G-spotter Posted February 3, 2007 Posted February 3, 2007 Trip: Chilliwack Valley - Bah, another failure Date: 2/3/2007 Trip Report: jmace and I left Chilliwhacked at 1 AM. postholed up a logging road for several hours by headlamp. turned around when the snow under the breakable crust was consistently kneedeep and we could just barely see our objective off in the distance postholed back down to the truck at sunrise drove back here, short bivi then a giant loggers breakfast in the greasy spoon and it's raining now as a warm front came in. so much for the weather window Gear Notes: carried small rack for 13km round trip. headlamp no snowshoes Approach Notes: postholes. should have had snowshoes but didn't want to carry-over. park next to burned out car wreck. no paper plates at this time of year Quote
jordop Posted February 3, 2007 Posted February 3, 2007 You guys just weren't trying hard enough, that's all Quote
kevbone Posted February 3, 2007 Posted February 3, 2007 Exactly…what do you do when a horse kicks you off? Get right back on! You will get it next time. Quote
G-spotter Posted February 3, 2007 Author Posted February 3, 2007 You guys just weren't trying hard enough, that's all yeah. we should have complained that we didn't sleep all night and then have driven home without even hiking, right J Quote
jordop Posted February 3, 2007 Posted February 3, 2007 You guys just weren't trying hard enough, that's all yeah. we should have complained that we didn't sleep all night and then have driven home without even hiking, right J Well, at least you saw the route. Oh no, wait . . . hehehe Quote
kevbone Posted February 3, 2007 Posted February 3, 2007 (edited) Looks like the horse won. Edited February 3, 2007 by kevbone Quote
Stemalot Posted February 8, 2007 Posted February 8, 2007 carried small rack for 13km round trip. no snowshoes postholes. should have had snowshoes but didn't want to carry-over. glad I went else where! Quote
G-spotter Posted February 8, 2007 Author Posted February 8, 2007 You will never know what you missed Quote
wayne Posted February 11, 2007 Posted February 11, 2007 The worst climbers in the world Good luck next time Quote
cynicalwoodsman Posted February 11, 2007 Posted February 11, 2007 A night in a tent on a trip to the woods with tons of snow and a nice view of the mountains hardly seems like a failure to me. Quote
skykilo Posted February 15, 2007 Posted February 15, 2007 I do that type of crap all the time. Your failures will be more epic and painfully tantalizing if you approach up those logging roads on skis, though. Quote
G-spotter Posted February 15, 2007 Author Posted February 15, 2007 I hate carrying skis up a climb. The tips always get stuck when you try and shelter under a roof. Quote
G-spotter Posted February 21, 2009 Author Posted February 21, 2009 2 years later, made it to the creek crossing, lack of full moon meant i started up the terrain below the nesakwatches too far right. got cliffed out, bailed, back to the car around sunrise yet again. better conditions but still some breakable crust leading to knee-deepness. on the plus side i didn't take any gear for a walk this time! <-- coffee Quote
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