It’s been a long time since new text has been seen here. Digital tumbleweed has accounted for at least a third of site hits since last year’s work be and the other two thirds were wayward keyboard surfers looking for directions and a couch to crash on. This dark time Read more…
Skied at Hankin yesterday. Plus 2, blowing like hell, breakable crust, beautiful day (anyone can ski powder). Lots of avi activity, mostly surface stuff but breaking deeper in spots. A couple skiers out of the US and a Shames guy all camping in parking lot. The US guys built a jump Read more…
Friends of Hankin, Tomorrow, (yes-Saturday!) is the Hankin workbee. Car pools will be leaving from Safeway parking lot at 9 am, otherwise meet at the Hankin main parking lot at or after 10 am. Food and beverages will be provided (thank you to BV Wholesale!). Please bring any kind of Read more…
One of the hot topics at BBSS meetings as of late has been the state of the Hankin Access road. It’s a most satisfactory feeling to have all that talk translate into tangible benefits to our members. Schippers Creek Contracting has been working hard to save our trucks’ paint jobs Read more…
“Did a quick mission up to Hankin Lookout. The trip up took 3 hours via the Hankin Lookout trail off the G connector while the trip back took about 2 hours via the alpine, then idiots peak down to run 1. The gps tracks have been added to the info Read more…
The Bulkley Backcountry Ski Society has partnered with RSTBC and Avalanche Canada to bring you updated weather information recorded at the Hankin warming hut. A huge thanks is due to ERM for managing the installation, Capstone mining for providing the equipment and the volunteers who installed the station. The Hankin warming Read more…
Plus 5 at Hankin Day use hut today. Lots of slide activity in Morning Bowl and Main Bowl. Some areas cleaned out to ground. Shallow weak snowpack everywhere. It will take an unusually snowy few weeks to build a skiable snowpack in the alpine. Interesting skiing below the Hut which Read more…
Road last plowed Dec 21, 2016With winter in full effect, we will be plowing the road to the Hankin parking lot. We will post the condition of the road here throughout the season. Happy turns out there!
“March 19th, 2014 Hankin Backcountry ski area. A class 2.5 avalanche, in the main bowl above Hankin Hut, was triggered by a small cornice drop. The chunk of cornice slid down the upper 35 degree slope accumulating loose snow and where the convex slope angle increased to 45 degrees a fracture Read more…
“Did a quick mission up to Hankin Lookout. The trip up took 3 hours via the Hankin Lookout trail off the G connector while the trip back took about 2 hours via the alpine, then idiots peak down to run 1. The gps tracks have been added to the info Read more…