Steve and I had aspirations for a roadie to Revelstoke before Xmas. We were so keen to make it happen that we both booked time off work in advance, before we knew what conditions would be like. Although Revvie had better coverage than whistler overall, they suffered from a warm and windy spell, and there was no refresh insight. So we two days to go, we pulled the plug on Revvie and opted for a 3 day duffy trip instead, as we were hearing rumours that the snow was good. As it turned out this was a great decision. Snow quality was quite acceptable, and we managed to find plenty of good skiing on the sunny and cloudy days. There was 14 people in the hut on the first night, and 18 on the second…. busy busy...
Central couloir on Joffre was catching everyone's eye all weekend
Steve lets of some steam at the hut. We approached on the summer trail, which took about 2.5 hours and wasn't overly strenuous. There were mixed reports about the winter route, but some groups said it took them over 4 hours.
Steve and Matt skin up the Anniversary
Steve scopes the Aussie
Matt crushes the boot pack with his ascent plates.
NW face of Matier good to go...
Sunset over the Matier Glacier
Matt Shreds the Aussie
Keith's Hut by night
On the second day we were hoping to ski the howard couloir, but poor visibility and even worse coverage quickly changed our minds
Twin One also looking boney.
We had to set up a few bucket seats to find a good entrance into Vantage bowl
After Vantage we went back up the Anniversary shoulder and dropped into the 'Hidden Couloir' which I hear is sometimes referred to as 'The Dirty Indian Couloir'. Don't know why!
Leo the snow dog
Day 3, and a quick lap on the Sunset Couloir and its back to Mile One for burgers.
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