CDN Rockies 2010-11 roll call and stoke

[Mex]

^Good for you guys. Looks like it was a perfect day.

[time2clmb]

^ took your ice axe for some fresh air.

[f2f]

^ this deserves a TR on its own, methinks. looks great!

edit: i guess i was too late

[f2f]

went to emerald lake for a look-see. wow, i had no idea the avy was so huge. cleaned the path right through. here are a couple of pictures comparing -- 17th of April 2009 and 22nd of April 2011.

(of course it makes sense for the avy path to get cleaned through every once in a while, i just wasn't expecting to see it any time soon given the size of the trees that had grown at the bottom, and the additional channel carved on the side)

[mtaylor]

Today:

[time2clmb]

Nice work got any more pics of that? Such a nice looking line.

[Mex]

Nice. Good job ticking that one off.

[Oarhead]

Hit up Surprise pass yesterday morning. Was pretty bomber the whole way but I think timing and early starts will become more important with the melt/freeze. What amazing scenery. It was pretty busy though. At one point there were 14 people visible with a line up to cross one of the slide paths. The final climb up the pass was easier if you just boot packed it. THe skin track is pretty smashed. The ski down is starting to get sun affected but still nice until the last pitch. Lots of traffic has been through since the last snowfall.

[time2clmb]

Wow...i'll be sure to stay away from anything popular in the next while. 14 people that's insane.

[Oarhead]

There was a group of what looked like 6 kids from a XC club. Those little shits just breezed back across the lake with a light tailwind. My fat ass kept breaking through the crust. The other group of 6 were just chugging along doing their own thing at a medium pace.

I can't imagine what Bow summit was like.

[mntlion]

Invermere has some mnt biking ready to go!!!.

[time2clmb]

I can't imagine what Bow summit was like.

As far as Friday when we hit Flower we were there early enough to not see anyone. 3 people on the main paths and that's all we saw but we went straight down the path and were parked on the road. Lots of cars in the lot though but most were viewpoint tourists and saw a few people on the top of the ridge. I'm guessing yesterday and today must have been busy.

Still winter on the north sides.
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...-ending-winter
Been taking my camera out to get some pics the last couple days.

[time2clmb]

Add Narao couloir to the same slid list as 3-4..

[powslut]

Add Narao couloir to the same slid list as 3-4..

And Rae Glacier

[time2clmb]

^sweet were you in there recently? Got any more pics from Highwood??

[powslut]

Haven't been up there. Poached that from the Kananaskis Country Public Safety Section Facebook page.

[mtaylor]

Nice work got any more pics of that? Such a nice looking line.

Peter (skiitsbetter) posted a bunch more pictures on his blog. A few from Miner's Gully as well.

http://knightisright.blogspot.com/20...g-radical.html

[grinch]

a friend solo skied the postcard gulley on cascade yesterday. i had to settle for illiciluet to youngs peak, 7 steps traverse. with all these awesome tr's being posted it looks like the rockies crews are getting it done. gotta get back there

[pano-dude]

Invermere has some mnt biking ready to go!!!.

yes we do, tough time of year..... should I bike, ski or sled..... I even golfed 2 rounds on the weekend!

[Griogair]

yes we do, tough time of year..... should I bike, ski or sled..... I even golfed 2 rounds on the weekend!

Yes...Yes...Yes...Hells No!

[TOLOCOMan]

Went today to score some of T2C's sloppy seconds in the Flower Couloir. Really fine line. Snow wasn't really fantastic skiing, but not too bad. I don't think anybody else had been up there since T2C. There were barely any remnants of tracks up or down, but when there was, it looked like only 2 sets of tracks.

The objective for a beautiful morning


Fairly easy boot packing, especially when you let someone else break trail...


Looked like there was going to be some nice skiing once we got up there...


Yep, looks fun...


While the skiing was far from bad in the upper bowl, it was kind of "dust on firm". It was consistently firm, so you never felt like you were going to punch through, but it wasn't exactly hard charging confidence inspiring either.



The stem part was a little softer, but also a little more variable and the occasional bit of breakable crust.


All in all, a fun line that I've always looked at doing and had never gotten around to. Thanks for the motivation T2C! Even though the turns were far from epic, it's still quite the aesthetic line. It looks like the conditions should be good for a while still for more committing lines, so if there's something you've been thinking about, get out there!

[time2clmb]

Damn that looks like a fun line...makes we want to go ski it Nice to see another tr on it. Such a nice line.

[go_up]

interesting TR on biglines from grand daddy couloir.

http://biglines.com/blogs/grand-daddy-couloir-bow-peak

[grinch]

a friend steered me to this site for beta. seems pretty extensive http://www.freewebtown.com/anugara/log2.htm
http://www.freewebtown.com/anugara/log2alpha.htm

[time2clmb]

...I used to read that for a laugh, one of the biggest rope work jongs I have seen, HOWEVER I never thought of it as a conditions beta site and he does get out alot. Mofo needs to learn how to use his gear though.