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 chinese hot-pot gourmand, costco pirate, 103 hikes completin', picture postin', commander of our newest canadian trekkers
Vancouver, BC
Canada
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Posted - 01/15/2008 : 12:11 PM
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I'm interested in both Lightning Lake route and Windy Joe route up to Frosty Mountain.
how's the avy risk on these two routes? I'm interested in doing Frosty Mountain as a snow camping trip.
Thanks for any info/suggestion you might give. |
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Vancouver, BC
Canada
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Posted - 01/15/2008 : 1:00 PM
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| I've gone most of the way up Frosty from Lightning Lakes. It starts out in the dense trees and rises steeply, then you come out onto a flatish area and head towards Frosty. This is visible on the topo. Neither of these were particularly concerning as I recall. Probably the last little bit to the top would be more worrisome. |
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Popkum, BC
Canada
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Posted - 01/15/2008 : 1:27 PM
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| I'm no pro in assessing avalanche activity but would stay clear of the peak for now. I'd be interested in going to the larches and camping either there or at the campsite in the trees half way up. |
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 | DW2
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West Coast, B.C.
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Posted - 01/17/2008 : 10:02 AM
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Both routes are good winter overnighters. From the Windy Joe side there is a good, small, sheltered meadow, at the 8 km. point for camping. It will keep you well out of the winds that are often very strong on the ridge crest. You may well find some serious avalanche risk as you climb steeply up out of the trees to intersect with the Lightning lake route. If you have to turn back there it's still a worthwhile trip.
On the Lightning lake route, leave the summer trail at about the 3km. point and stay with the ridge crest. You will climb fairly steeply, but in forest so no risk. It avoids the only areas of avalanche danger by doing this. Once the ridge levels out keep to the right side of the ridge, but maintain your elevation. If you know the summer trail you will see familiar areas. Eventually you will come to the old cabin. A few minutes past that, just past the 7km. marker, go left up a faily steep gully to avoid another area of potential avalanche risk. That gully will take directly up to the larch meadows. From the meadows it is often possible to to get to the summit without risk. Last year on an early spring trip we camped in the snow in the meadows and when we got to the summit ridge took off our snowshoes as the ridge was blown free of snow. |
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chinese hot-pot gourmand, costco pirate, 103 hikes completin', picture postin', commander of our newest canadian trekkers
Vancouver, BC
Canada
1740 Posts |
Posted - 01/21/2008 : 7:09 PM
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| Thanks all for the great help! |
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