Powder-Cap Traverse

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	This article contains old out of date information from an early 1990s edition of the VOC Ski guide. Road conditions may have changed considerably since this article was written.

Using This Ski Guide

Topo of Area

Route at a Glance

Rating	Location Key	Map Refs	Road	Route	Start Elevation	High Point	Technical Notes
Intermediate	N	92 J/3	20km/1day	40km/3days	500m	2210m	Brew Hut:1580m Callaghan Lake: 1200m

Access

Access to south end of divide is via Brandywine Creek logging road. Access to north end of divide is via Callaghan Lake road.

Route

The route can be divided into 5 sections:

1. Ascent to Brew Mountain Cabin
2. The traverse of the Brew Divide and thence north along the main divide, passing Mt. Fee on its west side. Parties can avoid the steep narrow ridge 2 km south of Fee by dropping down to gentler west slopes via a shoulder to the south, and skiing near tree line. Access to the Cayley icefield is best through a Col 1km east of the head of Shovelnose Creek. In the creek, slopes are steep and the Glacier crevassed.
3. Powedre Mountain ice cap, straight-forward glacier travel.
4. Descent to Callaghan Lake - once in the valley bottom conserve levation on the north side and avoid Callaghan Creek by crossing on the lake.
5. Ski out on Callaghan Lake road.

An exit can be made from the junction of the Brew and main divides. Drop down east into a valley directly north of the Brew divide. Follow a creek on the north side to a logging slash and thence on logging roads in te volley bottom to Brandywine Creek.

Hazards

1. Many potential avalanche slopes must be traversed.