Monday, March 30, 2020

Hemlock Butte Cabin - first time!

Had a great trip out to Hemlock Butte Cabin.  My first local hut trip! I love hut trips, BTW.  And this one is pretty sweet.  Easy skin in, and great access to Bailey near by. 



LINKS
Strava
 - Day 1, Day 2, Day 3

Next time:
  • Check out the N. Face of Bailey
  • Do Avalanche Bowl
  • Bring mouse traps
  • Make a designated pee area (and clear out a path to is so you can walk out there in booties)/snow collecting area
  • Ear Plugs are mandatory
Packing list
  • Ski Gear
    • Skis, Poles (take whippet), Boots
  • In Float 32 bag
    • Avy gear
      • Shovel, Beacon (extra batteries), Probe, Saw
      • Emergency Blanket
    • Goggles with lenses, Sunglasses
    • GoPro + Batteries
    • Helmet
    • Snacks (Dried Mango, Nuts)
    • Water Bottle (Contigo and insulated bottle with soup)
    • External Charger for phone
    • Skeets
    • Voile Straps
    • PLB
  • Pulk/Big duffel for pulk (remember the cargo net)
    • Clothes
      • long sleeve, Patagonia Sun Hoody
      • Patagonia R1
      • Patagonia Down Jacket
      • OR outer layer
      • Long Johns
      • Socks
      • Ski pants
        • in the pockets - Snacks, Buff, lip balm
      • Mittens
      • Beanie, Sun Hat
      • Down Booties
    • Sleeping
      • Bag
      • Sleeping Pad
      • Pillow
      • Pee Bottle
    • Toiletries
      • Toothbrush, floss, paste
      • Meds - Immodium, Benadryl, Aleve, Pepto, 
      • Baby Wipes
      • Small pac lite towel
  • Cabin goodies
    • Luci Lights
    • External Battery
    • Speakers
  • Repair Kit
    • Hose Clamp
    • Bailing wire
    • Ziptie
    • Tenacious tape
    • seam grip
  • Food
    • Brekky - Grits, Oatmeal
    • Snack - Ramen, Bars
    • Lunch - Burrito, PB&J
    • Apres - Sausage, Cheese, Crackers/Bagel
    • Dinner - Mountain House, Mac N Cheese, Chili
    • Drinks - Brewski, wine, whiskey
  • Cooking
    • Stove, mug, spoon, bowl, lighter x2
    • Dr. Bronners, sponge
  • In the car
    • Shoes, flip flops
    • DAS down jacket
    • Beer

Thursday, March 19, 2020

Meadow Dongin: Third time... is also very good.

Another amazing trip to our neighbors up north... man... maybe I should move up there?!?!

Gord is the man.  Paola made this trip untoppable.  Maybe until next time?

More photos here

Here's what I did:
March 5 - Kicking Horse day 1 with Sam and Barton - Gondola shut down at 1 pm, but we had fun for 5 hrs.


March 6 - Kicking Horse with the crew - my skis delammed...



March 7 - Meadow hut arrival - got there and was uber stoned due to some chocolates...
I did put on my skis, but didn't ski much.  I did a lap out the front door, then jumped in the sauna, then the snow, and back


March 8 - Meadow Hut day 2 -

Note Cupola peak behind Meadow
Check out those tracks on the fondues
March 9 - day 3, cupola peak! - slayed it! And did a full moon tour.

About to drop Cupola!
Full moon tour... with a bag of wine
March 10 - Meadow Hut, day 4 Passionate Fondue - Three laps down the fondues.  Soooo sick.  

Our morning visitor
Gord, slaying it

March 11 - Meadow Hut, day 5 - had a great day out with Sam until I tweaked my ankle on a pillow line (Sam has footage).  That sucked.



March 12 - sat in the lodge with my ankle up and iced all day
But I did manage to get out and take some pics of Barton hitting the kicker.  Here's a lincoln that he stomped.  And he later did a backflip 180, which was pretty amazing.

Gord built quite the quinze.  

March 13 - Last day at Meadow - we did laps on the front door where Barton took a slide on a pillow collapse.  He took out some trees but came out (quite luckily) unscathed.  Little did we know that the world was quickly changing due to COVID.  We heard from Sam that schools were closed...
Ankle swelling went down a bit...
So I decided to check it out.  And Barton promptly knocked down a pillow and slid down this whole way.
He got beat up, but no broken bones, etc.  His phone died.  
This was a pillow that I knocked down on day 2.  Funk carved a thrown out of it.
Pillow land!

Check out these guys slaying it!