Moby Dick Mountain |
Bell 212 Alpine Taxi |
Battle Abbey (the Ski Abbey in the Battle Range of the Selkirk Mountains) |
Nephew Tom |
Pilot Don McTighe with helo door instructions |
Laura on the flight in |
Don and co-pilot (don't touch ANYTHING) Tom |
Kitchen Envy (the envious view from the Battle Abbey kitchen) |
Olivia |
Tom |
Laura |
Powder Snow all week! |
Olivia |
up-track |
up-track |
Deanna |
mountain crowds |
Laura having too much fun |
tracks |
Olivia |
Lachlan catching some air |
Tom re-thinking the 14-pound skis |
The World Famous Battle Abbey Hot Water (sometimes, if you get in early) Shower |
Nigel and duct tape |
up-track crew |
one with nature |
Becky and Olivia |
Becky and Olivia |
Tom |
Laura |
Laura in the powder |
Tom |
Ross |
Olivia |
Steve |
Olivia |
Deanna |
Robson checking the snow |
Tom on the up-track |
Tom going up |
and up |
Tom |
Robson at the lunch break |
Frank |
looking for the sunshine |
Another Satisfied Faceplant Award Winner |
Laura and Tom |
mountain top yoga |
up the ridge |
up |
up |
down |
down |
Steve |
Nigel |
Tom ("so like where are the lifts?...") |
Olivia and Ross on the up-track |
Ross |
sun somewhere |
up-track in the mist |
Olivia and Ross checking out the view |
view from King's Landing |
Ross |
Olivia looking towards home |
mountain art |
!!! coffee !!! |
Battle Abbey kitchen |
The room at the top of the stairs |
The room at the end of the hall |
Battle Abbey |
BA Outhouse |
setting moon |
Battle Abbey |
Tom booting up |
father and son |
work bench |
Olivia |
Heather |
skinning up |
Becky |
Tom |
Robson |
the only known photo of Olivia not smiling |
eye wide open all the time |
serious dude |
Heather |
Laura |
good to the last drop |
Heather |
Lachlan |
Moby Dick |
Birthday Blue Sky |
Becky |
view from the lodge |
view across the valley from the lodge |
The Faceplant Award |
Steve |
Battle Abbey Bell |
BA Bell |
Tom's Avy |
Saturday morning |
Saturday Sun |
Lachlan on the uptrack |
Lachlan on the Saturday change-out day uptrack |
Tom's Avy |
Lachlan at Schooner Pass |
view across the valley from the lodge |
Battle Abbey |
Deanna ice cave photo |
Ice Cave |
Ice Cave |
me in the ice cave |
ridge shot |
Ice Cave |
Ice Cave |
Schooner Pass |
gloves |
Olivia |
Saturday Morning Tracks |
Olivia on the up-track |
the latest ski fashon |
sunny uptrack garb |
up track style |
follow the leader (but not too close) |
Moby Dick |
up through the boulder field |
Saturday Sunshine |
view from the lodge |
sunshine |
Laura and Tom |
Laura and Tom on the heli pad |
Battle Abbey |
Battle Abbey |
Battle Abbey |
Tom |
Laura |
Laura |
pre-flight lubrication |
incoming |
Bell 212 landing at Battle Abbey |
view out the helo bubble |
pilot Don |
helo shaddow |
clouds on the way to Golden |
Golden BC Airport |
Batttle Abbey Quad Map (from www.battleabbey.ca) |