Andrew Strain Photography » Alpine http://www.andrewstrain.com A blog about making photos, riding snow, and breaking rocks in the BC backcountry. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:55:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Spring Touring – Cerise Creek http://www.andrewstrain.com/2010/05/spring-touring-cerise-creek/ http://www.andrewstrain.com/2010/05/spring-touring-cerise-creek/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 06:36:00 +0000 Strain http://www.andrewstrain.com/?p=605
  • Cerise Creek / Keith’s Hut
  • Joffre touring
  • Pre-season shred
    • ]]>     I went on a touring mission up Cerise Creek / Mt Joffre with a couple friends last week. Conditions were… interesting over the first half of the approach, where for the first time since I bought them I wasn’t cursing the uselessness of my snowshoes. The crampons bit into the choppy ice of the forest floor far more effectively than climbing skins, but I’m still buying a splitboard this fall. Snowshoes suck.

    We thought the snow might be a little sloppy up high, but avoiding sun-baked aspects led to a late April powder harvest. Gotta love that spring crop!

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    1. Cerise Creek / Keith’s Hut
    2. Joffre touring
    3. Pre-season shred

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