Author Archives: Breanne Johnson

A Wedge-Currie Traverse: from Blackcomb to Pemberton by ski (Feb 3-5)

The moon is full, casting shadows across the frozen, snowmobile tracked Green river road. I skin along, my skis scraping whenever they cross over ice chunks separating car tracks from snowmobile tracks. It’s 2:00am and my mind is on repeat, … Continue reading

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The Dismal Ski Trip of Gloom (Jan 7-8, 2012)

While the Friday potluckers trickled home in the early hours of Saturday morning, I set my alarm for a few hours later. A snippet of sleep, and I was suddenly zooming up the sea to sky. Having given up a … Continue reading

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Coastal Ramblings of the VOC Ski Early Retirees (Dec 12-15, 2011)

I awoke Monday morning expecting to open my eyes to my dorm room, and laptop computer sitting mere inches away from my face, out of pure habit. It’s amazing how difficult it is to shake five years of habit. Merick … Continue reading

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An ad-Vantage-ous Adventure

The weekend dawned early, but definitely not bright, as we were yanked from sleep by Adriana’s all too enthusiastic alarm at the painful hour of 4:40am Saturday morning. Marius, Adriana, and I piled into their car and took off at … Continue reading

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