Mike Posted March 19, 2003 Posted March 19, 2003 Me and a buddy flew into Calgary and climbed from Mar 6 to Mar 9. The new snow and cold weather was a drag. We took our rented Ford Explorer into the Ghost. All the new snow was a problem. We got stuck in the snow drift at the top of the hill - lame rental 4x4's don't have posi. We dug out and continued down only to find that everybody else had stopped at the bottom of the hill; there were one set of foot tracks going in. We hadn't been there before, so we walked in to check it out, crossed the bridge, only to be stopped by the stream crossing. It was windy and -15F, so we wussed out, kept our boots on (e.g. no stream crossing) and turned back. The other foot tracks did the same thing (wusses!) It was -20F in the mornings and overcast the next two days. It nevered warmed up past -15F during the days, but we got some climbing in at Johnston Canyon, Grotto and the Canmore junkyards. They were all pretty fat, but a poor replacement for "This House of Skye" in the ghost. We headed down to Golden on Sunday to take a swing a guiness gully. We also scouted Pretty Nuts and Riverview; both were thin and the construction is pretty major. It was a lot warmer - actually got above 0F although it was windy. When we got to Guiness Gully, there was two feet of new powder, but the gully was dry as a bone - absolutely no ice on the first pitch. We scouted the upper sections and they were also thin and discontinuous. We had to pack it in after that to catch our flight out of Calgary that evening. Cascade Falls Beta: Lots of new snow, but no avy releases in the basin above - this ones a loaded gun! Quote
Retrosaurus Posted March 19, 2003 Posted March 19, 2003 Mike said: ...We headed down to Golden on Sunday to take a swing a guiness gully. We also scouted Pretty Nuts and Riverview; both were thin and the construction is pretty major. It was a lot warmer - actually got above 0F although it was windy. When we got to Guiness Gully, there was two feet of new powder, but the gully was dry as a bone - absolutely no ice on the first pitch. We scouted the upper sections and they were also thin and discontinuous.... How did you scout Guiness from Golden. I've always done it from Field. Must be a really long approach from Golden. Quote
Szyjakowski Posted March 19, 2003 Posted March 19, 2003 Retrosaurus said: How did you scout Guiness from Golden. I've always done it from Field. Must be a really long approach from Golden. Quote
Mike Posted March 19, 2003 Author Posted March 19, 2003 Ace proof reading - "to Golden" should have said "toward Golden"; we were staying in Canmore and we scouted Guiness Gully on our way back from Pretty Nuts. Quote
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