Archive:Ashlu-Elaho Easter2007
Ashlu-Elaho Ski Traverse
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
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 (We are carless - can anyone give us a ride?)
- Richard So, Tim Blair, Stephen Mullen, Sebastian Oppel
- Bram Van Straaten, Lara Thompson, Thomas Brunner, James Griffiths (Reserved a 4p rental car, but can cancel if some space is available in other cars)
Cars Group 2 is still in need of a car and currently pricing out rentals (expensive, due to the required 5 day rental!). Can anyone, doing the traverse in 4 days, offer a few spots? Even for skis, as roof racks cost extra.
Group Gear
- Rope
- First Aid Kit
- Binding repair kit
Access & Maps
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. He also made some 1:20,000 pdf maps on iMapBC (the .ssn files are saved sessions for the maps which can be loaded into iMapBC).
Ashlu logging road update (Scrambles guidebook): Cairn Publishing.
Bivouac: Access to Buck--Zig-Zag col. Bivouac: Ashlu Main Road Bulletin.
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