Bigtree Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Trip: Coastal BC - Wedge Mt. via north arete Date: 5/21/2007 Trip Report: Climbed to the hut early Saturday in rain/snow in 5 hrs. Snowpack showed up at ~ 1/4 mark and got progressively deeper. As expected, snow was wet and deep making for lots of knee and some waste deep post-holing/tough going. Made our bid for the summit Sunday morning at 3 am. Had a nice pocket of weather until about 6 am then weather turned poor again (snow/very poor vis). Made it up the to the north arete at ~ 8 600' and then decided to abort. Here's a topo of our route and another pic showing the place in much finer form that we experienced: Gear Notes: Rope, couple of pickets, ice screw, crampons. Ski/snowshoes would have been nice. Approach Notes: East off hwy 99, 10 mins north of Whistler, good access road up to trailhead. Grunt up steep Wedgemount Cr. trail up to hut ~ 4 - 5 hrs, then 6 hr to arete (should normally take 6 hrs from hut beyond arete to summit). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 I've done the same trip in April, 1998, with same results. Good conditioning, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Serl Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 day-trip it in july or aug once the snow has settled. 2 1/2 hrs to the hut, easy. brew up and relax for an hour. 3 hrs up the ridge - take the left-hand snowslope mid ht in your photo to the low pt on the ridge to avoid the trickier sections of the glacier. admire the view and snooze on top for a cpl hours. 4 hrs top to car; faster if your legs can put up with running the trail down from the hut, which is an amazing blast! one of the great classic coastal daytrips... cheers, don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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