Archive:Ashlu-Elaho Easter2007
Ashlu-Elaho Ski Traverse
This is in preliminary planning stages. Participants must have backcountry skiing experience. Information on the trip can be found in John Baldwin's ski guide in the clubroom.
Trip length is about 3-4 days.
Interested Participants
- Richard So
- Tim Blair
- Christian Veenstra
- Scott Webster
- Sebastian Oppel
- Sandra Nicol
- Scott Nelson
- Line Christiansen
- Meghan Anderson
- Natalie Stafl
- Lara Thompson
- Bram van Straaten
- Christian Champagne
- James Griffiths (unconfirmed?)
- Stephen Mullen
- Thomas Brunner
- Matthew Carroll
Hmmm... this is quite the response. We're thinking of breaking into 4 groups of 4. Each group of 4 must be comfortable travelling and navigating on their own. The route can also be done clockwise or counter clockwise.
Details:
Pre-trip meeting
April 2nd, 2007 @ 6 pm in the clubroom.
Groups (filling in the gaps)
- Sandra Nicol, Scott Nelson, Scott Webster
- Christian Veenstra, Line Christiansen, Christian Champagne, Matthew Carroll, Natalie Stafl, Meghan Anderson (Do you guys have a car?)
- Richard So, Tim Blair, Stephen Mullen, Sebastian Oppel
- Bram Van Straaten, Lara Thompson, Thomas Brunner, James Griffiths (Do you guys have a car?)
Group Gear
- One rope between 4 people.
- First Aid Kit (list items here)
- Binding repair kit
Road Access:
Ashlu Main
Hedberg & Associates 604-815-4555 seem to be the people using this road.
According to a post on Bivouac.com, the IPP construction is keeping the Ashlu-Main road clear of snow to Km 6. We should look at the maps at see if we want to take Ashlu A700/720 up to Buck Mountain to start (steep bushwack likely), and then ski down the road from Shortcut Creek (approx 18km) or the opposite.
There is a description of the route and a map on trailpeak.com which is pitifully small, so Matthew made it big here.