Tuesday the sun appeared. Game on. Lee and Trevor wanted to do some crazy epic so I joined Stu and that crew since he expressed an interest in checking out Orbit bowl. 12 of us headed up Kemmel to Ice pass, we did a nice pow run on Kemmel SE face, had a look towards Ice Box but didn’t want to venture to far since it was our first real alpine day. We did a couple runs on a nice slope off Ice Pass then headed down towards Orbit Bowl.
Kemmel Glacier
Having lunch near Ice Pass
Nice Pow on Kemmel SE Ridge
Small slope on a ridge near Ice Pass
View of Kemmel SE slope from ridge on Ice Pass
Heading towards Orbit bowl, Diamond Glacier in the back.
Skinning up the trees at 2000m
Orbit Bowl, really nice, but SW facing bowl that didn’t too much sun but was getting cooked today!
Top of Orbit looking down to Alien bowl. Alien bowl should be accessible from the ramps. We set of a pretty big Avalance remotely that took out most of Orbit Bowl. This left the group feeling a bit conservative so we headed back down Orbit bowl and took the long tour back the way we came.
Photo by Rob M.
Avalanche on Orbit Bowl ( photo by Duncan McColl).
Other side of Orbit Bowl looking up at the ridge we got to.
Pretty happy we stayed left in the bowl to skin up!
Size three avi in Orbit Bowl.
Back at Lodge, Lee and Duncan get to do dishes.
Lee’s day on LaClytte
Espresso Chutes
18km
2000m climbing
10hrs
Kemmel – Ice Pass- Home Run bluebird pow (and the lone scorpion telemarker) from Lee Lau on Vimeo.