Bella Coola

Bella what? Bella Coola is a small town on the central coast of British Columbia known to be an isolated wilderness paradise. Although it's not quite in the 'Environs' of Squamish, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to post this incredible video Jamie made from his trip up there the other week... another tough day at the office!

WAITING for snow

'Waiting' seems to be the theme for this winter. Sure, we've had the random 10cm days, but no major storm has come through yet to cover all the rocks that are usually covered by Christmas. Hmm... I hear the iceclimbing conditions have been pristine in Squamish this winter...

I was, however, fortunate (VERY fortunate that is) to get invited on a 2-day Backcountry Snowcats trip up on the Hurley Pass! This snowcat operation is located over an hour snowmobile-ride north of Pemberton, and little did we know that the powder has been hiding on the Hurley this whole time. Check out our video:



I'll admit it was pretty hard to go back to resort skiing after the epic powder runs we scored with Backcountry Snowcats, but I guess I shouldn't really complain that my local hill is Whistler Blackcomb. Zipping around the resort was pretty fun, but by the end of the day we were itching for the untracked turns we had experienced the weekend before. We decided to hike over to Corona Bowl for a fun backcountry lap:



I still have faith that the snow will come in March and April - just you WAIT!