| The Basics: |
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| Event Type: | | Skiing | |
| Event Location: | | Balfour hut area summits | |
| Date(s) & Time: |
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Thursday, Mar 24, 2016
06:30 AM (Carpool Departure: 06:30 AM @ Trans Canada West Community Recycling Depot)
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Registration Cut Off:
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Friday, Mar 11, 2016
06:00 PM
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| Event Duration: | | 4 day | |
| Difficulty Rating: |
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D3 - See Conversion Chart
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| Trip Coordinator(s): |
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Ian Hunt
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| Participant Info: |
| Who's Invited: |
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Members Only
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| Attendee Screening: |
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Attendees are Pre-Screened
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| Maximum Group Size: | | 4 |
| Maximum No. Guests: | | 0 |
| Minimum Group Size: | | 3 |
| Maximum No. Guests Per Member: | | 0 |
| Number Registered So Far: |
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4 (View sign-ups, waiting list)
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| Are Dogs Permitted: |
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No
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| Itinerary: |
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Robin Owens and Ian Hunt will join forces to lead a Balfour hut ski trip. Aiming for various summits on Wapta, hopefully Balfour. The destinations will depend on weather and avalanche conditions. Ski to hut Th. Fr, Sat summits, maybe Sun morning summits before skiing out on Sun afternoon.
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| Required Items to Bring: |
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Transceiver (digital 2+ antennae), snow shovel, probe, warm clothing, ski touring gear, sunglasses/ski goggles and headlamp. Ice axe, crampons, harness, glacier gear (inc. crevasse rescue kit), hut overnight gear.
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| Recommended Items to Bring: |
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Meals/snacks/drinks, extra clothing and any required personal items. Ski crampons may be an asset.
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| How to Get There: |
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Drive to Num-Ti-Jah lodge on Icefields parkway. Ski across the lake, then the flats, up the canyon and through the upper valley climbing, past Bow hut and on the Icefield, up the headwall , round the W side of St. Nicholas over the Olive/St. Nick col and down to Balfour hut hut (6-9 hrs). Day trips up on to the Wapta to the various potential summits.
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| Carpool Departure Time: |
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06:30 AM
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| Carpool Location: |
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Trans Canada West Community Recycling Depot
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| Carpool Directions: |
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W of COP, E of the new Victory Church, SW of the intersection between Stoney Trail N and Trans Canada Highway W. From TCH W of Stoney trail, take the exit to Crestmont/Valley Ridge, round the circle and back under TCH towards Crestmont, but turn L after going under the TCH. The carpool area is just after the Victory Church.
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| Notes: |
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Minimum AST1 or equivalent level experience required. Ski mountaineering/winter scrambling experience.
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Please review our participant responsibility guidelines!
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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Trip Feedback
If you have any feedback, positive or negative, concerning this trip or any other, we want to hear from you! You can send any feedback you may have to the Section Chair.
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