PowderGangster Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Trip: Coastal Invasion - Roger Pass - McGill Shoulder - Date: 1/14/2013 Trip Report: I know lots of people plan on hitting the interior of BC at some point during the year. The Roger Pass snow pack is considerable smaller than last year with things below 1100m being pretty sporty. Did a full Interior tour and I will try and get the rest up this week for those interested. But coles notes is the Kootenays are where to be until Rogers Pass gets more snow! A couple buddies and I packed up the road trip mobile and headed out for a week in the BC interior. We left Vancouver in a raging storm driving as fast as we could to get ahead and over the Coquihalla before things really went south. The storm thankfully stalled and it gave us one day before things would change and the avi danger would go sky high. We had limited options on permit area choice and It was grizzly shoulder with 20 other groups of 6 groups into McGill. I had some great turns last year in McGill and was comfortable managing the terrain. Turns like this from last year made the decision easier. As we ascended the steep uptrack the visibility changed and we got a peak of Sir Donald. The skyline left line is the classic alpine climb that begs to be climbed one of these years. 3 hours of climbing and 1100m later we reached the skiing. This picture is in the almost identical spot as last year and you can see the snow is lower. This was just the first part of the trip. The next part continues to the southern Kootenays. Where it got even better. Check back for more reports soon! Full Write up and Pics at powdergangster.ca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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