Saturday, June 27, 2009

Porters Back country

Went for a short Back country foray behind the Porter Heights Ski field.

Took a single ride up the T-bars then traversed about a km away from the top tow to find a nice big north-west facing bowl.

First run was a little crunchy, but it was very consistent and therefore not too bad to ski on. 500m vert in a couple of minutes on the way down and 80 mins on the way up...

Second run was sublime, as the warm sun softened the surface into perfect conditions; 10cm of spring snow on firm powder..


Stepping out from the top of the T


Not far from first tracks!


Ski Area boundary


Fresh tracks!



Livin' the dream...


Time to pay for the turns (credit card style skiing)


Mt Enys in the back ground


Facing the Wilberforce Valley


Chucky goes splat on the 'mashed potatoes' of the ski field

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