Archive:2011 4 week Spring Ski Traverse

Tim Blair, Evan Morris, Greta Raymont and Ben Singleton-Polster are planning a traverse of the Monarch-Haiutzuk Icefiled. This page is being used to help them plan logistics.

Next Meeting: Soon!!!!! at TBD.

Schedule

• April 22 to May 23 total of 31 days including travel

Food

• Are we doing sleds or food drops?

Flight Information (with prices)

Food drop from Mike King (drop off food on the way to Bella Coola) $500/pp for drop + $350/pp for float out of knight

Trip Dinners

1 food group

Trip Breakfasts

Do we want any group breakfasts?

Travel Day

TBD

Travel Logistics

Mirella drives us up in Evan's Truck? (do we need to borrow a rocket box?)

Float plane out of Knight Inlet ($350/pp) - see map link above.

Group Gear

• Sat Phone (Ben to organize)
• SPOT (Tim's)
• 2 X 30m ropes
• 2 stoves (Ben's Simmerlite and ????)
• Fuel, 110ml/per/day = ???
• First Aid Kit (list items here)
• Binding repair kit (Voile switchback, dynafiddle, Targa Assent or whatever Evan and Greta bring)
• sewing kit (?????)

Gear to borrow

Sleds??

Phone Numbers

• Tim's Mum (Jill): 604-929-0806
• Mirella Mazur (Tim's Girlfriend): 604-971-1005
• Ben's Parents (Genevieve and Dave): 250-746-8052 or 250-701-1054
• Frances Sharpe (Ben's Girlfriend): 778-868-8409
• Mark Grist: 604-987-6336
• Tyax Air (Dale): 1-888-892-9288
• Mike King (Whitesaddle Air): 250-476-1182
• CAA avalanche forcast : 1-800-667-1105
• East side of traverse weather:
• West side of traverse weather, Bella Coola:

Trip Plan

Monarch

Exit Options

map

Owikeno Lake - Gravel runway at Owikeno village. Need contact info for boat transport down Owikeno Lake (Tim is looking into)

Kingcome Inlet - Long Logging road (~60km) to inlet but can be done in bad weather.

Knight Inlet - Long logging road (~55km) parallels Klinaklini Gl on east side.

Map

Monarch Traverse in Google Maps