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In the meantime here's a really cool video of the NF of RR from a guy with a RC plane, great scenery.

Actually Environment Canada has a very useful service known as "weather one-on-one". You call a meteorologist and have a discussion with them on whatever you'd like to know about. It's $3 per minute and I have found it very useful in the past. They have been able to give accurate forecasts by climbing region, eg. Robson, Bugs, Adamants etc. Link below. https://www.ec.gc.ca/meteo-weather/default.asp?lang=En&n=92CD8DE8-1

I skied/climbed Trorey back on May 3 via the lifts on Blackcomb. Snow conditions on the 3rd were very mushy and slow but that was after some warm weather. I suspect that coverage above treeline is still quite good. However below treeline it's almost all melted out so it would be a bit of a walk out. I think Blackcomb is also close to closing. There will be enough snow to find some OK skiing on the high peaks but snow quality is uncertain. At least crowds won't be a problem! I saw nobody on the 3rd.

Mighty fine trip! I have admired that route from points north for a long time, although it seems a bit much for a has-been (or never-was) such as myself. I imagine it would be a satisfying summit even via the scramble route.

Great trip, very nice style as well. The route from Zenith col to Tantalus via the N Ridge is indeed stunning. Only 8 hours from Sigurd to your camp with packs is hoofing it!

Great trip! I've been thinking of doing Bear for a long time, not by a north face route but instead just up the NW ridge, and I might actually get out for it this year. Is the final summit a scramble, or is it worthwhile to take a short rope? It's not totally clear from the guides or the trip reports, perhaps because the final summit may feel like a stroll compared to the big routes.

Awesome! Great timing with the weather, there's not much tree skiing back there for foggy days.

Flew over Slesse en route to Toronto yesterday. A bit more has peeled off, but the rest of it is still in place.

Well, I think there's a sign saying you're not supposed to, but with a bit of stealth.... There's a nice (short) run down the west ridge of the first peak. It's a bit out of the way and is not often skied. The turnaround point is fairly obvious - it suddenly gets quite steep and the trees thicken. Be careful not to ski down anything you can't skin up. Don't try to contour the SW side of the 1st peak back to Brockton Point - you will meet with a nasty gully.

Congrats! I've got two little girls now. Weekend was making pancakes and going to babies r us. Wouldn't trade it!

Cool! Do you know what grade it went free at?

Great trip! I've spent a couple weeks in the Adamants/Gothics, and we hiked in via the trail back in 2006. It took us about 8 hours to get to the hut, and it's not really that far, the difficulty lies in the large avalanche fans that the trail crosses between the standing timber down low and the start of the moraines. They are very bushy, and we also encountered large areas where mature trees had been laid down into an unstable jackpot of logs and branches, which was tiring with a big pack full of gear.

I meant drums... And I was wrong, I meant Territories, not Grand Designs. It took me a zillion tries to get Territories right.

Try play "Grand Designs" - tough!

One way to build up strength and balance is to take a pack and a shovel to the ski area, and fill the pack with snow at the top of the lift. Ski down with the heavy pack, and dump the snow at the bottom before riding the lifts again. If you can ski well with a heavy pack, you're ability and confidence will increase when skiing with no pack or with a day pack.