A pic worths 1000 words. Dean made a video of the trip. Gives you an idea http://youtu.be/GEJ0ZMwysgI
Swamp passable.
Up to the first lake, lots of alders but passable.
No problem to the col between Saxifrage and Cassiope.
For Cassiope, had to left our skis before slightly before subsummit
For Saxifra...
Above 1800m, is not that the summit of Steep Creek ? :)
Enough coverage to skin up and down no problem. Good skiing conditions at the hut. Lots of snow there.
Sure, likely to be done Feb long week-end, 3 days (easyish pace), 4 peaks
Does anybody know how badly crevassed is the Place Glacier when doing the North Joffre Creek Horseshoe Traverse? I
will be keen on doing this soon and I would like to get some beta
Also been in Manning for 3 days for New Year. Although the resort is fully open, the coverage is thin. Forget about skiing in the forest below 1600mish meter. The snow this week will not likely chang...
i sent an email yesterday. please check your spam. meeting is at the chevron gas station on boundary street in burnaby, address is 3030 i think (wil double check that). Liz is leaving in kits and need...
Skied Silverdaisy, Mt Kelly , Poland Lake in Manning. Thin coverage, hard crust, only decent snow above 1800m, to be avoided.
Went up Needle the same to ski the bowl. Decent. Horrible uptrack in the forest (some spliboarders in front of us decided to walk part of it
as it was so steep, hard and slippery). Skied from the rid...
Snow conditions vary greatly between aspect. From very wind blown (particularly on the ridges) to very nice surface hoar layer.
Coverage quite thin. Beware of rocks and trees.
What about a tour up Elfin?
A recent mountain running adventure. More to come. Summer not over!!
http://www.clubtread.com/sforum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=57790
Cool
My Tuesday evening is always booked for a run so it do not mind making something regular for the club as the wednesday climbing.
I have started to put some modest trips. It will go higher and longer as the snow melts. I have running goals for 10 years at least!
I indeed think that the situation would deteriorate way more below treeline: more dirt, debris, sap, etc...
I am a SWIX guy. Typically, I would wax say LF blue with some moly wax together. I have some...
It worked for my xc skis, but the setup was slightly different:
- xc skate skiing is done on large trails groomed somewhat regularly. Plus season
ends way earlier (typically mid april!) So that makes...
I can only share my experience from my days as a xc skier. I was using fluorocarbon wax with a moly additive as you suggest. But, I was cleaning/waxing my skis
after each ski, so....kind of tedious bu...
Thanks Paul
I think this is an activity that will grow. So it makes sense. I will use the feature you have just added for sure.
Cheers
Alexis
COOL! It seems we start to have a crew.
7H for a 50K, that is quite good! Kind of my speed.....
I thought about running the WCT last year. Honestly, we realized that this was too much of hassle in t...
As a teaser, here is a good one to do
http://www.nps.gov/mora/planyourvisit/the-wonderland-trail.htm
in a day without support :)
That is not in my summer plan but I could be convinced.
I am interested too. I have several ideas that I intended to do this summer. A bit early though I believe, if you actually want to run.
End of July, August, Early September might be more appropriate....
We did the the same trip today with Dean. Snow line at 1100m. We drove to 1000m, and only had to carry
skis for 10 min (quite disappointing).
Shrung has opened significantly since last week and some c...