TR: Burnie Glacier Chalet and bc skiing!
So.... here are some pictures from our trip to the Burnie Glacier Chalet nearest to Smithers, BC. Had a great time. The terrain is unreal, the hut is top-notch, the guiding was fantastic (first time with a guide and very glad given the scale of this place), and all that stuff.
Some of the pics are screwy because of auto-levels and stuff with the camera. I just don't have time to mess with them. So I hope they turn out okay. There are some random pics - not as many ski pics as I'd like, but I'll try to get at least one picture from each day up...
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Heli landing down by the Telkwa River to pick some of us up...
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Just a ridge I spotted on the flight out to the hut. Cool...
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The heli with the Burnie Glacier in the background and to the right. Hut Peak above.
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A cool long exposure picture of the hut with some nearby terrain...
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An even longer exposure of Hut Peak.
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Skinning up towards Central Solitaire Ski Peak...
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Our view of the Stinkhorn (haha!) just a stone's throw away. 2000 meter drop behind us... Great spot for lunch...
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Cool shot near the Burnie Step...
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The skintrack with some glaciated terrain nearby. Right below the Burnie Step.
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TL skiing near Loft Peak.
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Big loop almost complete... heading back towards the hut...
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Stormy day... many tele-heads ended up skiing upside down today. Tough snow today even with a heavy AT rig for me.
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Storm picking up - heading back to the hut...
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Skintrack beginning up Tom George (mtn? peak?) for some stormy-day tree-skiing...
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Fun snow today. Very deep. Here I am skiing tips up and floating...
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And now tips down and diving!
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Good-weather day... Approach towards Loft Peak... still way out of sight.
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Still climbing towards the peak...
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On the summit of Loft Peak. I don't give two rat asses what you think about my outfit.
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TL shredding on his little tiny tele gear down from the summit of Loft.
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SH shredding as well. This time on big, fat, tele gear...
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Skintrack up above the Burnie Glacier...
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Bootpacking a couloir near the Stinkhorn and the Outer Solitaire Glacier...
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Here we are gaining some ground on the sucker... Photo by TL.
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B&W shot from where we topped out. I can't take credit for this picture... TL photo.
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Me skiing the middle section of the couloir where it opens up towards the apron...
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TL snorkeling in the deep apron...
That's all for now. Adios.