A bit of backcountry wonderfulness

At a time of year when the mountains are packed with tourists and we havent seen much snow for the last couple of weeks, it is nice to know that with the right gear and a little hard work you can get yourself to places where no-one has been and the snow is still pristine.
A few of the Browns crew decided to go backcountry during the middle of the school holidays, to escape the madness.
A quick check on the avalanche advisory website showed that the current danger is low, so we were confident we were going to have a safe day out there, but usually when the danger level is low the snow conditions are not that great, but we were pleasantly suprised! We found some beautiful freeze dried powder stashes on north to north east facing aspects. The runs weren't long but there was no rush to get back up and hit them again as we were the only ones out there. It was a great day for the soul and made me realise why I live here again!