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LeeL
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 Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:06 pm Post subject: TR: RussetLake and the Fitzsimmons Range |
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TR: RussetLake and the Fitzsimmons Range
January 11-14 2007
just came off 4 days up at Russet Lake. Cabin had 5 - 7 people those 4 days. minus 25 at night on Thursday was coldest, with minus 15 at night on Sat night. Daytime temps were between minus 10 to minus 15.
Sizeable old cornice drops but no signs of fracture or initiated crowns at debris.
Lots of sastrugi and w/s up high. Sheltered east facing couloirs and chutes had the best skiing but even that had variable snow.
High north faces and nw faces had variable snow too with w/s and breakable crust alternating with boot top - knee deep powder
Crevasses and bergschrunds are impressively snowbridged with HS over the depth of a 320cm G3 probe on Overlord Glacier and the pocket remnants of the Fissile Glacier.
did one hasty on NW facing slope @ 2140m @ 3.30pm (-16 C, 42degree slope, HS 290,
10cm 1F
10 - 25cm WS P
35 - 120 homogenous 4F
Skied a bit with really nice crew le Machine Suisse (Alain, Raphael and Ludovic) from Lausanne who were very competent alpinists.
Also ran into Brad and Robin who lurk on TGR who were trying for a reverse Spearhead but turned back when they ran into navigation issues at Iago. Well done to those motivated two!
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adrenalated
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:22 pm Post subject: Re: TR: RussetLake and the Fitzsimmons Range |
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| LeeL wrote: |
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WOW!
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steven hatcher
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Wow is right. Thanks much. Beautiful places. Nice to see a real live trip report from up there. 'Specially when it's real hot down here.
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LeeL
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funhog
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Nice pictures, looks like alot of fun...what is the name of the peak in the 2nd set of pictures, first picture?
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Whitehonky
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That's Black Tusk, just to the south of Whistler, between Squamish and Whistler. Beautiful area with lots of good skiing.
Lee, great shots, as usual.
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LeeL
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Whitehonky wrote: | That's Black Tusk, just to the south of Whistler, between Squamish and Whistler. Beautiful area with lots of good skiing.
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I was thinking it was Isengard from Lord of the Rings but with more snow |
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Rebob
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Sweet shots, LeeL! |
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LeeL
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Whitehonky
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TR - I heart LeeL stokage.
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