rokstar Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 anyone have information about conditions on the garibaldi neve? What about Mt. Garibaldi? We're planning to do the traverse this coming weekend. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulB Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 The snow is gonna be hard, so you won't have to worry about trail breaking, but it's gonna be cold. Garibaldi should be in prime climbing condition, but it might be worth taking crampons in case the snow is too hard to kick steps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billygoat Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 its a great tour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokstar Posted February 17, 2006 Author Share Posted February 17, 2006 Is the typical ascent of Garibaldi done via the NE face? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponzini Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Usually. You might want an ice axe in addition to crampons given the hard snow conditions. It's best to camp on the neve below the NE face, climb it first thing in the am, come back and pack up camp, and head out the rubble creek trail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 http://www.clubtread.com/sforum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=14938 Â east face last weekend as daytrip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokstar Posted February 17, 2006 Author Share Posted February 17, 2006 thanks for the info - I am also assuming that the NE face can usually be skied? Although it may be difficult with all the hard snow right now... Or is there a better descent route? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponzini Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 People usually ski to the schrund on the NE face and boot it from there, but if the snow's good and you like the steeps, then take your skis up and give 'er! It's too steep to skin up, though. NE face is the best descent in my mind, it's a more continuous run than the E face. Plus more direct to the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulB Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 The Neve was in fine condition this weekend with lots of people doing overnight and day trips. Â Ring Creek is well bridged, as are crevasses near the Sharkfin. Â The Garibaldi Lake trail is very icy in spots. Most people were hiking up it rather than skinning. Skiing down it by headlamp was not pleasant. Full snow coverage starts at about the 2km mark. With high clearance and good tires or chains it is possible to drive to within a few hundred meters of the Rubble Creek parking lot. Â The road up to the Diamond Head parking lot is currently in good shape, and easily driven by any vehicle. The trail up to Red Heather meadows and on to Elfin Lakes is well packed down by snowshoers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordop Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 PB did the Sea to Sky two-pack get done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulB Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 PB did the Sea to Sky two-pack get done? Nope, G-ROC couldn't get anyone to step up on Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokstar Posted February 22, 2006 Author Share Posted February 22, 2006 PaulB were you one in the group of the 3 skiers that went up Mt. Garibaldi around midday on Sunday? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulB Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Well, six of us (three going each way) did the traverse on Sunday, but none of us climbed Garibaldi. At midday, my group was just getting up out of Ring Creek and onto the Bishop Glacier. The other group was starting the climb from Sentinel Bay up to the col below Glacier Pikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponzini Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 PB did the Sea to Sky two-pack get done? Â What's the two-pack? Garibaldi & Mamquam? The Chieften & Garf's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordop Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 A two-day trip on a Saturday, then a two-day trip the following day Interested? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 If the Spearhead can get done twice in a day why not the Neve? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponzini Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 (edited) Must one go all the way to the parking lot on the far side and come all the way back to their starting point to say they did the neve twice in a day? Or if I skied from elfin to glacier pikes, back to Opal cone, back to the pikes and then home via elfin can I say I did the neve four times in a day? Edited February 22, 2006 by Ponzini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 for reals twice in a day you should start from point A and travel to point B twice with a drive around in the middle. going A-B-A is cheating. you can bet the "twice in a day" spearhead crowd don't turn around to retrace steps but rather suck it up and chairlift up blackcomb to restart once they come down whistler the first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponzini Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 D-oh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulB Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 you can bet the "twice in a day" spearhead crowd don't turn around to retrace steps but rather suck it up and chairlift up blackcomb to restart once they come down whistler the first time. Even for the really fast folks (4-5 hours), they'd be cutting it close to catch the second ride before the uppper lifts closed. Â if I skied from elfin to glacier pikes, back to Opal cone, back to the pikes and then home via elfin can I say I did the neve four times in a day? I'm pretty sure I've read/heard that many of the "X times in a day" events on the Spearhead involve slogging back and forth between the East Col and Singing Pass, with a final run down the Singing Pass trail. Â What's the two-pack? Garibaldi & Mamquam? The Chieften & Garf's? The proposed challenge was to ski the Spearhead one day, and the Neve the next, or vice versa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salbrecher Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 The real challenge would be Neve AND spearhead sub 24 hrs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 The REAL challenge would be to ski the Spearhead, free the full Grand Wall, MTB the Test of Metal circuit, paddle the Ashlu Canyon and drink a dozen pints of Rail ale all in a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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