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Posted - 09/07/2010 : 09:22 AM
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I stumbled upon this peak from looking at Eric coulthard's site and it caught my eye.
I sits on the east side of the icefields parkway,it is the next peak north of Mt.Weed.
I beat my way through the bush last friday to have a go at it but ended up heading for the wrong peak,mt.noye's finally came into view and i realized my mistake. i could've gotten up it but would've had to lose some elevation and i was bummed out so i left it for another day.
The views of Peyto,Mistaya,waterfowl and chephren lakes are awesome with weed,patterson,chephren,howse,sarbach as there backdrop.
I had better weather on the 1st day so i will add pic's from that day as well.
monday rolled around and the weather was supposed to be a bit better. I was planning on doing Mt.Sarbach but changed my mind last moment and gave Noye's another try.
I started off at 9:15 from the silverhorn overflow cmpground and headed through the bush.
last friday the way i went involved steep bush,several rockbands and coming back down was even worse. i was intent on finding a better way this time............which i did and soon i was above treeline,headed for the correct mountain. Other than splitting my knee open on a rock,the approach was uneventful.
I won't go into too much detail about my route as there is no good trail to get above treeline,you just have to tramp through the bush and try and avoid as much of the rockbands as you can. Once above treeline you head into a small valley,once in this valley there are a couple ways you can get above the headwall that lays before you. They are obvious if you look around,pick one,climb scree as high as you can go and then traverse towards Mt.Noye's.
Alot of the ascent is loose as most scrambles are, but there are still several rockbands that provide some fun. Eric says the hardest part is the approach through the bush and i would have to agree with that. There is a short gully part way up the summit block and i would call it moderate scrambling at most, it was filled with ice and snow this time and i gladly hacked footholds up it and continued on my way.
I sat on top for an hour,most of the time i was completely clouded in but the last 15 minutes it cleared a fair bit and i sat and enjoyed the parial views.
back down i went,through the snow/ice gully,down the scree,through the bush and back to the truck. another great day!!!!
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1- Mt.Noye's heading towards small valley
2- noye's and small valley,i think it's fairly obvious in the shot where you must go
3- Howse peak,Mt.Chephren and Waterfowl lakes
4- Mt.Weed
5- Mt.Patterson home of the Snowbird glacier
6- Mistaya lake
7- looking down into valley from just above headwall
8- ascent day,a little bit more snow
9- i was contemplating doing this lower peak but thoguth "naaaaaaa"
10- looking down route from near summit block
11- well hello there mr.ice gully
12- i was contemplating whether i should do the first ascent of this ice strip but i don't think duct taping sharp rocks to my boots as front points would've worked.
13- summit shot
14- cairn and axe,oh my sweet precious axe,what would i do without you
15- Mt.Weed and Peyto lake in the distance
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Posted - 09/07/2010 : 10:44 AM
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11- well hello there mr.ice gully
12- i was contemplating whether i should do the first ascent of this ice strip but i don't think duct taping sharp rocks to my boots as front points would've worked.
Too funny. Did you have to scramble up this gully though? |
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Posted - 09/07/2010 : 10:57 AM
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ya,i had to go up that gully. it was more of a hack,hack, step up kind of deal instead of scrambling. i had to chop a couple foot holds to get up a bit, then work my way right and out of the gully,all the holds were iced over and that made it all the more fun.
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 Happy go lucky, plaid wearin, postholin, safeway gaitor sportin, old-school film shootin, giver of many regards
Abbotsford, B.C.
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Posted - 09/07/2010 : 7:04 PM
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Originally posted by nmcan84
ya,i had to go up that gully. it was more of a hack,hack, step up kind of deal instead of scrambling. i had to chop a couple foot holds to get up a bit, then work my way right and out of the gully,all the holds were iced over and that made it all the more fun.
Building your own steps sounds like fun..
Made a good use of my ice-axe to chop steps up an icy Laughington North Peak last winter.
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over the hills and far away
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Posted - 09/07/2010 : 8:20 PM
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| Nice pun and, as always, great adventure. Glad waiting on top led to some views.... |
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Posted - 09/08/2010 : 12:17 PM
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Looks cold and interesting, very nice.
Cheers,
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Peace and Yes,no noise on Mt.Noyes
