Archive:2011 4 week Spring Ski Traverse
Tim Blair, Evan Morris, Greta Raymont and Ben Singleton-Polster are planning a traverse of the Juneau Icefiled. This page is being used to help them plan logistics.
Next Meeting: Tuesday Apr 5 at Ben's
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)?
Gear to borrow
Phone Numbers
- Tim's Mum (Jill): 604-929-0806 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 604-929-0806 end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 604-929-0806 end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 604-929-0806 end_of_the_skype_highlighting 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
- Evan's Mom (Dolores): 604-591-9579
- Evan's Dad (Al): 778-773-5527
- Greta's parents (Chris/Nev): +613-5367-3258
- 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
Exit Options
Backup Plan
Clendinning/Compton?
Maps
References
http://bivouac.com/TripPg.asp?TripId=1291 Coast Range Ski Traverse: http://bivouac.com/TripPg.asp?TripId=1319
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