Rainy Day with a little TC2T
Trip date: Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
Submitted by aqua toque
Particpants:
aqua toque
Discussion:
In case you missed my report earlier this season, TC2T = turns close to town. My goal is to find backcountry turns where the access trailhead is not more than a 15 min drive from my humble abode near the charming hamlet of Bragg Creek, AB.
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(Rog, TC2T seems to be missing from the list of acronyms on the site. I trust this is an oversight that will be rectified at your earliest convenience. TIA (thanks in advance)).
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On Feb 28 I skied up Hwy 66 from the winter gate to a large pullout that folks use for parking when checking out Rainy Creek Falls in the summer. My goal was to ascend a foothill on that side of the road and have a look over and beyond to the South.
Getting across the gully in the vicinity of the falls was a bit of a thrash but beyond that travel up through the trees was no problem. I actually picked up a summer trail at one point which I believe is referred to as the Mustang Hills or Rainy Summit route. Good vistas were revealed at the wind swept top of the hill. Powderface Ridge is just acrosss the street and huge cutblocks with decent looking slopes exist in the other direction but the aspect of these does not look particularly conducive to good snow (sun/wind).
For this outing I was on heavy-duty 4wd AT gear (with full-length fur for the climb). Skiing down through the trees was good fun on this rig. I eked out a few turns in the trees and some on the highway -- not a lot but enough to record in the logbook.
Note: Bonus 2 min video included with this report (my daughter left her gopro when she went off to college).