gsilvest

If it helps you, we made it to the Statlu Lake TH in an unmodified 95 Pathfinder last year with no difficulty at all, assuming you know now to drive off road.

Hi Folks, I have four free passes. My wife and baby son are heading to the UK for a 4 week holiday and that means I have 4 free weekend passes to go and enjoy the mountains without having to promise to clean, fix, or shop for anything. They are going in May, which is a little unfortunate as that is not exactly prime season, however I hold out hope of finding some good early season, non-ski routes. I'm posting here to consult with the 'collective' on their views and recommendations of good early season SW BC weekend mountaineering trips. My criteria, although I'm not too fussy, include : - easy access (but not necessarily the park and climb variety) - not long slogs with NTD. Physical effort doesn't scare me away, it's just that I'm looking for something more than just a long walk with an ice axe - Moderate routes but preferably with lots of pucker factor (aka well protected exposure) Although I have lots of desire to go certain places (see Alpine Selct), having never being into the mountains much in spring I have no idea what makes good trips. For example, one trip I'm considering is a traverse of Thar-Nak-Yak-"continuing W then N along the ridge line"-Zum and back out. Anyway, before I babble on too much I'll sign off and say thanks for the insight and advice you have on possible trips. In return for your knowledge I'll leave you with a parting topical joke : What's wide at the bottom, narrow at the top, and has ears ? Answer - mountains ! Confused ? Have you never heard of moutaineers (mountain ears) ? Ha, ha. Gary