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Edmonton, Alberta
Canada
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Posted - 05/07/2012 : 3:27 PM
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| Hey there! Anyone have current info on the trail conditions in Tonquin Valley. We'd like to try an early season sortie and wonder if snowshoes (or hip-waders) may be required. Mid-June has been good in the past, but May is unknown to me. |
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 Kootenay Bud
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Posted - 05/07/2012 : 3:48 PM
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| May will be snowy and the snow at low elevations will be isothermic. I'd be expecting one helluva wallow. |
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Penhold, Alberta
Canada
2009 Posts |
Posted - 05/07/2012 : 4:25 PM
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Marmot Basin sits at about the same as the Amathyst Lakes and Marmot closed last week end?
Go for it, there shouldn't be any bugs,lol.
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Edmonton, Alberta
Canada
110 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2012 : 08:52 AM
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| Hip-waders it is then! April and May are the only months of the year that we have yet to experience in the Tonquin/Eremite, so I have to at least try ;-) |
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Jasper, ab
Canada
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Posted - 05/08/2012 : 09:09 AM
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Originally posted by Trail Talk
Hip-waders it is then! April and May are the only months of the year that we have yet to experience in the Tonquin/Eremite, so I have to at least try ;-)
Remember, if you're going in via the Astoria river you have to do the 12 kms of the Cavell road too. It won't be easy. I tried with snow shoes once in May and they were useless, as Sandy pointed out |
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Edmonton, Alberta
Canada
110 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2012 : 10:37 AM
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| Well we can always bail at the Cavell hostel ;-) |
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Edmonton, Alberta
Canada
110 Posts |
Posted - 05/27/2012 : 1:23 PM
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| Update on trail conditions in Tonquin Valley...wet!! We bailed about 12km out of Cavell hostel, following the summer ACC trail. It was looking like a bivy was going to be a real possibility otherwise. A couple more weeks should see better conditions. |
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Looking for beta on Tonquin Valley
