All participants must be competent using an avalanche transceiver, probe, shovel, ice axe, and crampons, and must be familiar with glacier travel & crevasse rescue techniques.
Participants won't necessarily be selected on a first-come first-serve basis.
If I haven't backcountry skied with you before, please send me an email describing your experience and listing a couple of references, preferably Calgary section trip leaders.
Apr 1: Drive to Jasper
Apr 2: Drive to trailhead (850m)and ski to Berg Lake Hargreaves Shelter (1650m). 18km, 800m elevation gain. Hargreaves Shelter is a cabin with a wood stove. We'll need to bring sleeping bags & pads, cook stoves & fuel, cooking & eating utensils, and food for 4 days.
Apr 3: Ski to Resplendent (3410m) and back to Berg Lake Hargreaves Shelter. 25km return, 1760m elevation gain.
Apr 4: Ski down to trailhead and drive home.
Apr 5: Extra day in case we get weathered in one day.
ATES Rating: Class 3 Complex
Sunrise: 0722MDT Sunset: 2033MDT
References: Alpine Ski Tours in the Canadian Rockies, Chic Scott, p180.
http://www.bivouac.com/TripPg.asp?TripId=6483 (membership required).
Required Items to Bring:
AT or tele gear or split board, & skins
Ski crampons
Avalanche transceiver, probe, shovel
Ice axe, crampons fitted for ski boots
Harness, 2 locking carabiners, 2 snap carabiners, 2 prussiks, 1 ice screw
Headlamp
Personal first aid & repair kits
*Cancellation Policy*: If a participant is unable to attend a paid course or trip, there will be no refund unless the participant finds a suitable replacement that is acceptable to the trip coordinator. Acceptable waiting list candidates will have priority. It will then be the participant's responsibility to recover funds from the replacement. If the coordinator cancels an event, participants get a refund (less any non-recoverable costs). Note that ACC National does not refund hut fees due to weather, delay, closures, or any other reasons. The Calgary Section of the ACC is a not for profit club and we only charge attendees what it costs us to provide courses or trips.
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Registration for this event closed on Monday, March 29, 2010 at 11:55 PM.