Garibaldi Neve

We always wanted to do this trip but somehow we never got around. Or perhaps we were scared of it. I think it was one of the best trips we did this year. We (Gerard, Seppel and me) worked only half a day on Friday and drove up to Squamish. We started skinning at around 3:30pm and got to the Elfin Lakes Hut around 6:30pm.

The picture below is so typical for ski touring in the coast mountains.

The next morning we got up early (well, not too early :-)). This is the Elfin Hut where we stayed, in the back you can see Garibaldi Mountain. Kerstin and Gerard.

Here is the route we are going to be on. We started at the south end and went north.

Garibaldi Neve in big scale in a new tab  

And up it goes. After about one hour Tom and Ed caught up to us, they started on Saturday from the parking lot.

It was warm, Seppel taking a drink.

Nice terrain.

Having a snack: Gerard, Kerstin, Ed and Tom.

A happy skier.

Garibaldi on the right (the rock face).

Still skinning up hill.

We reached our high point at around 2150m elevation, took the skins of and put harness on and started to skiing down.

Kerstin and Gerard standing on top of a huge ice block.

Ed getting some turns in.

Three small skiers (Tom, Kerstin and Gerard) and some big mountains.

Pretty wicked to ski just next to that stuff.

Almost done. Looking down into the valley where we have to go.

Garibaldi Lake.

Can you see a skier? Gerard rippin it.

Skiing across the frozen lake.

At the Burton hut: Gerard and Kerstin.

Our cook, pretty sick hat he has.

Our selfmade picnic table.

A romantic couple, Tom and Ed.

Ed, Seppel, Tom and Gerard.

Sunset.

The next morning we had to ski a bit more across the lake.

Thanks everybody, it was pretty cool.

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