I spent the holidays this year in the West Coast, visiting many people. J and I stayed with her family in the Kootenays, an area of BC I’d never really seen before. It was truly spectacular: a wet valley between the Okanagan and Calgary, with a coastal climate, mountainous terrain, and a deep lake that doesn’t freeze in the winter. The photo above gives a bit of a sense of the place: steely grey, with big conifers and lots of snow. We also had a day of perfect skiing in Whitewater, a small hill south of Nelson with great tree skiing and lots of fresh, dry snow. I highly recommend the Kootenays for any BC visitor, if you can find a way to get there—it’s 8-10 hours drive from both Vancouver and Calgary, and flights to nearby cities can be pricy and unreliable.
New Years was in Vancouver, revisiting my good friends at the Kommune, my former home in Vancouver. It was great to catch up with everyone, and I hope some of you can make it out to Toronto in the near future.
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