Phalanx Glacier - Feb 21 2009
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and photos by Sharon Bader and Lee Lau unless otherwise noted.
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Phalanx Glacier - Feb 21 2009 words
and photos by Sharon Bader and Lee Lau unless otherwise noted. |
This is the first time we're getting out into the Blackcomb Backcountry in 2009! Usually by now we've skid here many times. With the low snow it just hasn't been that appealing to get out here. We decided to check it out anyway. The snow was pretty good! But yes, low and the area was tracked out!
Heading out Blackcomb Glacier.
Instead of going down Don't Swill we traversed a little further around the Spearhead and did a short bootpack up to this little notch.
Steve, who is now
living in Victoria and is about to be a dad, joined us for one of his
few ski days.
Looking across the Spearhead Glacier to the popular slack country destinations.
Looking back at Don't Swill.
Once at the stairmaster you can look back and see how many people have been skiing here! Ack! You can see the notch we came up beside the ridge of Don't Swill.
Lee heading up the stairmaster.
Lee at getting to the top.
Sharon getting to the top.
Now we meadow skip down Phalanx Glacier.
Lee heading down the bony slope.
We lap between 2100 - 1900 meters where the snow was nice.
Looking at Wedge you would think it was May!
Other Phalanx options.
The skin track back to poop chutes was a little dicey.
Grass at 1900m!
