and we managed to escape the crowds by heading into a hidden hanging valley just north-east of the lake - seems like no one else found it but us. The visibility was great and we managed a couple of laps.
Being unemployed, Marie and I spent a couple of extra days in the area skiing some steep trees in another area south of the lake. We were the only ones around, and had the place entirely to ourselves. An incoming storm provided good lighting for some dramatic pictures.
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