When we reached the top, Jersey Chair was closed for some reason so we hit up Glacier Express. We both had no idea where we were going to go from there and we started talking about Spanky's Ladder. JM had never been through Spanky's so we decided to give it a try. The hike up the ladder is super easy and it wasn't too crowded. We traversed high and to the right and ended up dropping into Sapphire Bowl: a double black diamond run. The snow was amazing and mostly untouched. The visibility was perfect as the sun was shining when we hit the Bowl. We were pretty stoked about what we just hit and after the long trek back to Excelerator Chair, we decided to head up the Glacier Chair again.
This time we took the T-bars up and hiked into the Blackcomb Glacier. It's 10.5km from the entrance to the Glacier back to the closest chairlift. After an easy hike up, we traversed all the way across the Bowl and went into the entrance of Garibaldi Provincial Park. A few people were hiking up to the ridge but we popped down in bounds and had fresh tracks the entire way back to the Cat Track out!! It was pretty awesome and we were both pretty stoked.
Once we made it back to the chair, we decided we better leave well enough alone and not try and make another lap of it, though neither one of us wanted to do anything else groomer related. We called JM's girlfriend and decided to meet up with her for some lunch in the Village. We finished the day through some trees on Blackcomb, where the snow was pretty soft, and then hit the groomers down to the car. It was one of the best days of the season for sure!
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