It’s almost the end of February and I had yet to ski the first 4K of Pocaterra this winter. I’ve been on Upper Pocaterra many times but had not started a ski trip from the hut.
Karen, Hannah, and Scott from Saskatoon were enjoying the sunshine at Pocaterra hut. It started snowing 30 minutes later.
I started out in sunshine and blue skies around 2 pm. The air temperature was -2°C and the tracks were slick but not icy. I tried to get by on VR50(0/-4) but I also had to use a fair bit of that ArmStrong wax which Helen referred to.
Fresh snow at Pocaterra hut when I finished skiing
My plan was to ski to the Packers junction and turn around and enjoy the fast trip back down. It was not to be. It started snowing when I was about 2K from Packers, so with fresh snow in the tracks, the glide suffered. On the other side of that coin, the fresh snow solved all my grip problems.
I skied about 500 metres on Lynx and it’s in really nice shape. I also added some variety on the way back by skiing on Come-Along.
By the time I got back to the hut, there was about 1 cm of accumulation. There’s more snow in the forecast for tonight but the jury is still out on how much we’ll get. I have received about a half-cm in Canmore.
Hi Bob,
It was nice to meet you this week. Thanks again for your helpful blog and for posting our photo.
All the best,
Scott Thompson