Archive:2010 June 5-6 Ring Callaghan Traverse

Synopsis

Opportunity for "mid-season" turns! Combine two good 'late' season approaches, make them into a traverse, bring some friends along... climb a couple of peaks along the way. The idea is to do a traverse from Ring Mountain to Callaghan, with parties starting from both sides and possibly meeting up in the middle for the night. Opposite groups would then drive the other parties' cars down to Timmie's in Squish. One access point is a logging road up in the Squamish Valley (requires 4WD hc), the other is the FSR that goes up to Callaghan Lake in the Callaghan Valley (turnoff just before Olympic Park gate). Depending on the snowline it may be nice to have 4WD hc to drive this too, but it may not be necessary. This trip is 'intermediate-friendly' - you need to know what you're doing, be comfortable on skis and with using avi gear, but you don't need to have years of experience. In some cases the ability to drive somebody else's manual transmission vehicle down steep logging roads may be required.

The distance to be covered is not huge, and if we're lucky with conditions a lot of time may be spent messing around on the summits of Callaghan and/or Ring Mountain. Let's hope for decent weather! If all looks grim, alternative plans will be made.

Pre-Trip Meeting: VOC bbq on Spanish Banks at the foot of Tolmie Street, this wednesday, ca 7pm. Rain or shine.

Gear Required

Regular ski touring gear, avalanche gear, overnight gear, possibly helmet and ice axe. If all goes well I'd like to camp quite high up - may be a tat chilly.

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Numbers will be limited by the number of cars we can get...

1. Piotr Forysinski
2. Anne Vialettes
3. Doris Leong
4. Roland Burton
5. Jordan Best
6. Christian Veenstra
7. Line Veenstra
8. Jacob Slosberg
9. Gili Rosenberg
10. Christian Champagne
11. Julian Reitter

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• Piotr's Toyota 4Runner (ie 4WD hc). 5 spots total. Ring to Callaghan. Based on 1st and Victoria, but can pickup around town if necessary.

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