The AGM - Three Brothers Area (Manning Park - Southern Interior of B.C.)
Location of the Three Brothers
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| Randy Wheating |
These pictures are a combination of two different trips, one of which was the Annual General Meeting of the Red Lobster Outdoor Club These were the years when we had the energy to ski almost to the top of Big Buck before we made camp. The twenty-first century saw us making it to the beginning of the first burn when we made camp, if we made it to Manning at all. But that is another story for somewhere else.
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| The Three Brothers Traverse |
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| Keith with Mt. Hozameen on the left. |
This area is one of the favourite places for us to ski. We leave our car at about 1400 meters and go up a wooded valley and out on to a broad alpine shoulder at about 2000 meters which leads to various bowls and ridges.
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| Randy and Ken near the summit of Big Buck. |
I was still getting over the sudden death of my mother so when the guys went on to ski up the Brothers, I skied up to the top of Big Buck, saw the top of Baldy where my mom skied in the 40s when she taught in the Okanagan, and reflected on my relationship with her.
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| Alan and Randy |
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| Keith and Randy |
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| Randy and Alan |
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| Quite the cornice! |
The snow is usually dry and it isn't unusual to have the place entirely to ourselves. The ridges are often windblown, but there are numerous bowls where soft virgin powder beckons.
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| Randy and Ken |
A great place to spend a couple of days. There are a couple of skiers in the left inset photo, and in the right, Chuck cranks some turns in the powder.
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| Chuck with First Brother above him. |
I believe this picture is taken from one of the Brothers to the north looking back on to the first Brother on the left skyline.
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| Great views. |
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