User talk:Darylharr

Party of 7-9 heading to Burton Hut for New Years, 2008 (Dec. 30 - Jan 1). Comments? Questions?

Roland Hut ?? Do you mean Burton (Sphinx) Hut ?? Anyhow, I doubt that Garibaldi Lake will be frozen over by then.Champagne 12:07, 11 December 2007 (PST)

See wiki or bivouac for conditions of Garibaldi Lake. Probably also a good idea to leave some sort of contact details here... Bramvs 17:28, 11 December 2007 (PST)

Does anyone remember the earliest the lake has been reported to have been frozen? If it helps, it was not frozen on the January 13/14 weekend 2007. If you are really bold and decide to try anyway, you can climb a hill near the Battleship Islands and try to see if it is frozen all the way across. Ice screws can be useful at checking ice thickness. Scott Webster 18:14, 11 December 2007 (PST)

A few years ago I crossed it in Late December (29th or thereabouts) after a week long cold snap of -15C. It was solid, bare ice, not very thick, and a little bit scary. If you have a bivouac.com account there is a history of bulletins for garibaldi lake ice conditions here. Scott Nelson 08:55, 12 December 2007 (PST)

Yep, I meant the Burton Hut. Typo.

Contact info: darylharr@gmail.com

We are not necessarily planning to cross the lake. I have experience in the Garibaldi Lake area ski-touring, hiking and climbing. I'm also very familiar with maps, GPS and safety near ice from my experience with SAR and years of touring. Thanks for the info and the concern. I know that lots of people head into the park quite poorly prepared. I'll keep an eye on the bulletins and have some routes planned out. Thanks again. Cheers. Daryl

How was your trip? Was the lake frozen? Scott Nelson

Trip was good. The snow was excellent and more stable than I imagined. We didn't make it to the hut due to some tired members of our party, but we got a view from Panorama Ridge and the lake looks frozen all the way across. How much ice, I'm not sure.