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Mt Currie Pencil Chute, without the Heli

  • emilyanthem
    2013-01-22 12:35:46

    Temperature inversion and low avalanche danger up to the alpine… it's a good week to live in the Coast Mountains. Here are some pics from a 6 hour climb straight up the face of Mt Currie (Pemberton) 2 days ago, and an 8000ft+ ski down, starting from the Pencil Chute (Skiers Right). Pictures Mike Legare and Eric Dallaire.

    mike legare mt currie 01

    mike legare mt currie 02

    mike legare mt currie 03

    mike legare mt currie 04

    mike legare mt currie 05

  • fatboy
    2013-01-22 15:42:21

    Sounds like an epic, didn't see any shots of the descent and by the sounds of the inversion I am guessing it was likely not that great? Any glaciated terrain at teh top?
  • emilyanthem
    2013-01-22 20:23:22

    There's a picture of the descent above - last one.

    It was -1C at the peak, -10C in the valley.  The snow conditions were perfect - no ice.

    There's no glacier where we skied.

  • nomad
    2014-07-01 23:34:24

    Awesome job! That line looks gorgeous
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