| Name: Overnight trip to Ipsoot |
| Starts: Sat Apr 12, 2025 08:00 |
| Return: Sun Apr 13, 2025 18:00 |
| Registration opens: Mon Mar 31, 2025 |
| Event category: Backcountry Skiing |
| Difficulty grade: C2 [?] |
| For members only: No |
| Screening used: Yes |
| Max participants: 5 |
Organizer: Johanna Becker  |
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Do you have crevasse resque training? What is your experience with glacier travel? Do you have all necessary glacier gear?
What level of AST traininig do you have? How many years have you been doing backcountry skiing/ split boarding?
Do you have all the necessary gear for winter camping?
What other trips have you done in the Lower Mainland that would compare to Ipsoot?
Do you have a car to get to the trailhead? We only have space for 1-2 additional people.
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MOVED BY ONE WEEKEND DUE TO WEATHER
Ipsoot is a glacieated mountain west of Pemberton and we are seeing a clear weather window forecasted for this upcoming weekend.
We will together scope out a less known approach to Ipsoot Mt via the East Valley Route (see gpx attached). Snow on the Rutherford FSR is up to kilometer 5, which is close to the branch RUT24-1. We will take this branch and find our way along Pemberton Creek into the alpine. There may be some type 2 fun along the way, but we hope snow levels are still far enough down so that it covers some of the alder or bush.
We plan to camp up on the glacier - nothing beats a sunset and sunrise on a glacier - summit Ipsoot, perhaps get a few ski laps in and decent via the same route on Sunday.
We will monitor the weather and avalanche conditions over the coming week and make a group decision on Thursday or Friday if the trip can happen. Our biggest priority is to get home safe and to have fun outdoors, if this means to not get the summit, so be it.
We will operate as a group and make group decisions and would expect that you check maps and terrain before hand so that we can make informed decisions together. We will have a moderate pace.
Please answer the screening questions below.
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