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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

New Years Day at Red Mountain Cabin

Posted by Melanie at 20:48 0 comments

On the first day of 2010 I drove with a friend to a tiny place north of the Fraser river and East of Prince George called Penny. We left the truck at Clarence and Olga’s house, skinned up and began the mammoth climb to the cabin. It actually only took us five and half hours. We arrived just as it was getting dark and the others were getting back from a days skiing. The cabin was a bit crowded with eight of us but after a much needed dinner, and a glass of red wine we all managed to find a place to sleep.

back view of cabin

The next day was warm, minus 4. A thin raincrust had formed over the snow and it was snowing some more. It was disappointing but we skied anyway. I could hear the crunch of the raincrust as we poled up the slope. Visibility was poor and there were no views anywhere. The warmer weather had also made the snow a bit heavier. Even so we did five runs and had a relaxing two hour lunch.

By 3:30 PM it was getting dark.

After dinner and some more wine we tuned the short wave radio to CFMI the best classic rock channel of all time. It came in loud and clear. Apparently it is only available in the evening along that stretch of highway sixteen. Seems weird that the signal can beam so far north all the way from Vancouver.

Sunday dawned clear, I could see the Big Dipper above the cabin door. The rain crust had evaporated and we could hardly wait to eat breakfast and get out he door. We headed straight up Green Mountain for a look on the other side.

wanting to look over the otherside

The sky was endless blue.

archway

The trees were frozen into weird, royal icing like sculptures. The powder was almost perfect. Skiing was awesome.

Go to my flickr to see more photos

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