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# The Loop Drainage
- URL: https://blog.novaugust.net/the-loop-drainage/
- Published: 2016-01-23T21:37:08.000Z
- Updated: 2016-01-24T14:34:46.000Z
- Author: Matt Enlow
- Tags: backcountry, @jennopolis55, post, skiing, @maciejpikebiegunski, Roger's Pass, canada, #Import 2026-06-21 14:43

After a day off following our [epic on Green](https://blog.novaugust.net/mt-green), Nathaniel, Jenn, Maciej and I skinned back up the Loop drainage. Avalanche dangers had risen substantially over the last two days - as expected - so we were aiming for mellower terrain.

The Elephant's Trunk once again wins "most interesting skin track terrain", and this time, thanks to the new snow, it really was a skinner rather than a packer.

![trunk staggered](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2016/01/P3150907.jpg)

Maciej's six-year-old binding gave out on him on the way up. For the second time only three of us got to do any actual skiing.

Our out started on a short, aggressive slope...

![Nathaniel skis the start](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2016/01/P3150971.jpg)

... that eased to the point that I just kept my board pointed straight, chasing in the trails of the skiers with my camera clicking along the way.

![jenn skiing mtn](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2016/01/P3160026.jpg)

![Nathaniel skis crooked flats](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2016/01/P3160139.jpg)

The skies were covered over with a storm that stayed with us for the rest of our trip, but every now and then a hint of blue would shine through.

![Nat under mtns](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2016/01/P3150990.jpg)

![Nathaniel and Jenn](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2016/01/P3160225.jpg)

Jenn was sweet enough to take my camera from me when we found the pillow-encumbered rock that Nathaniel had pointed on the way up...

![bw air](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2016/01/P3160066.jpg)