In hindsight it was quite silly, I walked to the top of a mountain I had never been to before, home to brown and black bears all alone in nothing but a t-shirt without telling anyone where I was going (probably because there was no one around to tell). But I lived to tell the tale and in reality I never really set out for the summit that morning I was just going for a walk but the 'I wonder what is over that ridge' mentality took over till I was so close to the top it seemed silly not to make it.
For the nerds...the summit elevation is 2,319m or 7,606ft (Mt Kosciuszko's summit is 2,228m). The village elevation is 1,755m or 5,760ft.
I do apologise for the poor quality photos my camera takes but this is what it looked like:
The home trail
This lake is at the bottom of the 'cliff' near the very top of the mountain. By now this lake is frozen and in a month or so when the cliff is open for riding the lake forms the bottom of the powder bowl which you ski or board over having successfully tackled the cliff.
Looking back over the Okanagan Valley from near the summit
The 'Cliff'. If you look closely at the photo you can see the Cliff Chair. Ski Patrol have started bombing and ski-cutting this part of the mountain to make the base less of an avalanche risk.
About 50m shy of the summit
A video taken about 50-100m below the summit taking in the Monashee Mountains
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I want to go there!!
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