 | LeeL
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 Extreme ski tourin, mountain bikin addict who hikes at least once a year
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Posted - 05/21/2011 : 10:09 PM
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http://www.leelau.net/sharonandlee/tricouni-attempt/ - more here
I wanted to take a look at the N face of Tricouni and talked Louie into it. We knew it would be warm so left Vancouver at 4pm. Starting from the trailhead at 6.30am we underestimated the length of the approach and the daytime heat. At 11:30am we ascended S facing slopes that were already uncomfortably moist and were still at a col about 1.5 km and 300m vert short of Tricouni peak. The col is usually not a problem to sneak into a glacier just S of Tricouni and then climb up to Tricouni Pk but this season’s near-record snowfall meant that there was a 5m cornice to deal with. Compounded with the fact that gaining Tricouni Pk’s summit would have been sketchy at best with the isothermic snow and wet-slide potential we chose to ski back down to High Falls Lk (just E of where we were at what I will call Col 1) and ascend to a col just E of Tricouni (1850m) which I will call call Col 2.
We dropped down NW slopes off Col 2. There’s a serac field on that slope that’s not marked fyi. Entire bowl/glacier below Brandywine/Tricouni is full of slide debris from recent wet slides. Then we exited back down Roe Creek and out.
Total tour ?24km – 2200m vert. Decent snow but wet slides have punished lots of slopes. Corn cycle starts on S slopes about 9- 11am @ 1600m. N slopes at about 12 -2pm @ 1850m. Can drive to 540m on Chance Creek FSR. Snow line is shortly thereafter. Roe Creek FSR snowline is to about 690m
Some pictures = more in above link
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Abbotsford, B.C.
Canada
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Posted - 05/22/2011 : 09:39 AM
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Cool. Tricouni is one of the mountains I still want to get up on.
Nice .
Gatier, interesting... got to check out Seymour second peak for that...
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Tricouni attempt
