Off the groomed track
By Jennie Bender
Every once in a while, a skier needs to go into the woods and explore. No matter what type of boards you’re on, the spirit of skiing lives in the middle of nowhere, because that’s where the boards can take you. Jessie and myself took advantage of arriving at the wrong trail head for our classic distance today in Rossland B.C. Although we were initially planning for some awesome classic only trails, we clambered up snowshoe packed for an hour on part of what we discovered to be the Seven Summits Trail. It was the most action the inside edge of my classic skis have ever seen as they clomped over the tracks of a previous backcountry goer with fish scales. Meanwhile, I was eagerly anticipating our out of control descent. A view of mountain tops through pine tree forest is even more special knowing you’re one of few who have seen it. We turned when the twisting, ascending, two foot trail got to a point where our descent would be treacherous considering how prepared we….weren’t.
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The best part of today, I must say, was shortly after we turned around when we ran into Gus and Jason, who after dropping the others off at the correct trail, decided that an adventure actually sounded pretty sweet, and chased after us. This is one of the many reasons why both of these guys are so great. Work hard, play hard.
Create your own caption ….. “Mmmm, this tree smells good…..”
Although it’s funnier thinking it was flat terrain, there WAS a giant downhill that he just came down, and had to stop somehow! We all fell ALOT.
The little warming hut in the woods that we stumbled upon. I can’t say I was expecting company and a burning chimney on the hillside, but I hear there are many along the way.
