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Burnaby, BC
Canada
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Posted - 04/26/2012 : 09:07 AM
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As reported by Nigel Aspinall on Bivouac.com:
2012.04.24 Nigel Aspinall Glaciology hut burned to ground?
Arrived at the base of the Sentinal Gl on Monday night, expecting to stop for tea at the Glaciology hut - looks it's burned to the ground. Is that recent? The rock & ice around it looked dirty & blackened, like it was recent, but there were no scraps anywhere, suggesting it had been cleaned up.
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North Vancouver, bc
Canada
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Posted - 04/26/2012 : 10:07 AM
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| Wow what a bummer. There has been talk of these huts being dismantled and scrapped in the past, but I doubt that is what this is. What a shame they are so conveniently located. Which one is burned down? |
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Van, BC
Canada
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Posted - 04/26/2012 : 3:46 PM
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Damn. All was fine when I was up there on the 8th, but that was in the peak of the traverse season. Sorry to see it gone if it indeed is. I wonder if it was the smaller or the larger one...
-Ryan
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Surrey, BC
Canada
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Posted - 04/26/2012 : 5:05 PM
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| Crazy we were just there Easter weekend, left on the sunday. Seemed like responsible groups passing through that area, no crazies. Hopefully the truth about what happened surfaces soon. |
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Posted - 04/26/2012 : 7:37 PM
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What a shame
A nice little emergency shelter.Was there at easter |
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Richmond, BC
Canada
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Posted - 04/26/2012 : 7:47 PM
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| lightening strike? It did have an antenna. Was it grounded? |
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N.Vancouver, BC
140 Posts |
Posted - 04/26/2012 : 10:05 PM
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We did Neve last Saturday (APR 21) & both hut were in good condition.
Too bad to hear that.
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Richmond, BC
Canada
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Posted - 04/26/2012 : 10:49 PM
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Originally posted by maybe
Wow what a bummer. There has been talk of these huts being dismantled and scrapped in the past, but I doubt that is what this is. What a shame they are so conveniently located. Which one is burned down?
If BC Parks was involved then they need to come clean on the issue and state their rationale.
I can't see them doing that though without giving fair warning and reasons for same. |
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Happy go lucky, plaid wearin, postholin, safeway gaitor sportin, old-school film shootin, giver of many regards
Abbotsford, B.C.
Canada
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Posted - 04/26/2012 : 11:38 PM
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Originally posted by Alex Best
We did Neve last Saturday (APR 21) & both hut were in good condition.
Too bad to hear that.
A shame it is gone ! Looks like a great pleasant structure to shelter in from the outside at times of storm and snow.
Hope Parks is not going an elimination binge on huts.
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Vancouver, BC
Canada
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Posted - 04/27/2012 : 07:53 AM
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BC Parks may be sending a message to the hiking community - pay our obscene daily extortion fees or we will burn your cabins. It is eerily reminiscent of Fahrenheit 451, where the job of the fire department was to burn down houses that contained books.
Happier times: 
Here is a link I found on the interwebs:
http://www.sentinelbay.com/
Apparently the cabins were hit twice by avalanches - 1979 (destroyed), and 2003 (nudged). |
Edited by - weedWhacker on 04/27/2012 07:56 AM |
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Posted - 04/30/2012 : 8:08 PM
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I just wanted to officially put this to rest, As of April 29-30 2012 the huts are fine.
As for why quote:
2012.04.24 Nigel Aspinall Glaciology hut burned to ground?
Nigel posted this I have no idea.
A Alpine club trip over the Neve confirmed that Glaciology huts are ok. |
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Sardonic sandbagging scoundrel, Cascade Climbers lobotomized spraymeister, space blanket flyer, new millennium vulgarian betaboy and friend to all squids
Climbing, a mountain
Canada
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Posted - 04/30/2012 : 8:45 PM
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That's a nice new way of ensuring everyone else on the traverse brings a tent and leaves the hut empty for you  |
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Poco, BC
Canada
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Posted - 04/30/2012 : 10:02 PM
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| Weird. I wonder why the original post then. |
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1448 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2012 : 10:07 PM
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Yes it does
On our trip the smaller hut was snow drifted in and a number of people pitched tents. Rather then digging out the door to the hut or chipped out as smac said.
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Originally posted by Dru
That's a nice new way of ensuring everyone else on the traverse brings a tent and leaves the hut empty for you
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Posted - 04/30/2012 : 10:08 PM
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Perhaps there was something burnt there, and thought it was the hut that burned down. |
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Happy go lucky, plaid wearin, postholin, safeway gaitor sportin, old-school film shootin, giver of many regards
Abbotsford, B.C.
Canada
13477 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2012 : 10:36 PM
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Cam
That is great news, Thanks !
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Night owl posting,Subie driving, backpacking Dad who is perpetually trying to catch up to his kids on the trail.
Vancouver, BC
Canada
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Posted - 05/01/2012 : 12:11 AM
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| Maybe all the questions raised on this Site led BC Parks to rebuild a perfect aged replica to cover up their earlier suspected arson.... |
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Van, BC
Canada
2800 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2012 : 12:21 AM
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Wonder if he just saw the old foundations (for the old hut - the one that got destroyed by an avalanche and subsequently rebuilt in the current location) and got confused. When I was up there the old supports/spikes into the rock were still evident at the old place.
-Ryan
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Richmond, BC
Canada
2442 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2012 : 2:28 PM
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| X-files case |
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Newton, bc
Canada
282 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2012 : 2:33 PM
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| sledders |
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Vancouver, BC
Canada
2662 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2012 : 4:40 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by ChuckLW
Maybe all the questions raised on this Site led BC Parks to rebuild a perfect aged replica to cover up their earlier suspected arson....
I think you're on to something there |
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Sentinal Bay hut burned to ground!!!
