This past weekend, to avoid the gnarly avalanche danger, I set off with a wonderful posse into the Joffre Lakes area. There was lots of beautiful.

Dan and Courtney did their pre-departure training. Now they are living at a Royal Leamington Spa.

We stayed pretty safe.

But it is hard to tell which actions might leave you up to your neck in snow.

In some cases, we were cavalier in the face of imminent danger.

It was a good day.

And then we slept at skookumchuck hot springs. That was rad too.