late season ride in Crowsnest Pass

[knee deep in it]

weather is turning hot. 64F today so the season will be over very soon. Went yesterday and it was 45F. Some dangerous looking slopes so we were pretty carefull of where we played, especially in the afternoon. We staged at Castle Mountan ski hill and headed south. Had a great time and home for supper.

Dwayne almost lost his sled in the first five minutes. Rolled it on a hill. It rolled five times and then the Mag side ski harpooned straight into the snow and stopped the sled. You can see the back of the ski and it is pointing straight down.

some scenery

Dwayne jumping

Knee Deep In It pretending to be a sledder

Dwayne playing in the trees

Be careful out there, the hills are getting unstable

 

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What was the trail to the well site like? Did you drop over the pass? Still looks like rideable snow.

 

[knee deep in it]

never had to go that far. We staged at Castle Mountain Resort (with their permission). Went down the trail a few miles and found a good hill. This is the first pic where Dwayne rolled his sled. You can see the main trail below. That hill was about 1/2 mile wide and we poked around it for an hour or so. Gps coordinates are N49 16 .681, W114 24 .129

We found a chute into the upper bowl area and spent a few hours there. We tracked up every climb except one that had a nasty looking cornice overhead and looked ready to come down. This is where the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th pic came from. The GPS coordinates of that spot is N49 16 .600, W114 24 .501

We then dropped into a valley SW of there. This is the ridge NW of the Middle Kootenay Pass. The north side of that valley was ready to drop so we stayed on the south and West side for a few hours. This is where the last 3 pics came from. The GPS coordinates are N49 16 .005 W114 25 .791 Here is a pic of a couple of ridges ready to slide

The trail in was getting real soft on Friday. It was supposed to be 64 on Saturday . We had a lot of hero snow and some deeper stuff in the trees. We never saw a stump or bare spot. We were the only sleds in the entire Castle area on Friday

 

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Nice shots. There's some good play area on the other side of the pass also. You would have had company if I wouldn't have broken my arm 2 weeks ago! Next year I guess!