The temperature this morning was -15C in the pedestrian village and another five degrees colder at the 875 meter (2870 ft) summit of the mountain. With the wind chill, it was between -25C and -30C. It was so cold that my camera broke ... the lens won't go in now :( So I borrowed some of Gord's pictures of our day.
When we got there, there were quite a few people. It was quite hazy and visibility was low.
It was really cold and windy so I bought some hand warmers in the store. They helped a lot.
This is looking down at the village ... people were skiing and boarding down.
Here's the same view when Gord and I were here in July 2006.
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And when Sister Sarah and I were here in May 2012.
We started snowshoeing toward the Tour du Timber trail. It was beautiful! I've never seen so much snow.
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Once we got to the trail, we discovered that no one had been there recently ... the snow was fresh.
The trail was downhill and slippery. Gord took a tumble and wasn't all that graceful in getting up :)
Because it was so steep, we decided to go back the way we came and hit another trail. It was a lot clearer than it was earlier.
We forged a trail just south of the lookoff.
It was cold being out in the open so I had a fleecie hoodie (not stylish but warm).
We headed back into the woods.
We walked by the lookout.
We had a couple drinks in the restaurant before he headed back down the hill.
Here we are just before we got on the gondola.
Here we are on the gondola.
A very fun day!
4 comments:
That looks like a lot of fun! I have never been snow shoeing.
Hope your camera is fixable.
I don't think I have ever seen that much snow - especially on the trees ..wow
It looks really pretty and cold!
So beautiful. Be careful out there Gord.
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