garibaldi

[goldenchild]

anyone climbed it recently would like to share info? Friend and I plan to do it this wknd from Elfin lake side. Wandering if I need crampons, and the road conditions to the parking lot. Worried if my car can make it up.

[jordop]

yes

 

Wandering if I need crampons

yes, especially if you wander

 

the road conditions to the parking lot. Worried if my car can make it up.

 

road is fine. make sure you have mandatory sick beats though

 

Don't even bother if you aren't on skis

[BackCountryPunk]

Hey, was up on Brohm Ridge and the Warren Glacier over the Easter weekend.

We managed to park at the 5km mark on the Brohm Ridge road. Lots of fresh snow, shin deep powder. Also lots of windloading on the North slopes.

"Don't even bother if you aren't on skis" pretty much sums it up. Great turns on the way out though.

[goldenchild]

"mandatory sick beats though "

Ahh.......can you clarify?

[goldenchild]

oh, now I get it. Sorry this old fart not in tune with current lingo. Does Led Zep, AC/DC and some Chemical Bros count as sick?

[jordop]

Parking fees: Some guy laughed at me a while back when he saw me dutifully putting my $5 in the envelope. Haven't paid since. No ticket. At your own risk

[PaulB]

To further emphasize that you'll want skis, here's a recent picture of the Elfin hut:

 

 

For comparison, here's how it typically looks in early winter, or late spring:

 

 

 

Some guy laughed at me a while back when he saw me dutifully putting my $5 in the envelope.

I wonder how much extra money they get every year from people who put in a fiver 'cause they don't have the exact change for the $3 fee?

[DaveH]

Don't pay parking fees at your own risk. I was up there a couple of weeks before Easter and there was a hot little chica in a green outfit checking who had paid and leaving love letters (not!) under the windshield wipers of those who hadn't.

[goldenchild]

"We managed to park at the 5km mark on the Brohm Ridge road. Lots of fresh snow, shin deep powder. Also lots of windloading on the North slopes."

k, I'm trying to convince my buddy to use the Brohm Ridge way. How high up is this 5 Km mark? How's the road here? Never been up this way.

[jordop]

"We managed to park at the 5km mark on the Brohm Ridge road. Lots of fresh snow, shin deep powder. Also lots of windloading on the North slopes."

k, I'm trying to convince my buddy to use the Brohm Ridge way. How high up is this 5 Km mark? How's the road here? Never been up this way.

 

If you go via Brohm you'd better bring some Budweiser for your new two-stroke friends (there's a lot of snowmobiles on Brohm)

[fear_and_greed]

Check out my post in the *freshiezone. It has pix of last weekends Garabaldi attempt via Brohm ridge. The road would be a bit tough on with a 2 wheel drive car, ez walking tho.

[BackCountryPunk]

"We managed to park at the 5km mark on the Brohm Ridge road. Lots of fresh snow, shin deep powder. Also lots of windloading on the North slopes."

k, I'm trying to convince my buddy to use the Brohm Ridge way. How high up is this 5 Km mark? How's the road here? Never been up this way.

 

Easy Easy! The road is about the same as the approach to Elfin Lakes parking lot. Its just North of Squish (I can't find the map right now). Granted, there are alot of snow mobiles around, but they peter out soon enough up on the ridge. Some good biv sites up near the top of the ridge (above the rocky hump). It took us about 4 hours up to the top of the ridge from the 5km mark. You will come to a fork in the road (above the snowline), take the left hand option as it gains the ridge top quicker. Hope you have a good trip, the weather sounds good this weekend!