Happy Canada Day

At the trail-head, it was hot before we even started

 To celebrate Canada Day Simon and I hiked and skied Old Glory on Friday.  We went early because we were unable to do it today.  Good thing as the snow has been melting rapidly, I am not sure it would even be possible today.  It was a huge effort, 8.5 hours total with no real breaks.  Simon did exceptionally well, this was the first year where I was confident enough in his skiing to take him.
The snow was just like this last season, the most marginal of all the 8-10 times I have skied up there for Canada Day.  Our turns needed to be precise as the the chute was so narrow.  But as Simon said "It was totally worth it!". 
I had no trouble hiking up skiing down and hiking out the chute but I hit a wall after that and slogged all the way down the mountain looking at each step as a victory of progression.  It was a suffer-fest down for me.
When we got home Simon jumped on the trampoline while I laid myself down on the living room floor.  This was a mistake because I literally could not get up, I was so weak I could not even roll onto my side.  All I could do was laugh at my plight and that hurt-a lot- particularly because I could not control the laughter.  I guess I pushed myself a bit far.

This is the chute we skied, photo taken a couple of years ago, this year we could only ski the top half.

Simon mentally preparing for the best turns he will make all June

This is what we hiked for.

Really Steep!

This is about where we ran out of snow

Simon near the top, when he came over the top he said "Well that was worth it!"