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Smithers - Mt. Harvey - Babine Mts. March 1 2009

words and photos by Sharon Bader and Lee Lau unless otherwise noted.

Hudson Bay - Feb 28th || Mt. Harvey - March 1st || Hudson Bay Inbounds - March 2nd || Boulder Mt. - March 3rd ||
The Galleon - March 5th || BC Scenes and Windy Ridge - March 6th || Windy Ridge - March 7th || Bear Glacier - March 8th || Shames Slackcountry - March 10th || Shames - Happy Valley Tour - March 11th || Shames Inbounds and Slackcountry- March 12-14th

Another prominent range in the Smithers area is the Babine Mountain Provincial Park. There is a cabin in this area called the Joe L'Orsa Cabin which was built by BC Parks in 1999 in honour of Joe who worked to protect this area. This day we skied up to the summit of Mt. Harvey. This area is also a popular hiking area in the summer. Many of the trails here are bike accessible. It's a tedious flat access road to the Harvey turnoff which we did as an out and back

Gearing up at the car.

Linda, Lee, John and Jos
Lots of snow on the kiosks!

Maps at each trailhead make for pretty simple navigation.
The access starts out flat for four kilometers, then you climb another 850m in 5km to the peak.

Jos schnell led the charge!
We stop for lunch at tree line and to take in the views!

Linda, John and Jos
Linda heading up with Ski Smithers in the background!

Linda, who fed that Jos Shcnell meat this morning???
The clouds are more prevalent now as we enter the alpine and make our way to the summit.

Lee, John and Jos
Linda and Sharon coming up the alpine with Ski Smithers in the back.

Go guys go!
At the top there are many signs courtesy of BC Parks telling us the rules.

We head back down the ripper sastrugi.

Lee and Jos loving their edges.
The last 4km we do the XC Ski push and glide!

Tele won this time!!!
Google earth image of the climb up to Harvey and the Galleon. You can also see where the Joe L'Orsa cabin is.

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