"MISSON INCOMPLEATE"
The original plan was to ski the Wapta in a day from Bow out Sherbrook Lake. We started in the early morning and were off to a great start we skied to the Bow hut in 2hrs and continued up to St. Nicholas - Olive col in another 1.5hrs in white out condition this is where we decide that descending to the Balfour Hut would but a bad idea because of the visibility and once we committed to the decent we would have to finish the tour and in the condition that we present at that time it would have been a very long day and a good chance on having to spend the night.
The decision was to climb Olive peak. We ascend Olive peak with limited visibility it was not until we reached the summit that we got our first view of the Wapta Icefeild it was great. We made a quick move back down the mountain and had good intentions to go for another peak but after a few 360 off the wind lip we head back to the Bow hut for some coffee.
In total we still skied 26Km.
Another good day in the mountains
The original plan was to ski the Wapta in a day from Bow out Sherbrook Lake. We started in the early morning and were off to a great start we skied to the Bow hut in 2hrs and continued up to St. Nicholas - Olive col in another 1.5hrs in white out condition this is where we decide that descending to the Balfour Hut would but a bad idea because of the visibility and once we committed to the decent we would have to finish the tour and in the condition that we present at that time it would have been a very long day and a good chance on having to spend the night.
The decision was to climb Olive peak. We ascend Olive peak with limited visibility it was not until we reached the summit that we got our first view of the Wapta Icefeild it was great. We made a quick move back down the mountain and had good intentions to go for another peak but after a few 360 off the wind lip we head back to the Bow hut for some coffee.
In total we still skied 26Km.
Another good day in the mountains
1 comment:
Great pics! Looks like you had a great day out there!
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