Cerise Creek / Keith’s Hut
I spent a few days earlier this week riding out of Keith’s Hut, a cozy little backcountry cabin in the Cerise Creek valley, about half an hour east of Pemberton. It’s close proximity to the highway make it a popular touring destination, but going up midweek gave our group a solid monopoly on the hut.
The skies were blue, the snow was stable, and there were still plenty of good lines to be had, a week after the last snowfall. Top it all off with fish and chips at the Wigan Pier in Squamish on the way home, and you get a perfect backcountry trip. Chyea!
Looking back at Mt Joffre after shredding a 700m chute / glacier line:
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Joffre soaks up the morning sun:
Skinning up, with a view of Mt Matier and the Anniversary glacier:
Hereward serves notice that he will be skiing that line next time:
Looking east towards Vantage Peak:
Made it off the glacier with no crevasse incidents:
Speaking of monopoly, we didn’t get to bed until 1am on Tuesday due to a 5 hr long game…
The rest of my photos
Hereward’s photos
The only downside to the trip, was me realizing that I badly need a better touring setup. My backpack is way too big, I carry too much camera gear, snowshoes kinda suck and I always have to borrow a beacon when I go out. Definitely adding a better pack, a splitboard, and my own beeper to the “must buy” list, although I’ll have to make due with my current setup for the rest of the season. I also need to figure out a better way to carry my camera when space and weight restictions are tight – the camera block from my sequence is waaaay too clunky to bring along on a multi day trip…
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What setup/bag are you using at the moment on your multi day trips?
A MEC Brio 70 with a Dakine Sequence stuffed into it.
Ideally, I’d like to replace that with one 50ish-L pack that can carry my camping gear + a small camera block, but can be compressed down to a managable size for riding. Something along the lines of a Dakine Guide, or maybe the new F-Stop Satori.
For the time being though, I’ll just have to suffer through with what I have, although I may make a smaller, custom camera block to go into my sequence to make the packing process easier for now…