Photo Galleries 2019

Winter of 2019 was again an incredible season with trips ranging from mid-winter Selkirk Powder to powerful alpine ski mountaineering at Burnie Glacier. I finished the season in Svalbard again, exploring the fjords of Spitzbergen from the Rembrandt van Rijn and the s/v Noorderlicht.

Click on the thumbnails to have a look at the photo albums for my different 2019 Winter trips.

2019 Mount Carlyle Lodge
42 Photos
In 2017 Mike said he'd found a ski lodge that still had availability: Mt. Carlyle Lodge. To be honest, I'd never heard of the place. Eventually I figured out that it was somewhere in the Kootenays and owned by Brian Cross and not too far from Valhalla Mountain Lodge. Well, I figured, it's worth a try and since Mike was willing to do all the legwork and fill the lodge with guests I was more than happy to join him. In a word: it was awesome! For the complete trip report please visit 2019 Carlyle

2019 Sunrise Lodge
17 Photos
Heli-accessed ski touring lodge in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia.

2019 Burnie II
5 Photos
This was the second of my three weeks at Burnie in the winter of 2019. Burnie is one of my favourite lodges -- and one of my favourite places to be period. So it's a treat to head there on three separate occasions this winter. It was a mixed group of friends and friends of friends for the most part, which made for a really enjoyable week. The snow quality and weather were fantastic but for some reason I neglected to take many photos! Check out Lee Lau's trip report "Burnie Glacier by Pictures" for a much better collection, from the last week in March 2019. The trip report is here: 2019 Burnie II

2019 Burnie III
24 Photos
Lee Lau and friends, plus a few Quebeckers. We enjoyed sensational conditions this week at Burnie. For the complete trip report please see

2019 Bow Yoho Traverse
18 Photos
I think I've guided more Bow Yoho traverses than any other single guide the past few years. This year I again coordinated with the Vancouver Section Alpine Club and figured I'd do just one week with a group of 8. Well interest in the trip surged and we ended up with a group of 14! So I hired two other guides besides myself, plus an assistant, and made bookings for a group of 18 passing through Bow Hut (one night), Guy Hut (two nights) and finishing up at Stanley Mitchell (2 nights). For the complete trip report please visit 2019 Bow Yoho

2019 Sorcerer Lodge
46 Photos
Once again we headed to Sorcerer Lodge this spring. I co-guided with Joel McBurney -- a good friend but our paths have diverged for the past 10+ years and so it was great to work with him again! He brought along his friend Jeff Wexler who helped us out as an assistant guide and together we made a good team. Joel mixed it up between skiing and splitboarding, and Wexy impressed us with his lightning fast splitboard transitions and eagerness to ski the steep couloirs. For the complete trip report check out 2019 Sorcerer Lodge!

2019 Rembrandt
39 Photos
Our first Ski & Sail this season was on the s/v Rembrandt van Rijn. It's a fine boat, about 50 m long with space for 33 passengers and 10 crew. We shared the charter with another group of snowshoers. This made for slightly more complicated logistics, but with two zodiacs and the competent direction of the expedition leader Phil Wickens and the cooperation of my co-guide Larry Stanier everything went very smoothly. For a complete trip report please see 2019 Rembrandt!

2019 Noorderlicht
41 Photos
Svalbard has spectacular scenery, massive tumbling glaciers, and abundant wildlife. It also has innumerable, perfect ski peaks rising from the sea that make for some of the best skiing anywhere. We ran two ski and sail trips in Svalbard this spring -- the perfect way to explore the rugged coast of Spitzbergen, the largest island in the archipelago. Each day we would cruise to new fjords and look for the best ski lines and best snow the area could offer. For a complete trip review please see our 2019 Noorderlicht Trip Report

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