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Tag Archives: Whistler Backcountry
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
Posted in 2007, ski
Tagged blackcomb backcountry, spearhead traverse, Whistler Backcountry
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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
Posted in 2007, ski
Tagged blackcomb backcountry, spearhead traverse, Whistler Backcountry
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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
Posted in 2007, ski
Tagged blackcomb backcountry, spearhead traverse, Whistler Backcountry
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Mount Fitzsimmons – North face – Overlord Glacier
Russet Lake and the Fitzsimmons Range (Jan. 11 – 14, 2007) Continue reading
Fissile Peak – Saddle Chute – Fissile Bowl
Russet Lake and the Fitzsimmons Range (Jan. 11 – 14, 2007) Continue reading
Overlord Mountain – Overlord Glacier
Russet Lake and the Fitzsimmons Range (Jan. 11 – 14, 2007) Continue reading
Russet Lake – Fissile Bowl
Russet Lake and the Fitzsimmons Range (Jan. 11 – 14, 2007) Continue reading
Cowboy – or is that Cowgirl Ridge
Whistler backcountry with Amy! Continue reading
Fissile like a Missile Couloir and the Overlord Glacier
Off to Fissile again this time to ski a route I had looked at so longingly after skiing the NE face and scouted out when I had skied Overlord Glacier and Whirlwind Peak. Continue reading
Overlord Glacier
After terryifying myself on Fissile’s NE face a week ago, I had to go back and check out the area for more lines. Well there sure is a lot out there. Continue reading