Fairy Meadows TR/late hour invitation

**SofaKing** · 03-09-2007, 12:59 AM

Some pics from our trip to Fairy Meadows last year . . . 7 days, 6 ft of snow . . . mmmmm

. . .now due to a series of unfortunate events including one broken fibula, one almost-but-not-quite-yet-dead dog, one passport fuck-up and one whiplash MVA straight off of late night TV I am left with 2 open spots for the Fairy Meadows Hut from 3/17 to 3/24. (Yes, next Saturday) We are looking for 2 souls to join our scattered crew of 12 coming from Denver, Aspen, Jackson, Vermont, and California.

In case your unfamiliar here is the lowdown:

Rendezvous on Saturday morning in Golden in the heart of British Columbia – the epicenter of the world’s best snowcat/heli ski operations. Board a helicopter for a flight up to the Bill Putnam (aka Fairy Meadows) cabin in the Adamant Range, 70 kms from the nearest plowed road. Bring 3000 pounds of skis, scotch, boards, moose drool, whole pigs, advil, mohitos, grafix bongs (this is BC), food and contraband. Spend a week in heaven exploring the unknown: face shots, pillow lines, figure 8s, snow snakes, naked sauna lounging, neon powder suits, snowbirds, and barrel rolls.

The lodge is sports typical backcountry amenities including 3 sleeping porches, no running water or electricity, 2 large propane stoves/ovens, an outhouse and wood sauna.

The terrain has long been described as the best backcountry ski destination in the world with small tree shots around the lodge and endless glacier skiing above.

Annual snowfall is in the vicinity of 11 meters/year.

So if your like me and make most major financial decisions and all travel decisions at the very last minute with no planning, minimal regard for personal safety, no regard for work, maximal need for stoke and with the sole intention of getting the deepest, most virginly untouched snow in the whole goddamn world this could be you (and your friends) lucky day.

Cost for the trip is usually ~1000/person for the hut/heli/food/beer but given the hour and my bar tab I'll take 650/person.

PM me if your interested.

Some vid footage from last year:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37HXHEu-aE4

**LeeLau** · 03-09-2007, 01:07 AM

well that's too bad. i just committed to go on a trip the week after you go and filled three spaces. if i were you i would advertise in telemarktips.com -after you wade through all the telechicas drivel there's a few people there who actually ski

**mntlion** · 03-09-2007, 08:57 AM

skibee just got a trip to SME that week.

post on mec.ca gearswap some cheap hippies on that site too.

**LeeLau** · 03-09-2007, 09:29 AM

bump for weekday crowd

how did ruedi and nicoline treat skibee mr mntlion? I hope the weather was good - we heard durrand area had good stability. More to the point, how come you didn't go??

**SofaKing** · 03-09-2007, 01:22 PM

Thanks I'll post there - cheap Canadian ski hippies are some of my favorite people.

**mntlion** · 03-09-2007, 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by LeeLau

bump for weekday crowd

how did ruedi and nicoline treat skibee mr mntlion? I hope the weather was good - we heard durrand area had good stability. More to the point, how come you didn't go??

skibee is going, I'm mostly sofa bound with back issues still.

she leaves in a week for her trip, hasn't gone yet.

**Stoysluttie1** · 03-09-2007, 05:49 PM

fairy meadows is one of the last places I would consider skiing! That place has nothing to offer!

**Kya** · 03-09-2007, 05:54 PM

"Kenai, paging Kenai to the Sring Break phone!"

**LeeLau** · 03-09-2007, 07:08 PM

check your pm's

**palisades704** · 03-09-2007, 07:14 PM

If these spots are still available I've got dibs. Me and a friend are so in with you, just let me know!

**homi** · 03-09-2007, 07:26 PM

all the cool kids will be there...

**homi** · 03-14-2007, 12:08 PM

bizzzzzump

cuz we still have one more spot

**LeeLau** · 03-14-2007, 01:08 PM

Thought I took them both?

**homi** · 03-15-2007, 02:44 AM

I heard we had another last minute dropout
there's been alot of fluctuation, but I think that puts us at one space unfilled
sofaking would know for sure
you need a ride to golden?

one more shift to go and I'm outta here...

**cocavaak** · 03-15-2007, 08:22 AM

sofa king,

I would go but you used the word "epicenter". I'm a geologist and I protest that folks are using that word where it doesn't apply. Why not just use the word CENTER???

**Ubersheist** · 03-15-2007, 08:44 AM

Originally Posted by cocavaak

sofa king,

I would go but you used the word "epicenter". I'm a geologist and I protest that folks are using that word where it doesn't apply. Why not just use the word CENTER???

What does "epicenter" have to do with rocks and/or dirty groundwater?

**cocavaak** · 03-15-2007, 09:03 AM

Epicenter is the spot on the Earth's surface that marks the location of an earthquake that typically occurs at some depth - that's the hypocenter.

**Ubersheist** · 03-15-2007, 09:14 AM

Originally Posted by cocavaak

Epicenter is the spot on the Earth's surface that marks the location of an earthquake that typically occurs at some depth - that's the hypocenter.

Oh yeah... that's right... I forgot. Whoopie. I think I just came in my pants.

**Ubersheist** · 03-15-2007, 09:28 AM

Oh yeah.. that trip looked phenomenal! Epic and central to the heart of BC skiing! I find no fault in the trip report! Way to strike the slope's dip! It made my aureoles erupt!

**LeeLau** · 03-15-2007, 09:51 AM

Originally Posted by homi

I heard we had another last minute dropout
there's been alot of fluctuation, but I think that puts us at one space unfilled
sofaking would know for sure
you need a ride to golden?

one more shift to go and I'm outta here...

yo homi. That sux with the last minuter. I'm coming in from Van on Friday. Did you see this? I replaced and edited placenames in the 1:50,000's as they're wrong

http://www.leelau.net/2007/fairymead...ipprephink.htm