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Posted - 04/28/2012 : 3:36 PM
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Took a run up the large gulley on the north side of Thar this morning. Approach was on firm snow - no need for slowshoes. Main gulley was a mixture of firm squeaky snow and calf deep powder. The going was easy enough.
For what it's worth, I took the left-hand finishing gulley, which leads to just below the summit. That gulley was grand - a bit steeper and nice front-pointing. After this, there were two steps about 5 metres each. The first over some loose rock/snow. The second consisted of compact rock with a decent crack. The latter offered the excitement of the day with some exposure.
No views on top. Car to car in 3.5 hours.
Falls Lake from the base of the gulley
Bottom of the main gulley
Bottom of the left-hand finishing gulley, which leads to the summit
The rest of the main gulley from the junction with the left-hand gulley
Above the first step in the finishing gulley
Looking down the second step
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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 - 04/28/2012 : 4:01 PM
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Congrats on your first trip report, enjoyed it fully. Went up the NE side a few years ago.
Good photos... I get dizzy looking at the chute pictures though, looking down that narrow crevice like opening. Scary place to be in event of an avalanche.
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Edited by - KARVITK on 04/28/2012 4:03 PM |
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Port Moody, BC
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Posted - 04/28/2012 : 8:12 PM
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| It looks like winter has yet to loosen its grip up in that country. |
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Posted - 04/29/2012 : 07:35 AM
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| do you have a picture of the gulley from far away? (ie. full length) |
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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 - 04/29/2012 : 4:01 PM
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| I wondered what that other fork was like. Nice work. |
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Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada
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Posted - 04/29/2012 : 6:59 PM
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| Nice work Cormac! Looks like you had similar weather to what we encountered above Lions Bay. |
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Squamish, British Columbia
Canada
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Posted - 04/29/2012 : 9:12 PM
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Originally posted by flinner
That gulley was grand
You Irish?
We opted to bypass that left branch ourselves when we did it. Had plans to come back and do it again to check it out, it's nice to see how it ends from your TR.
Yeah it is a nice short route, I don't know why it isn't more popular. Super short approach, nice quick egress route and a pretty nice gully with a few different options varying in difficulty. |
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Posted - 04/29/2012 : 10:20 PM
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@DPM: Thanks Don. Cloud was pretty thin but just enough to deny a vista.
@leimrod: Cinnte, tá mé |
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Posted - 04/30/2012 : 12:34 AM
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| Nice trip. Are these types of trips (steep gullies climbed in the winter) covered in any local guidebooks? |
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Posted - 04/30/2012 : 10:13 AM
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Originally posted by Steventy
Are these types of trips (steep gullies climbed in the winter) covered in any local guidebooks?
Not that I know of for this particular one. kevin mclane's alpine select guide has a bunch. |
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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 : 2:12 PM
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This one is in the latest Beckey guide
(red Cascade Alpine Guide, 3rd edition p. 269) |
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Squamish, British Columbia
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Posted - 04/30/2012 : 2:49 PM
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Originally posted by flinner
@leimrod: Cinnte, tá mé
An bhfuil cead agam dul go dtí an leithreas, más é do thoil é? 
Yeah, using the word "grand" in that context was a give away. I still get skewed looks here when I substitute "fine" and "ok" for "grand".
Fine first trip report anyway. You been climbing mountains in these parts for long?
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Originally posted by Dru
This one is in the latest Beckey guide
(red Cascade Alpine Guide, 3rd edition p. 269)
I see you're named there with that route. Nice one. Must pick up a copy of that. |
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North Vancouver, BC
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Posted - 04/30/2012 : 9:14 PM
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Originally posted by flinner
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Originally posted by Steventy
Are these types of trips (steep gullies climbed in the winter) covered in any local guidebooks?
Not that I know of for this particular one. kevin mclane's alpine select guide has a bunch.
Thanks. Picked it up tonight. The Beckey book looks good as well.
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Thar North Side Gulley
