[TR] Garibaldi - Neve Traverse and Mount Garibaldi 4/24/2009

[hafilax]

Trip: Garibaldi - Neve Traverse and Mount Garibaldi

 

Date: 4/24/2009

 

Trip Report:

I guess it's about time I posted a TR here. This was an amazing trip and a more complete write up can be found on clubtread.

 

A long slog got us onto the Neve on Friday night. We awoke to clear skies and great snow. A party of 6 had passed us early in the morning as we dozed and I could see snowboard tracks off the peak. It looked like the ideal conditions for skiing Garibaldi.

 

The objective

 

Me contemplating the route

 

We skinned right up to the shrund and followed the boot pack of the previous party with ice ax in hand. The 'shrund was maybe 10cm wide at the time and easy to cross.

 

Looking North along the 'shrund

 

Making the summit

 

Aaron starts skiing down

 

Lining it up

 

Heading toward the 'shrund

 

Skiing the lower rolls

 

We made it back to the camp at around 2. After quickly assembling it on the packs we headed for the lake with great skiing. The crevasses between the Tent and the Shark Fin were nicely filled in and easily navigated.

 

Evening in Sentinel Bay

 

This was my first trip across the Neve and an amazing one at that. It was incredible to ski from the top of Garibaldi to the lake in a day in such beautiful weather.

 

All photos by Rob Priestley

[Tokogirl]

Wonderful pics and nice TR.

 

Sigh, brings back some great memories of my neve trip in '96!

Only we had a bit more clouds and wind but your weather looed to be spectacular.

 

 

 

[Lisa_D]

major jealousy!

Snowshoeing to the Garibaldi hut and watching people on randonee skis inspired me to get an AT setup. This trip is a dream of mine. Beautifully done!

[G-spotter]

I remember when I did this trip with Fern and Billygoat we were looking pretty hard for the Nodder. Where is that Nodder?