After a little bit more snow after the Sproat trip someone suggested that we try and overnighter to Tenquille, which is easier to access with a low snowpack. So thats what we did! We approached from the Birkenhead side, which is a REAAAAAAALLLY long drive from whistler, and requires HC-4x4, but was sweet to scope out some new zones. Coverage was better than in and around whistler and we managed to get a few good runs in, but overall snow quality was not the best due to frigid temps and high winds.
Coverage on the summer approach trail was minimal at best, and it took us about 2 hours to reach the shore or the lake where we started skinning.
The lake is very beautiful, and it took about 30 mins to skin around the edge to the cabin
On the first afternoon we climbed up to the Tenquille Finch col. The views were sweet, but ski quality on the way down was not too hot.
Cabin at night.
On the second morning we took the 700m climb to the Tenquille-Goat col. We took a quick lap on the North facing Tenquille Glacier, and then skied back the way we came
The 700m south facing fall line shot (with vaguely acceptable snow quality) was the highlight of the trip.
Looking back at the run we just skied.
Sweet view of Sun God across the lake.
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