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Most people use a chair lift
or gondola to get to the top of the mountain when they go skiing...
Some do it the hard way. I joined a group of back country skiers
who love to do it the hard way. We actually skied up the mountain
and set up a base camp for two nights in the wilderness of British
Columbia. The trip up to the lake took about 11 hours of grueling
work using skis with skins, these skins attach to the bottom
of your skis and give you grip on the snow when ascending. The
trip down consisted of skiing down a narrow path through the
trees with many switch backs. By the time we got all the way
down again, my feet were in rough shape and every muscle was
sore. I'm really starting to understand the appeal of the chair
lift.
Huge thanks go out to Dave Schubert
(Camera operator) and Brian Jones & Martin Fichtl (Canada
West Mountain School) |
