Day 18: North Shore snow

Though the fine weather disappeared overnight, it was still good enough to get out for some more April snow. We met up with a few friends and headed for Hollyburn Peak on the North Shore, a good little workout with a nice mixture of terrain. And the promise of views. Well, the views didn't quite work out, though we caught occasional glimpses of Vancouver, and it was generally clear to the west. Once or twice the clouds parted and we caught dramatic glimpses of Crown Mountain (which is today's photo). But it didn't matter: nobody cared and we all had a great time in this week's dump of snow. For once we were able to sit on the actual summit, where we enjoyed an early snack lunch consisting mostly of chocolate-flavoured things :-) To top it off, we watched a pair of eagles ride a thermal up from Cypress Bowl to soar past us at tree height.

More photos from today are on Flickr.

Crown through the clouds