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Backcountry Skiing
· British Columbia
Half Dome Run - Whitewater, Nelson BC
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
5 km
1:30 h
422 m
687 m
Short ascent, great views and a cool descent. A popular freeride run in the powder mecca of Nelson, British Columbia.
Backcountry Skiing
· Canada
Black Tusk
Difficulty
moderate
26.3 km
7:59 h
1,754 m
1,757 m
Backcountry skiing through trees to Black Tusk Meadow area for jo-jo ing
Backcountry Skiing
· East Kootenay
Storm Mtn South
Difficulty
difficult
8.3 km
3:39 h
1,432 m
95 m
A fantastic late-season ski to under the summit of Storm Mountain. It's 8 km and 1300 m up, so be prepared to sweat for your turns.
Backcountry Skiing
· Division No. 15
Dolomite Circuit 1
Difficulty
moderate
14.5 km
3:23 h
814 m
862 m
A classic summer and winter trip, through gorgeous alpine terrain. This was a winter tour.
Backcountry Skiing
· Division No. 15
Heather Ridge
Difficulty
moderate
16.5 km
4:19 h
869 m
244 m
This was done as a winter ski tour with the Rocky Mountain Ramblers on March 4, 2018. It's 26 km and 850 m elevation gain and can be lots of trail breaking so my advice is to use lighter touring gear. I did it in AT and my muscles are talking to me today
Backcountry Skiing
· Okanagan-Similkameen
Fat Dog Trail-Backcountry Skiing on 12/9/18
Difficulty
moderate
7.6 km
2:07 h
577 m
20 m
BCMC group of 10. Left parking lot ~09:15. Had lunch at a false summit then descended onto a ridge to access ~30• runs at noon. Did 2 runs in the best fractals I’ve seen this winter (actually fairly nice to ride on) and turned back at 14:00. Overcast with ~1mm of snow at the top. Riding out was a bit difficult near the bottom because there were lots of flat spots in the trail; even on a fast snow day they likely would need to be walked/skated.
Backcountry Skiing
· Okanagan-Similkameen
Mt Kelly Splitboarding-Dec 8/18
Difficulty
moderate
4 km
1:46 h
566 m
0 m
First time out with Andrew. Met up in Maple Ridge at 07:30. Started ascent at roughly 10:30. Summit just before 14:00. Some untouched turns near the top-thin snowpack (about a foot near the summit) with a sun crust, faucets, and MASSIVE surface hoar on sun exposed aspects which may turn into a problem layer. Between 1700m-1600 the HS on SW aspects was so low that we decided to bootpack out. Back at Andrew’s truck for about 16:30... fortunately just after sunset-we both forgot headlamps!
Backcountry Skiing
· Division No. 15
Crowfoot Glades
Difficulty
moderate
2.5 km
0:53 h
241 m
29 m
Very popular Yo-Yo tour with perfect glades, hardly a kilometre from the road.
Backcountry Skiing
· Division No. 15
pigs back ski
Difficulty
moderate
10.4 km
2:36 h
645 m
644 m
An excellent ski/off-trail hiking route with about 550 m gain to the col and high point.
Backcountry Skiing
· Division No. 15
Panorama Ridge East
Difficulty
moderate
6.9 km
0:31 h
13 m
876 m
This route can be modified easily for a visit to Taylor Lake.
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Half Dome Run - Whitewater, Nelson BC by Paul E
July 15, 2019
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Route done on February 14, 2017
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