Waffle day with a side order of fresh powder

Today was a spectacular day out in Gatineau Park. The sun was out, it was about -5C and there was a fresh blanket of 10cm of snow that fell yesterday. Oh and it was Norway day at Huron cabin. From 11am to 2pm, staff from the Norwegian embassy were at Huron serving vaffles with a slice of goat's cheese and some tasty jam as well as some sort of hot berry drink. Plenty of sugar to load up on and serving staff who were polite but forcefull if you tried to go to the front of the line!!

Bryan and I skied in from P9 which was almost full due to the event. Ken skied from P6 (MacKenzie King) and met us there. We had our usual sandwiches to toast and the vaffles really hit the spot too. After loading up on the calories we spent the afternoon skiing the less travelled back country trails which were in perfect shape due to the new snow. We took trail 3 (Burma Road) to 12 and then 11 to the Fortune Parkway and then 9 towards Camp Fortune ski hill. These trails are all quite narrow with some short steep hills which can be tricky when icy but today there were a joy.

Ken left us at the junction of 32 and 9 to head back to his car. Bryan and I heard what sounded like a child crying and yelling. We skied up the hill and found a young guy (about 10) who seemed to have been abandoned by his dad and couldn't get one of his bindings to close on his boot. We stopped to help him (this happens to my bindings too when there is a lot of powder) and once he got going again his dad and brother showed up. Seems strange to me that a parent would leave their child behind like that, pretty dangerous.

After some twists and turns and falls into deep snow we were back on the Fortune parkway and the easy glide back down to the parking lot. What a great day to be out enjoying fine Norwegian food and awesome back country skiing!