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NORSEMAN Lake Louise - February 2003 There were over 30 people from the Norseman ski club that descended upon the Lake Louise hostel to ski for the weekend. We split into 3 groups and headed off in different directions to do some track and telemark skiing. Here's an account of our adventures telemark skiing with the following people: Jo & Steve Riggs, Rod & Liz Elder, Betty & John Alliston, Larry & Karen Fisher, Jim Allan, Roy Scarisbrick & Carol Guthrie, |
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Saturday Feb 8th After checking the weather conditions and the avalanche report at the Lake Louise information center it was decided that Crowfoot Pass was the pick of the day. |
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Crowfoot Glacier in the back ground. |
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The gang pulls up to the side of the highway and starts to prepare for the day. |
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After checking to make sure all transceivers are working the group is off. |
The group is heading across the lake with Crowfoot Glacier directly ahead. |
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Here the group has just broken out of the trees. Bow Lake and
Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
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Jim taking a look back. |
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Here's a few shots of the gang enjoying the open slopes. It was so good we had to go back up and do it again. |
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Karen |
Steve |
Rod |
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Movies: This group shot summed up the day for most of us. Excellent!
Here's Roy showing us his stuff. |
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Now we have the trees to navigate before we reach the valley bottom. |
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Jim |
Rod |
Betty |
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Boys 'n Beer |
After skiing we met up with the rest of the Norseman to swap ski stories and indulge in appies and drinks. Wayne wrapped up the day and got plans underway for the next day. |
Group stretching
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Jo making a valiant effort to ice a birthday cake for Liz. Liz is a hard act to follow in the cake making department. It was very excellent and well worth staying up late to eat it. |
She huffed and she puffed.... |
....and then cut the cake. |
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Sunday, Feb 9th
What better way than to start the day with a coffee and treat from Laggan's before checking the avalanche conditions and deciding on a trail. Today's pick is Observation Peak.
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We opted to follow someone's up-track rather than break trail. It was all well and good until we found out we were on the wrong side of the gulley. So we had to make our way down the steep bank and up the other side. |
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A couple of shots of us making our way to the top of the ridge we wanted to ski. Although it looks bleak it was really very warm. As we approached the summit we could feel the sun crust and the snow was very heavy. |
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Roy & Rod making some nice turns down from the top. |
Rod stylin'. Must be the new hat! |
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Movies: Skiing down from the top the snow was very thin but
overall not too bad. It didn't take too much to punch through though. Here
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Roy & Rod 3.
Jim with Larry digging for snow
snakes.
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Roy's working hard.... |
...and he comes through with a smile. |
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Hey! What's going on here? That's better. |
We stopped to enjoy the sun one more time before we made our way back down through the trees. The navigating in the lower section was a little tight and tricky at times. |
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We enjoyed the rest of Liz's birthday cake at our cars before heading back to Calgary. It was another great weekend, great turns, and great company. Until next time! |
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CREDITS |
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Photography and artistic design: Carol Guthrie |
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Additional Photos: Steve Riggs |
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| Technical advice and editing: Roy Scarisbrick | |
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