Camp Fortune - January 1, 2019

Happy New Year! and 2019 comes in with a roar. While Ottawa got a mix of snow (maybe 4cms), freezing rain and rain Camp Fortune got about 10-15cms! Anyway the best way to kill a hangover is to ski. I arrived around 9:30 with my sister in tow and almost got stuck in the Skyline parking lot which had not been plowed.  The place was a bit of a ghost town.  The temperature was a little below zero with some wind. The conditions were perfect with the new wet snow gluing to the hard pack which made for a great base for carving fast.  The ice was gone and we even ducked into some gladed areas which had just enough coverage to hide the rocks and logs.  All the main trails on Skyline were open with the exception of Heggtveit.  Hegg should open in a day or so though as it's covered in machine made snow mounds.  We caught the ribbon drop for the Meech runs just after 10 then did some runs in the valley.  The sun came out around noon. Pretty much a perfect start to 2019.

The Skyline parking lot was a wet mess.

Where is everyone...hungover in bed?

You can almost ski under the lift now...just need another nice storm.

Skyline in all its glory

Bud Clark

This photo is from the Meech quad looking west.  Has Fortune been glading in this area? Will this be a future run off Paradis?

The woods west of Marshall are very skiable. 

My sister in the fresh stuff

The sun.

Slalom. Note the parking lot it's pretty much empty. 

No lineups on Skyline.

Cheers!