Ski Trips

On February 18, 2002, three members of the completed the Tonquin Traverse circuit in 10 and 1/2 hours. We used light touring/track skis and no skins. Wax held great although trail was obilterated on back side of Maccarib pass due to high winds and whiteout conditions.

8:30am, start from Portal Creek trailhead parking lot 4 miles up Marmot Ski Area access road.

12:30 pm, at Maccarib Pass. Ski to junction with Astoria River trail, then followed to junction at Cavell Lake Bridge and down Cavell Road.

7:00 pm, finish at parking lot off Hwy 93A at Cavell Road.

Crowfoot Circle	25-30K about	13:00	Jen, Mike and Moose Davis	Began at Crowfoot Glacier overlook. Over Crowfoot Pass to Hector Lake. West away from the lake towards Mt. Balfour. Then skied up to Upper Crowfoot Pass. Then down to the Bow Hut approach trail. Finished at Num-ti-jah Lodge.
Roger's Pass to Bugaboos	130 Km. 31,910' vert 30+ Gu's	80:00	Doug Sproul, Jon Walsh, Troy Jungen, '05	Trip Report here, sick/fun? Some good photos here
Southern Cariboo Ski Traverse	+/-120km	79hr. 49min	Walsh and Sproul, April 7-10, 2004 : (79hr. 49 min) Total ski time: 40 hr. 28 min. Ascent: 25,990’ Descent: 32,470’	Start @ heli-drop Gilmore Glacier (GR 11U LJ 268543). Finish @ road Mileage Creek (GR 11U LH 510814) 3 camps. One 6 hr. detour (whiteout / Trigon Col). One 1 hr. detour @ GR LJ 227117 (yikes!) 3 dinners. 1 litre of fuel. 3 ½ lunches. Perfect conditions, almost perfect weather. No tent, etc, etc. no nothing. NO CACHE
Tonquin Circuit	55 kms		St. Albert Nordic Ski Club (Stanski), John Slapman, Bob Scheele and Dean Albrecht WG note--did this solo in '92 or so, great outing.	On February 18, 2002, three members of the completed the Tonquin Traverse circuit in 10 and 1/2 hours. We used light touring/track skis and no skins. Wax held great although trail was obilterated on back side of Maccarib pass due to high winds and whiteout conditions. 8:30am, start from Portal Creek trailhead parking lot 4 miles up Marmot Ski Area access road. 12:30 pm, at Maccarib Pass. Ski to junction with Astoria River trail, then followed to junction at Cavell Lake Bridge and down Cavell Road. 7:00 pm, finish at parking lot off Hwy 93A at Cavell Road.
Traverse of Howse Pass & Amiskwi Pass	100+K	39:00	Bob Saunders, Istvan Hernadi from Saskatchewan crossing, to Amiskwi fire road out to Emerald lake road.	Check out the old goats report on our ski trip for a laugh: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldgoat/message/849
Wapta Traverse	40K, 1500m	<11:00	Josh Briggs and friends, 2002
Wapta Traverse	"	<7:00	Hans Peter (Swiss owner of the rocky mountain ski lodge) has done the Wapta Traverse, at night, with skate skis and a fanny pack in under 7hrs!!!! (reported by yanic drouin)