KOKANEE GLACIER - March 29 -April 5, 2008 Words by Lee Lau. Photos by Sharon Bader, Lee Lau and Rob McLachlan unless otherwise noted.

|| Day 1 - Griffin Creek || Day 2 - Pyramid, Kokanee, Battleship, Kitchener || Day 3 - Sunset - Giegerich || Day 4 - Kitchener - Kokanee Pk - Grays Pk - Grays SW Couloirs - Gibson Lk || Day 5 - Kokanee Glacier laps - Keyhole || Day 6 - John Carter, Outlook, Sunset, Crazy Mary and KGR couloir || Day 7 - KGlacier, Kitchener, STP Couloir ||

Useful links

• Trip preparation page
• British Columbia's Ministry of Environment official web-page for Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park
• Kootenay Rockies webpage on Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park with summer routes and activities primarily described.
• Alpine Club of Canada's webpage on the Kokanee Glacier chalet.
• Snow observations from Selkirks
• Lee's trip from last year
• 1:250 scale map of Kokanee area
• 1:50 scale map of Kokanee area - east map; west map
• 1:20 scale TRIM data map (best for navigation imo)
• 1:20 scale TRIM data map of North Kokanee area

Off to Kokanee Glacier again. Last year I had gone in on a sprint touring deal with my good buddy Steve and had some corn-fests. This time, a cold-weather system brought 50 + cms of cold smoke to the Kootenays the week before we were to leave to Kokanee Glacier. With this bit of luck ringing in our ears we were off to Nelson to meet with our group.

Most of our group was from the Coast with one from Banff, another from Vermont and one from Colorado. We shared some passions - devotion to powder and love of food. We flew into Kokanee Glacier on Saturday late morning after a bit of a weather delay and found stellar snow conditions.