Tsar Peak (3424 m) rises above the Sullivan Fault in this high-contrast shot by Dan Hudson taken from Chatter Creek's Vertebrae glacier. The view is roughly north and looks over an area of icefields and peaks of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Tsar Peak lies west of Mounts Columbia and Bryce, and east of Mount Clemenceau and the Clemenceau icefield, also visible from the Vertebrae glacier.

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Dan Hudson at Chatter Creek

Chatter Creek Snowcat Skiing is always pleased to welcome photographer Dan Hudson when he visits for photo shoots. Dan is an old friend and supporter of Chatter Creek and has visited may times. The Chatter Creek Web site has a collection of Dan's earlier work at Chatter Creek.

This Weblog is part of the Chatter News photo journal and contains more of Dan Hudson's work at Chatter Creek, including some quite recent matierial. We are grateful to Dan for permitting his art to be displayed by the Chatter News.

As you enjoy Dan Hudson's skiing and snowboarding photos and his mountain photography, please respect Dan's copyright. All material shown on this site is the property of Dan Hudson.

The Chatter News is a collection of photo galleries about snowcat skiing at Chatter Creek. Click on the links at the top of this page to view these galleries included professional ski photography by Mark Gallup and by John Dougall. Our other photo galleries contain the ski photography of many Chatter Creek snowcat skiing guests.

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A fly-speck against the snow, Dan Hudson catches his friend Eric dropping into a chute somewhere at the back of the Pearl, likely above Oyster Bowl.

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Photographer Dan Hudson catches Eric against the setting sun. Scroll down to see more ski photography by Dan Hudson from his many visits to Chatter Creek, near Golden BC.                  © Dan Hudson

Snowcat skiing terrain at Chatter Creek. This Dan Hudson ski photo shows the Road to Vertebrae Glacier in the setting sun as it crosses Megahooped. Lodge Ridge lies in the shadow and the Kitchen Range with the southern and western reaches of The Chatter Creek snowcat skiing tenrue forms the background.
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Dan Hudson photographs a Chatter Creek snowcat and cat skiing group at South Park. South Park is a large alpine bowl located south of Vertebrae Lodge. See the Cat Skiing Terrain photo gallery for a better look at South Park.                                     © Dan Hudson

Eric drops over the Windlip at Chatter Creek. This photo by Dan Hudson is reminiscent of Dan's photo of Andrew Hardingham which graced the cover of the April 2005 issue of Snowboard Canada magazine.                                      © Dan Hudson

For more photos of the Windlip, look at the Chatter News photo gallery, "The Road to Vertebrae Glacier"

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Dan Hudson photographs Eric dropping off some seracs on Chatter Creek's Vertebrae glacier. The Sullivan Fault rises in the background.

For a better view of Vertebrae glacier, look at "Glacier Skiing at Chatter Creek".

Bjorn L flies against a background of snowcat skiing terrain at Chatter Creek.                                                              © Dan Hudson

Andrew Hardingham contemplates the sunset from Lodge Ridge at Chatter Creek Cat Skiing. Photographer, Dan Hudson and Andrew were at Chatter Creek recently for a photo shoot, a result being the cover photo on the April 2005 issue of Snowboard Canada magazine.

A Chatter Creek snowcat drops a group high in South Park, across the lake from the Lakeview snowcat skiing area. The road in the background, rising from the far side of the lake, passes over the low col to enter the Harbourview area.                            © Dan Hudson

Snowmobile Water Ballet: Dan Hudson photographs Chatter Creek owner Dale McKnight and snowboarder Eric crossing Bush Arm on their way to Chatter Creek. Bush Arm is formed by the Bush River as it flows into Kinbasket Lake, about 90 km north of Golden BC.

Dan Hudson catches rider David Pitachi carving the powder at Chatter Creek. This shot dates back a few years.        © Dan Hudson

Back on Vertebrae Glacier, Dan catches Eric carving some turns in the Chatter Creek powder.

Chatter Creek Lodge

Vertebrae Lodge (circa 2004) by Dan Hudson. Click hereto view recent changes and life inside the Chatter Creek lodges.

Helicopters are used to transfer guests between Golden BC and the lodge, which is central to the cat skiing terrain. However, Chatter Creek will shortly be starting a limited-time heli-skiing service in the mountains surrounding the cat skiing terrain.

Andrew Hardingham

Ski photographer Dan Hudson photographs Andrew Hardingham on the Windlip at Chatter Creek.

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