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)

Trip Dinners

1 food group: Each person plans 7 dinners for 4 people

Trip Breakfasts

Do we want any group breakfasts? - yes with a food drop, no without

Travel Day

Leave April 22nd.

Travel Logistics

Juneau Icefield:

Option 1: Drive Evan's truck to Skagway. Catch ferry from Skagway to Juneau on Sun 24th 2.30pm arriving in Juneau at 9pm, $50pp. Approx. car costs $750pp

Option 2: Fly to and from Juneau with Alaska Airlines (approx. $775 return from Van or $536 from Seattle). Fly Skagway to Juneau $118 with Wings of Alaska (flights leave daily). OR: Ferry Skagway to Juneau

Smithers ski plane [1]

Bob Quinn helicopter available in May. Need to call for availability. [2]

Group Gear

• Sat Phone (Confirmed rental through [3] April 22 to May 24)
• SPOT (Tim's)
• 2 X 30m ropes (Ben and Tim)
• 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 (?????)
• 1:50 topo maps
  • 93D01
  • 92M16
  • 92M09
  • 92N05
  • 92N04
  • Tim to add others!
• tents - If we want a 4 person tent we would need to buy it.

Personal Gear

• Evan's skis

Sleds

• Materials
  • Crazy Carpets - Evan to get
  • Steel Gromets - Ben
• Build sleds at Ben's place April 6th.

Gear To get (put name beside)

1:20 imap printouts of tricky sections (Ben has tyvex/plastic paper)?

Phone Numbers

• Tim's Mum (Jill): 604-929-0806 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              604-929-0806      end_of_the_skype_highlighting
• 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

Juneau Icefield

Maps

Juneau

Iskut Stikine

Compton Clendenning

References

http://bivouac.com/TripPg.asp?TripId=1291

Link to wiki page for Lillooet - Homathko Icefield Traverse April 14 - May 6 2006 Link to wiki page for Whitemantle Traverse 2008 Link to wiki page for Stikine-Iskut_2009