Fairy Meadows Hut Trip
Backcountry Skiing in the Columbia Mountains

 

Date:

February 12 to 19, 2005

Location:

Fairy Meadows (Bill Putnam) Hut
West of the Columbia River, North of Golden, B.C., Canada

Those Involved:

Miles, Gerard, Heather, Brian, Yvonne, Brigid, Brendan, Blaine, Randa, Josh, Reid, Martin, Joe, Dave, Ernie, John, Mike, Brad, Stuart and Ryan

Duration/Length:

6 nights in the hut.

Weather:

Cloudy and snow for first two days followed by blue-bird skies.

Activities:

Backcountry Skiing, Helicopter in and out to the hut. Climbing from there.

Relevant Links:

Organization page
Alpine Club of Canada Site

Thanks to Brigid for the great cooking. Photo credits go to Gerard, Stuart, Brendan and Ryan. Thanks to Blaine, Gerard, Brendan and everyone else who broke trail like a champ. The credit goes to everyone for getting us up about 5,500 vertical feet a day. That's over 10,000 meters of vertical over the whole week. Not bad.

Next year again?
Somewhere else to explore, of course.

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Getting There and Back


Gerard Air Traffic Control


It's my first time!

 

Small Expeditions


Gothics Glacier Trail Breaking Crew


Col between Pioneer and Gothics


Sentinel Peak Cornice Breaking Crew


Pioneer Pass Squall

 

Skiing!

 

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