Swiss Come to Canada to ski!
Swiss Ski Whistler Duffey and Rogers Pass
We met Guido in 2009 when he was in Canada on a mountain biking trip. He and
four other friends rented an RV and did a big BC bike trip. We rode with them
in when they came to Vancouver. Lee and I were in Switzerland last summer and
we met up with them for another ride.
On this trip Lee went on to Guido about how great the skiing was in BC! So
he came with his wife to check it out.
The forcast wasn’t the best, but our first week in Whistler and the Duffey
were not bad!
First day was in the Joffre Lakes up to Taylor.
Day 1 1400m climbing 7 hours. Nice for a break in Day!
Joffre First Lake
Boot pack up to Heartstrings
We did a couple of laps off the Heartstring ridge
Then went back for the last run down heartstrings
Hi Roman!
Tuesday – Freezing levels were climbing to 1500m so we thought we’d check
out the Whistler Slackcountry.
780m climbing, 5hours. Lesser Flute, Apostles, Cowboy Ridge and Singing Pass
out.
Then we thought we’d check out another Duffey area – Steep Creek. The snow
was definitely more wind affected here and the wind was blowing very cold from
the North. This kept us in the trees.
Lee set of a little slide on a SE facing steep slope.
Fortunately the other slopes were better.
Chief Pascal. Thursday was supposed to be sunnier, but it wasn’t so we opted
to go to our go to slope and check out some east facing slopes. Higher up it
was wind affected but lower down it was not bad! Even lower the snow became
more icy, but ok.
1100m, 7hours.
Cheques in the mail!
