Truth and Fiction

Truth:  The Coast Mountains are NOT the Rocky Mountains.

It does not typically drop to -25 C at night.  In April, it seems, you can ski in a t-shirt if it weren't for the fry-factor coming from both the sun and reflected off the snow.  Which explains all those more-than-one-day trips in the guide book - why wouldn't you want stay out there??

The sun is warm, the snowpack is stable, the glaciers well filled in, the sunsets glorious, the stars plentiful, and the early mornings chilly but quite bearable.  Even the socked-in fog is alright, once you get moving.

I was heartened by the irony right from the start of the "Length: 1-3 days" ski tour:

For three days, my friend and I followed the Spearhead Traverse, beginning from the top of Blackcomb, skiing a horseshoe around the head of the Fitzsimmons drainage, camping on glaciers, ending with a long ski down to the last remnants of slush at the base of Whistler.  And a beer.

Fiction:  The made-up stuff in your head.

Funny that the reality outside your head is what is stranger...

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