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Spearhead Traverse in 2 days
Sunny and cold tour from Blackcomb to Whistler in April Continue reading
Spearhead Traverse day 3 – Fissile baby laps (Feb 21, 2010
Words by Lee Lau. Photos by Lee and Tyler Wilkes unless otherwise noted. All Rights Reserved. After running around the Spearhead for a couple of days, Wilkes and I embarked on a quest to find pow lines off Fissile. The steeper … Continue reading
Spearhead Traverse day 2 – Fitzsimmons Glacier – Cheakamus Mtn – Russet Lake (Feb 20, 2010)
Spearhead Traverse – 3 day tour Continue reading
Spearhead Traverse day 1 – Blackcomb to Fitzsimmons Moraine (Feb 19, 2010)
Spearhead Traverse – 3 days of touring Continue reading
Accidental Spearhead Day 3- Tremor to Whistler – a partial Spearhead Traverse
With a bit more urgency today we were up before dawn and ready to leave at first light. It turns out that none of us (despite about 50 years of collective skitouring experience between us) had done a Spearhead Continue reading
Accidental Spearhead Day 2- Tremor North Face, Shudder and Shatter Glacier
As with most touring days where the skiing is not the best but temperatures are pleasant and views are magnificent we dawdled over breakfast replete with lots of cups of hot chocolate. Continue reading
Accidental Spearhead Day 1 – Blackcomb Glacier to Platform Glacier
After a blast of high pressure fed by moist warm air from Hawaii visited the Pacific North West (also know as a pineapple express), I knew that we had to head high. In the end, it turned out that we didn’t head high enough as even 2700m peaks had received a ton of rain, making for interesting turns on all aspects. Continue reading
Spearhead Traverse in a day
A friend who we have been skiing with all winter has been going on about doing the Spearhead in one day! One day? Are you nuts???? so I figured why not? Continue reading
