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 get (put name beside)
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
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.