Velvet snow at PLPP
Trip date: Wednesday Feb 08, 2023
Submitted by ErinP
Particpants:
Me and JeffG
Discussion:
The crazy snow squall that we drove through just north of Kananaskis village felt like a test of bravery (or maybe just obsessiveness) before the reward: PLPP! What a gorgeous day with fabulous conditions. Jeff Goldberg and I started out from Elk Pass lot around 10am and -3, and we climbed…and climbed…and climbed up Hydroline and then South Lookout; we could see where the tracks had been but there were a few cms in them, especially on Lookout. Then down North Lookout (easy peasy with the soft, velvety snow and recent grooming underneath), across a slow but beautiful Tyrwhitt, and back down Elk Pass and Fox Creek to enjoy the great and newer tracks. Our fish scales worked really well today, but I bet any type of ski would have felt great. 0 degrees at 2pm when we returned, tired and sore but happy with the epic ski!
(Aqua toque, today was a much more inspiring day for photos than yesterday!)