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Re: Travelling from Vancouver to Alberta or eastern BC soon?
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 7:58 pm
by storm80y
Hey thanks for your offer, I'll be sure to pass it on. The trip is in early April. I'm not co-ordinating the trip but I do know Parks have a limit on the number of people staying at the cave per night. I'm sure the divers would appreciate any extra sherpas but I'm not sure how/where to accommodate you. I have never skied up there, so I don't know what other camping areas are designated. If you are super keen I can put you onto the Parks liaison for the trip.
I'll be up for some skiing, a couple of friends and I try and head out 2 or more times a week, generally midweek. Will send you a msg next time.
Cheers
Re: Travelling from Vancouver to Alberta or eastern BC soon?
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 7:44 pm
by storm80y
It was a fantastic journey! The cave, skiing and company were superlative. Some pics on faceborg at the links below:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=102680
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=102770
Re: Travelling from Vancouver to Alberta or eastern BC soon?
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 7:50 pm
by konadog
Niiiiice - Castleguard - wow!
Re: Travelling from Vancouver to Alberta or eastern BC soon?
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:46 pm
by JMK
Great to hear it all went well. Sorry about the mix up with the Castleguard books, in the end we sorted it and got them to Chas, and hopefully all your team members received one, including yourself.
Re: Travelling from Vancouver to Alberta or eastern BC soon?
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 12:11 am
by storm80y
Yep, it's an excellent book. Thanks for going out of your way to organise it.
:D
Re: Travelling from Vancouver to Alberta or eastern BC soon?
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:27 pm
by storm80y
Re: Travelling from Vancouver to Alberta or eastern BC soon?
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:05 pm
by JMK
Thanks for the shots, the previous link did not work for me either.
Shot #6 has me puzzled. That seems to be right on the edge of the runout zone for the avalanche path that runs 350 meters further into the clearing and touches the trees on the other side. Not a good place to be stopping and bunched up (especially this season), but your guide probably knew what he was doing and maybe it's just a trick of the camera angle.
Shot #37. Isn't that backdoor entrance blocked?
Looks like you had a neat campsite and awesome weather, what a great opportunity. Doesn't look like the snow bridges have started to sag yet. Did you have to rope up on the glacier?
Re: Travelling from Vancouver to Alberta or eastern BC soon?
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:44 pm
by storm80y
np, we are close to that av slope still standing in the treeline. I did notice some sloughing on the way out, which wasn't reassuring.
I took the tag off 37, so nobody gets the wrong idea. It certainly is blocked up with reo bar and all kinds of stuff.