Spring Skiing

Yes, it's pretty much spring skiing season in the Koots, unless you get some altitude. One of my current favourites is the top of a logging road about 10 minutes from home. It usually takes about 90 minutes to ski the 6+ km to the top where there is a nice, moderate little cut block that allows a few minutes good skiing. Then it's on with the skins, 10 minutes back to the top and make the run over again. The views to the north are fantastic - from the top you look down on Kootenay Lake, about 500 meters below and across the lake to the Purcell Mountains.

The skiing isn't really challenging, rather it's just steep enough to make you work a little bit, dodging the bits of old stumps and sticks that are poking up through the snow. The skin up and ski down routine can last until you tire of the fun and then it's a fast run back down the logging road to the car, and back home for a beer and a soak. A good way to spend part of a day.