{"id":1653,"date":"2011-03-25T05:25:54","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T11:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/?p=1653"},"modified":"2012-07-03T09:12:17","modified_gmt":"2012-07-03T15:12:17","slug":"dope-creek-spines-part-1-3-5-11-pemberton-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/dope-creek-spines-part-1-3-5-11-pemberton-bc\/","title":{"rendered":"Dope Creek Spines (Part 1) 3.5.11 Pemberton, BC"},"content":{"rendered":"

After about a week of down days characterized by wind, poor visibility, and cold temps, winter returned to the Coast Mountains and a small window of good light that Jon thought we could jump through. I knew before I left Colorado that I would probably have some days that challenged my snowmobiling skills. This ended up being the day. It wasn’t all that difficult, really, but the combination of my lack of confidence on the sled and not knowing where I was going really got my heart rate going. On one particularly intimidating looking climb, one that even had a sidehill after it, Jon said something like “That was SO worth making you do, just to watch you soil your shorts.” Thanks man. No seriously, thanks Jon- there’s nothing like the feeling of pulling something off that you didn’t think you could do. <\/p>\n

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Then we got a view of the spiny goodness that was available to us, still partially hidden in clouds, but definitely there.
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The clouds kept teasing us with windows of good visibility, followed shortly thereafter by socking in. We decided a quick tree run was in order to see which way the weather was turning. This was yet another treerun that rivaled anything I usually ski in the trees of Colorado, but seemed pretty commonplace up here. This is a really short video of that run- when I came up on the gully, I knew I should just ski it as fast as I could- so much fun!
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