Alexis proposed to ski Snowspider Mountain via Caspar Creek approach and hoping to bag Greifswald Peak and Konsengarten Peak along the way, then rather going back up on the same way, he wanted to ski out via VanHorlick FSR. This is quite an interesting loop, covering a lot of distance and elevation in 2 days. The weather wasn't that great over the week-end.  We didn't witness any  avalanche activity, but we've crossed several old avalanche debris.

We parked our car off Duffy road, at the gate of Caspar Creek FSR. 7km of skinning at the end of logging road and another 4km to the col of Greifswald and Konsengarten. It was windy and cold once we reached the col, after bagging Greifswald Peak, without any hesitation and discussion to push to go up Konsengarten Peak, everyone decided yo ski down to Snowspider hut. I was very cold and my fingers were screaming in pain. 

We skied down the South side of Greifswald, which brought us directly to the hut. The terrain was steep and what it made more  challenging to ski was crossing some  avalanche debris and skiing though corn snow.  Everyone managed  to get down safe but my thigh and back was burning going down.

By 3PM, we found ourselves in a cozy hut. The hut was partially buried in the snow with only the door sticking out.  

The weather hasn't improved in the morning when we woke up, it was overcast and some light snow falling but the visibility was good enough to give Snowspider a try. We  set off at 7:15am , following the prominent gully towards the shoulder to the NE ridge of  Snowspider. Much more direct route if you ascend from the bowl on the north side of the ridge. We boot pack the last 200m steep section to the summit. Low vis at the summit. From The NE ridge, we skied off the bowl and retraced our tracks back to the hut. We were back at the hut by noon. We left the hut 12:45 and started a long slog back to the car via VanHorlick FSR. We were back to the car by 4:00. 

The crux of this trip was driving back to the city. The road was quite treacherous to drive with the new snow on the road, we've seen a lot of cars in the ditch. It took me 6 hours of driving to get home.

Another great outing with friends.

http://deanperezbc.blogspot.ca/2014/03/greifswald-peak-and-snowspider-mountain.html

Nicely done! I was in the area skiing on the weekend. We skied the Dukes Tongue on sat and then skied powder for the rest of the weekend attempting to avoid the crust where the sun had hit and the icy tree bombs.

We avoided the driving hassle by getting to the car after dark. :)