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]]>2025-10-05T21:52:00+0000I was very pumped for the first BCMC trip I was organzing... to First Pump! The weather turned out to be clear and sunny instead of the forecasted snow.  The early start was a good call and everyone was able to find parking. Only Doreen was the one that was on time. She was also very fortunate to have staff parking at Seymour as the rest of us hiked up from the BC Parks lot at the bottom.  Whoops on my part for mid-judging how long it'd take me to walk from the parking lot, but everyone was there.  Bez, Doreen, Sima, and Ygor. Everyone was awesome and laid back.  It was Ygor's first BCMC outing! We're excited for him to continue expanding his experiences in the mountains with the club.  The trail was well marked all the way to first peak.  Avi conditions were moderate in the treeline and we probably could have continued on to Tim Jones or even Mount Seymour if we didn't have some avalanche transceiver practice to do at the bottom at noon. The trail was quite busy, I'm sure we passed by 200 or so people over the course of our trip.  There must have been 5 different avalanche safety training groups out that same day too. Future COVID parking tip: if you happen to be coming up to Seymour after 8-9 pm, your best bet is to arrive after 1-2 pm.

]]>2021-02-12T03:54:00+0000The climb began with some crusty snow for the first 100 feet of the ascent.  By mid mountain the snow became deep and powdery.  By the time we approached the Frosty Mountain, we were in very deep and very soft snow.  We left the parking lot shortly after 9am and it took our group of 5 until 1pm to reach the cabin.  We decided to have a short lunch and head back.  The ski down through the switchbacks through the trees was excellent.

]]>2020-01-11T01:39:00+0000Sunday, February 1st, 2015 Participants: Roger Barany, Michelle Hyun, James Milne, Darryl Leniuk, Marie Burle, Nicolas Jimenez, Andrzej Jarzabek, dog Sacha, Paul Kubik (leader) Map of area: http://www.mappingsupport.com/p/gmap4.php?q=http://www3.telus.net/stoked/trackFatDog2015.gpx&t=t1&z=12&label=off&ll=49.11122,-120.84337 We finally received some new snow. From a smorgasbord of options, rapidly rising freezing levels on Sunday and low snowpack below 1300 meters made Fat Dog Trail the best choice for the day. The goal was to ski some terrain that the organizer had not skied before. When we reached the col before First Brother Mountain, the initial objective on its north side was in low visibility. Not inspired to go higher or ski new terrain we could not see, we descended the normal south side in strong wind and blowing snow. It was a descent of a couple hundred meters. Rather than cut the day short we opted for another run. On the way back up to Heather Trail, we decided it was not worth another run due to the wind scouring of the fresh snow down to ice. We started to retreat the way we came - retracing Heather Trail to Fat Dog Trail. Just below the trail junction, we found ourselves above a steep pitch above the head of Fat Dog Creek. It was protected from wind and the slope was enticing. As I had not skied it before it meshed well with the objectives of the day for the group. We changed plan and skied it down to the creek. Then there was a long stretch of really nice tree skiing back down to the Fat Dog Trail. The descent from the ridge was about 450 meters or more. By now we were back on Fat Dog Trail at 1600 meters elevation so we called it a day. It was a great new descent route for me and a lot more fun than the regular trail which is less steep. Conditions for the ski out on Fat Dog Trail were really good. There was soft snow over hard crust. Unfortunately, it was warming at the parking lot and the snow was turning to sleet.... Read more

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