Anskiere 1 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I thought I'd post this even though it isn't overseas for me (Wapta/Waptiuk glaciers in Canada), it is a very interesting very cool touring/mountaineering objective. I tried to do this trip 3 years in a row before being successful this past year in April 2013. I led the trip on all 3 years. The first year we encountered sickness en route, the second year we were involved in an avalanche. First year: Anyways I'm the skiier in the green pants and this is going up to the first hut, Peyto: This is the Peyto hut View from Peyto and getting up onto the glacier to travel to Bow the next day. Evening shots are evening shots. Cold as balls on the glacier. Our thermometer bottomed out and the last line, significantly before bottoming out, is -35*C. Did I mention the extremely strong winds? Bow hut and the view from Bow. You can kind of see where we came up this year. They did some touring and mountaineering while I was sick in the hut. Terrible sickness. We played a lot of crib. I come to Japan February 1st! Link to post Share on other sites
Anskiere 1 Posted January 9, 2014 Author Share Posted January 9, 2014 We did do some hiking for powder actually the day before everyone quit. Walking out Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Nice shots mate. Link to post Share on other sites
Anskiere 1 Posted January 10, 2014 Author Share Posted January 10, 2014 Thanks, I will let my friend know, they are his shots! Year 2, remote trigger avalanche caught us on final approach to the hut. We escaped burial but didn't feel safe continuing the approach so we packed it in till the following year: my skis Jordan Lakes are gay Link to post Share on other sites
Anskiere 1 Posted January 10, 2014 Author Share Posted January 10, 2014 Avalanche My car Winston Link to post Share on other sites
Anskiere 1 Posted January 10, 2014 Author Share Posted January 10, 2014 And then this past April we had FANTASTIC weather and had a great trip! Link to post Share on other sites
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Anskiere 1 Posted January 10, 2014 Author Share Posted January 10, 2014 In some of the pics it looks warm. It was always ~-25C with gale force winds. COLD! Its also hard to see in the pics but there are many crevasses with varying snow bridge depths as well as seracs in places. There was actually a serac fall right beside us as we were on our way up the Balfour col. Good route choice is important! Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Surely their are more photos than that there was none of you bathing or using the toilet Link to post Share on other sites
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