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Post by rozenn on Sept 3, 2022 11:30:46 GMT -5
Awesome photos! Impressive how glaciated the peaks are given the lowish altitude. Must be the enormous cold season precipitation. Pic of a storm over a sierra in the Pyrenees back in mid-August:  |
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Post by nei on Sept 7, 2022 23:09:16 GMT -5
went up Sigurd Peak Saturday, 45 miles from downtown Vancouver by air about 60 by road. Encountered this sign right by the turnoff to the road to the campground I stayed at. uh-oh ended up getting bear spray from a couple from Boston who was flying back the next day. I was told grizzlies like the big rivers for the salmon. The campground was right next to the river, doubt a grizzly would be comfortable at a campground that crowded an noisy. Sigurd Peak is 6300 feet but the trailhead is at 200 feet. I didn't sleep enough the night before, and I wasn't that energetic for a big climb. Because I had slept near the trailhead rather than drive from Vancouver, I got an earlier start than most hikers and had the trail mostly to myself ascending. Trail was kinda boring until treeline (about 5000 feet, idk if it was climatological treeline or got rocky). A big group of college students joined me at the summit, providing a nice foreground  looking up the river valley, tallest peaks just over 8000 feet, valley bottom 200-1000 feet  I was expecting a great view of Tantalus instead it was blocked by the relatively smaller Ossa (which is a scramble, would like to climb it some day)  Sigurd is not as impressive, still a nice looking mountain  odd vertical snow cliff near the top. very luck some snow remained, could refill water bottles from the meltwater streams  views in other directions. to the west  north across the Elaho river valley (where I started)  summit a jumble of grippy rock  east towards the Squamish-Whistler corridor  Garibaldi in the clouds, seen on the way down  almost to the bottom  powerful waterfall on the way up  |
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Post by nei on Sept 7, 2022 23:12:55 GMT -5
Wedgemount Lake Monday  turquoise lake. Wedge Mountain behind the lake at 9500 feet is the highest peak in SW British Columbia, doesn't look very high (since the lake is at 6000 feet) other than way above treeline  tried to hike to get close to the glacier (lowest point at about 6700 feet) but looked too messy so this is as close as i got  water refill  looking down valley  waterfall on the way to the lake  |
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Post by nei on Sept 7, 2022 23:19:40 GMT -5
Awesome photos! Impressive how glaciated the peaks are given the lowish altitude. Must be the enormous cold season precipitation. what altitude do glaciers start in the Alps? I think the BC coast ranges are more glaciated than the Alps despite lower average elevation but the really big ice coverage are to the northwest of my photos starting in 50+ miles in extremely inaccessible areas. |
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Post by rozenn on Sept 8, 2022 0:12:33 GMT -5
Awesome photos! Impressive how glaciated the peaks are given the lowish altitude. Must be the enormous cold season precipitation. what altitude do glaciers start in the Alps? I think the BC coast ranges are more glaciated than the Alps despite lower average elevation but the really big ice coverage are to the northwest of my photos starting in 50+ miles in extremely inaccessible areas. I think the lowest one is the Bossons glacier near Chamonix, down to around 4,600'. But actually you don't see much ice below 9-10k feet. The Bossons one is just very steep so goes a long way down the valley. |
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Post by nei on Sept 11, 2022 23:12:48 GMT -5
maybe I should put my remaining summer photos in another thread since summer is over? not sure. did the famous, overly Instagrameed Panorama Ridge August 20. Hiked to the Helm Creek campsite the day before. was nice forest and a bridge over a big churning river, but nothing that special photo wise. one of the few days it rained, and felt almost a warm rain at Whistler (2000 feet). Dew was 63°F and moderately hard but didn't last long. To avoid paying for a car rental, I took a bus to Whistler (and spent a few hours there and found surprisingly good Mexican) then a local bus once the rain was done to the junction to the forest service road. Had a 4 mile road walk, skipped the first 40% or sure by walking on parallel mountain bike trails. Campground just after sunrise with Black Tusk in the background  and the lake I reached 2.5 hours later, it's as stunning irl as it is in pictures  the walk up to the ridge didn't get to see the lake until the last 1/2 mile or so. came out of nowhere. was disappointed in only seeing a bit of turquoise and soe not that special looking mountains and then all of a sudden… glaciated peaks sticking out on the ridge  lake at a slightly different angle  sea of peaks to the west, which seem even more glaciated (closer to the pacific)  decided to climb to black tusk viewpoint on the way  Mt. Tantalus  final climb up to the viewpoint, steep and loose scree  people up there said it wasn't far to the summit of black tusk and lots of people were trying it. scary section with a couple falling rocks flying past looking back down the tusk  summit view  fun relative easy scramble up a chimmney with not entirely secure holds on the rotten volcanic rock. if you had 2 hands and 2 feet on a hold, as long as 3 were decent… busy enough it made me feel more confident. followed this couple on the way down, they were just behind on the scramble  just about to re-enter the falling rock zone. none of the way back, woman in front was scared of the terrain and not falling rocks and went thru it slowly while I wanted to run it  viewpoint is where the crowd is, you can see the scree descent route nice wildflowers meadows in the valley between panorma ridge and black tusk and then pasing thru for the igenous soil on the descent to my campground |
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Post by tommyFL on Dec 9, 2022 23:25:55 GMT -5
Finally got around to visiting the Monterrey, Mexico area this July, somewhere I've been wanting to visit for years. It was mostly very hot, with highs around 37-40 °C.  |
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