Spring skiing

Finally, I got some skiing in this season and spent four days on Big White. I love spring skiing at this resort: the snow is still good, but it is warm and sunny. More snow photos:

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Annual meeting with Snow Ghosts

Skiing with friends on Big White became good annual tradition. This year I spent here four days in the middle of February. Pure pleasure. And photos of snow ghost, of course:

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Skiing among Snow Ghosts

Three days of New Year vacation on Big White with friends. Skiing under winter sun with snow ghosts.

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Sun will rise

Today is the shortest day. The longest night is ahead of us. But there is a reason for optimism – tomorrow the day will be 1 sec longer!

Polar Meetings

From the life of Churchill polar bears. North wind came and ice covered Hudson Bay. Polar bears started to walk on the ice. One turned back to shore.

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Family photo

Polar Bear family near Churchill, Manitoba

Burrard Inlet

Two tugboats move huge ocean barge into Burrard Inlet. Tugboats are like hedgehogs; they are small, but very strong.

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North Coast Trail — Day two

Beginning: North Coast Trail – road and first day

Morning of the second day didn’t bring any changes into wildlife viewing in the Skinner Creek estuary. But the amount of traces significantly increased.

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North Coast Trail – road and first day

This is story about our travel on the North Coast of Vancouver Island last summer. North of the Island is always fascinating me, and after my short visit to Cape Scott Park the desire to walk along the North Shore became unendurable. And finally in . . . → Continue reading North Coast Trail – road and first day

Golden Ears – 2014

I climbed Golden Ears in 2013, but the weather was not fine and visibility was close to zero, so I didn’t mine to do it again in this year.

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