I got a call from one of the local ski enthusiasts Friday evening to suggest an objective for Saturday. The idea was to skidoo up 12-Mile Creek FSR and then ski further up towards Mt Carlyle. Basically, to explore the terrain and hopefully get in a few turns here and there. A couple more phone calls and we had a group of 4 ready to go in the morning.Saturday was one of those clear blue-sky days and getting warm, at least once you were out of the shade.
The trip up the FSR was uneventful; many other machines had been using it, most recently a group of testosterone-saturated youth headed up another valley with their snowmobiles. Our group was a bit more sedate.
Once we left the skidoos, we angled up along a steep side hill, only later realizing that we would have been better off just staying the valley bottom. In any case, we arrived at a small lake within sight of Mt Carlyle. After weeks of low fog and cloud, it was nice to stand in the warm sun again. The day was getting on so we retraced our steps and made a quick ski down through the trees and back to the skidoos, arriving back in town just in time to visit the opening of the newly-renovated Hotel and celebrate with a local brew.
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