BC Coast Range
All
kinds of snow, from powder to slop, can be found over 5,000' of
vertical. The crevasse in the foreground marks the point of
separation between the Piccolo snowfield and the ridge extending east
of Whistler Peak.
Earn Your Turns
Susan
scales the Blackcomb Glacier headwall. A boot ladder set by many
seven-foot-tall skiers made for extra work.
Steep
Phat skis like
steep lines.
Ruby Bowl
The sun sets
behind some fine terrain.
The Telepus
The Octopus goes along for the ride on
Blackcomb Glacier.
Phat Skis Leave Phat Tracks
The SkiVT-L Edition Voelkl Explosivs track up fresh snow
on Piccolo. A few inches of snow the night before was enhanced in the
lee of the ridge, providing a cornice to huck and wind-packed snow to
carve.
Dropping In
A short climb
from the groomed track lets me phloat the phats in a few hundred feet
of steep, untracked powder on the Blackcomb Glacier headwall.
Thousands of skiers passed below, but only a few people seemed
interested in the goods.
Huck Your Meat
Susan
gets into the spirit on a warm, sloppy day at Whistler.
Line Choices
Susan
selects the lesser of many evils on the Garnet Bowl headwall (she's at
the upper-right corner of the rocks).