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We went up the Kaskawulsh and down the Hubbard. On a different trip 2 of us skied down the Kaskawulsh from below Mt Steele after having flown in. With hard snow with light packs a group could ski out from Logan in 2-3 days to the highway.

The Hubbard is far too broken to be a good route. The East Nunatuk Glacier that they took is superb access with easy skiing very close to sea level. I did a day trip to the beach at the East Nunatuk Fjord while on a ski trip from Kluane Lake to Yakutat. We caught a boat from the back of Harlequin Lake to Yakutat as it was far cheaper than the East Nunatuk. There is a point very near the Fjord where one can ski through a State, Province, and a Territory within a few kilometers. I remember thinking at the time that very few people had probably done that.

Using the end of the rope (whatever is left from your tie in point) works well.

Conocephalum conicum Snake Liverwort

Really nice TR and pics!

As my friend and I paddled back after Deliverance we contemplated what we would do if we tipped or got swamped as well (i'm sure everyone does). I concluded I would swim for the west shore with the rail tracks. You might not make the swim but if you do you can warm up running along the tracks back to the cabins. If you go for the east shore you will survive for a short while but there is almost no hope of making it along the shore to a cabin before you freeze!

Perhaps that's why she is having trouble finding information on it.

It can actually be quite cheap to get there. We drove to Bella Coola and hiked in and traversed it with no airdrops a few years ago. Gas was less than a hundred dollars each and we bought food for 12 days. Now much else needed. What's the big expense Marc?

The 3rd edition of Exploring the Coast Mountains on Skis WILL be available at the show and cheaper than at MEC!

Hey everyone, John Baldwin will be presenting a slide show next Wednesday Feb 11th! It will be at 7:00pm in the Buchanan building room A100 on UBC campus in Vancouver. Feel free to invite anyone you want, it's also FREE! The book MAY be available to buy at the show... Bio: John Baldwin is an author, nature photographer and outdoor enthusiast with a special interest in wilderness and mountain photography. Always curious about what lies over the next ridge, he has spent the past 35 years exploring and photographing the Coast Mountains, completing numerous first ascents and pioneering many long ski traverses, often to remote areas that have rarely been visited. He has written about his backcountry skiing and mountaineering adventures in “Exploring the Coast Mountains on Skis”, “Mountains of the Coast” and “Backcountry Whistler Map”. His talk and slideshow will present an overview of ski mountaineering in the wild Coast Mountains of western BC with stories and descriptions of some of his favourite places and a chance to ask questions about his adventures. Title of Presentation: Ski Wild: overview and stories of ski mountaineering in the Coast Mountains of western BC Blurb: Blessed by some of the deepest snowfalls on the continent, the Coast Mountains offer some of the finest ski mountaineering in North America. John has recently published a completely revised third edition of his guidebook “Exploring the Coast Mountains on Skis”. He will give an overview of some of his favourite places for backcountry skiing in the the Coast Mountains, from local slopes to trips deep in the wilderness across remote icefields that stretch north to Alaska. H

Hey everyone, John Baldwin will be presenting a slide show next Wednesday Feb 11th! It will be at 7:00pm in the Buchanan building room A100 on UBC campus in Vancouver. Feel free to invite anyone you want, it's also FREE! The book MAY be available to buy at the show... Bio: John Baldwin is an author, nature photographer and outdoor enthusiast with a special interest in wilderness and mountain photography. Always curious about what lies over the next ridge, he has spent the past 35 years exploring and photographing the Coast Mountains, completing numerous first ascents and pioneering many long ski traverses, often to remote areas that have rarely been visited. He has written about his backcountry skiing and mountaineering adventures in “Exploring the Coast Mountains on Skis”, “Mountains of the Coast” and “Backcountry Whistler Map”. His talk and slideshow will present an overview of ski mountaineering in the wild Coast Mountains of western BC with stories and descriptions of some of his favourite places and a chance to ask questions about his adventures. Title of Presentation: Ski Wild: overview and stories of ski mountaineering in the Coast Mountains of western BC Blurb: Blessed by some of the deepest snowfalls on the continent, the Coast Mountains offer some of the finest ski mountaineering in North America. John has recently published a completely revised third edition of his guidebook “Exploring the Coast Mountains on Skis”. He will give an overview of some of his favourite places for backcountry skiing in the the Coast Mountains, from local slopes to trips deep in the wilderness across remote icefields that stretch north to Alaska.

Seems much harder than M6. One has to lock off on often precarious holds to make a loooong reach to the bolts. There are BOMBER drilled pockets but some very difficult moves between.

Thanks hafilax, i'll try Airtime.

I'm looking to get a kite for skiing this winter but know almost nothing about the sport. I'd like a really lightweight kite that would be practical to take on traverses to be used primarily for moving forward quickly and not for acrobatics. Anybody have a good lightweight setup they use in the mountains? Something that can maybe be used off a climbing harness. Any kites or kite manufactures you would recommend?

The study mentions old trees but not how old. What I said in my last post and will say again is that I was finding many of the studies were calling 60 year old trees "old", which is not what I was referring to. My brash post also made no mention of carbon sequestering in soils, just the trees, for the reason that a planted forest would not necessarily have to be planted to replace logging or make up for the carbon given off as a result.

Ecological Modeling Volume 164, Issue 1, 1 June 2003, Pages 33-47 "A forest stand can be a carbon sink for up to 200 years old with a peak at 30–40 years old. Old-growth stands are carbon neutral to the atmosphere in the long term."

Feck, the main point you were trying to prove by the Science article is, according to the article, unanswered; “are forested landscapes different in their sink capacity depending on whether they have old-growth forest or young fast rotating stands? These questions cannot be answered with certainty yet." I think a key question is what we are defining "old growth" as. Many articles I look at are defining mature as 60 years old which is by no means the old growth I was referring to, and hopefully is still the first part of that trees life. When I said that young planted trees would sequester more carbon in the first part of their lives than old growth I was meaning a mature forest that was in or would soon be in stages of decay and therefore releasing carbon. Given a 100 year period a young planted forest will sequester more carbon than a mature forest that in the same 100 years will be decaying. I also never said that the planted forests were replacing a forest that was the result of logging. Your articles take into account the release of carbon stored in soils that are emitted as a result or soils being disturbed by logging. I have however been forced to take a closer look at my statement and have been reading a number of neat articles on the subject. More reading necessary for me at this time.

7hrs up, 2 down (on skis in December). Sorry, no split times to different places.

Did you go?

300ml of fuel per person per day is plenty to make 5L/person per day plus hot water bottles. Cache a few days food and fuel at basecamp. We single carried to every camp till 12K and then double carried to 14K and finally moved to 14K after a week. I definitly would not recommend going any faster than 7 days to 14K camp. Single carrying to 12K worked well since you could take rest days instead of going back down to get a load. DenaliDave said "better too much than not enough" but I think too many people carry too much stuff and are too tired to summit. Better to take just enough and count on getting extra if you need it from people at 14K. Someone mentioned the 60% 40% for weight in your sled and pack respectively but On steep hills it feels way better to have it on your back instead of dragging you down the hill. PM me if you want more info, I also live in Vancouver.

I think the best way to lighten gear is not to take more fuel or food than you need, and possibly even less... Easier said than done though. Take only what your sure you can eat of the highest cal food you can find and no more. If your not a huge eater at home don't assume you'll be able to eat an extra 3000 Cal a day when on the mountain, especially at altitude. By taking 200g less food per day you'll save over 6kg on a 30 day trip, and thats only cutting 200g. Both times i've been on the mountain my friend and I got food and fuel from people leaving basecamp and the 14K camp. If/when I go again i'd carry up essentials and plan to get food and fuel from people leaving the 14K camp. Almost every day at 14K people would come around and give food and fuel away.

Zoron The Earth has been converting CO2 to oxygen by photosynthesis for 3 billion years and it hasn't been destroyed yet by the "theory" that your friend told you about. The Earths forests and oceans can handle a certain amount of CO2 from our breathing without destroying the environment. I do however agree that the best thing for the environment would be for humans to kill themselves off.

Hmm maybe I could sell ice offsets and freeze the equivalent amounts of water in my freezer that people will melt while on Denali... Hey Zoran I'll freeze it for 100$ a liter, how about it? Stefan Albrecher

Feck, young planted forests will sequester far more carbon throughout the first part of their lives than old growth forests. Zoran, I saw on your website that you are only offsetting your carbon to get to the mountain and while on it, but not any other carbon output directly related to your climb. Is a climb really carbon neutral if you do not offset the carbon that was emitted by the manufacture and shipping of your clothes to the US, the carbon emitted by driving around town to get equipment and food etc ? Paying to offset your carbon emissions and not making any effort to cut them while actually on the climb (by skiing in out, for example) seems misguided. It just seems like another one of the many climb peak X for cause Y climbs that you see on the mountain as a way for people to justify a selfish activity and get sponsorship to do their climb. I can think of so many better ways to raise awareness for global warming than creating a huge personal carbon footprint just to get to a mountain that sees only 2000 people a year. I'm sure there are better places with a higher density of people that you could bring awareness to. As far as being the first climb to go carbon neutral, you are not, really, and advertising it to gain sponsorship could be seen as deceitful. If going carbon neutral means not changing your polluting ways and paying or doing something that indirectly compensates for your emissions then my partner Nick Elson and I climbed Denali In 2006 and were actually carbon NEGATIVE. I have planted over 500000 trees in the past 6 years and Nick has planted over 200000 thereby making every single trip I have made into the mountains carbon negative. Give me the money and I'll plant the trees for you ! I'll even offset your pre-trip errands too. Have a good carbon "neutral" climb.

Weed. Nothing like spending a week at 14K staring at the roof of the tent and not caring that your staring at the roof of your tent. Booties are pretty nice to.