An easy paced tour to Tryst Lake Chutes. About
3.5 km and 450 m elevation gain to ridge-top.
Please be prepared to share your thoughts on
avalanche conditions and terrain selection.
Required Items to Bring:
The usual gear is required: touring skis or
split board, skins and poles, avalanche beacon (2
or preferably 3 antennae), probe and shovel, and
of course layers of warm clothing, lunch and
water.
How to Get There:
Event Directions:
Meet at carpool.
Carpool Departure Time:
07:00 AM
Carpool Location:
West Valley Carpool Parking Lot, Calgary
Carpool Directions:
Meet Sunday at 7:00 am at the West Valley carpool
parking lot, SW of Hwy#1 and Stony Trail
intersection (where the recycle bins used to be,
that is, leaving town west on Hwy #1 take the
Valley Ridge turn-off and go south under the
highway, then go 100 m east of the Victory Church
on the West Valley road).
Notes:
This trip was originally posted for March 19 but
was cancelled due to extreme avy hazard.
Party size has been increased from 4-6 to 4-10 due to member interest.
Ascending from below Tryst Lake there is an
avalanche path on climber's right to negotiate.
Google maps street-view link below shows the view
from the highway of the drainage entrance to the
Tryst Lake valley, also showing the avalanche
path on climber's right; "The Fist" peak is in
the background:
For interest, the mountain info network (MIN) has
a picture with the runs (chutes) to the left
above the lake, while showing to the right, an
avalanche beneath "The Fist" on March 5. The ski
runs to the climber's left avoid that overhead
hazard. The MIN link is:
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Registration for this event closed on Saturday, April 01, 2017 at 07:00 PM.