Heads up Hockey

Toured up to Gibbon Pass from Shadow Lake Lodge. Found more supportive conditions than the previous day in Pharoah Creek. Broke trail over an old track with boot top powder overlying a generally supportive base. Skied mellow west facing slopes on Little Copper (Gibbon Pass Peak) to gain the scoured ridge crest which was followed to the summit. Ski quality was good enough to justify a second lap of the treeline terrain. Plentiful whumphing made us happy to be nowhere on or under avalanche terrain. Passing through today showed a large 2.5 with sympathetic 2 releases on the Eyes of a Gypsy on the E face of “Gibbon Peak”.