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Robson has been blown bare all year and the access to the North side of the mountain has been closed for the rest of 2022. The rest of Canada has been stuck in a perpetual fog of drizzly, warm, squally, fluffs of moisture that don't add snow but close off the alpine...so yeah Canuckistan is going great. What a shit year to finally get to cross the border. Gonna be a tough season for success up here.Quote:
Originally Posted by TahoeJ
I mean, yeah, that’s become very clear now. To be fair you were quoting my post from January 20th! Back when we thought Tahoe wasn’t gonna suck this year either. Ugh.
Time to go work on my mountain bike.
I think Cody is spoofing y’all. It’s been an awesome year in Rogers Pass area.
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All time in the Cdn Rockies but winds have been extremely high all season, wouldn't be surprised that Robson is Bare....Quote:
Originally Posted by SUPERIOR
Some 50 classics content.
Holy shit Michael Wirth is ridiculous. instagram.com/michaelcwirth/ Solo day tripping comstock and I think the patriarch. Seems like he is trying to do all 31 of the 50 classics in the lower 48 in one season and currently around #17.
Wow, looks like he’s really getting after it but not sure that’s possible this season. Giant Steps on Mt Williamson might be a problem due to lack of snow?
Welcome- Cody. Good luck in traverse. Some of the most awesome terrain you will see out this way! I think u will get it good on icefields you Have some seriously awesome experienced people for intel at your disposal! The lines from the book don’t even get good till a few more late wet storms. Mid May/early June is the window. Maybe Robson will come into play by than too!
Traverse was so friggin cool. And it ain't no gimme old man traverse. Cruxes everyday, long slogs, tons of big passes and just an all out rad walk through rad mountains. Otherwise the season definitely turned around for the pass, got some of the best conditions on some of the best lines of the project. Still in BC and working on the last few up here.Quote:
Originally Posted by teamdirt
Yeeeeeessssssssssssss! Stoked to see the vids you guys are going to put out this fallQuote:
Originally Posted by Alkasquawlik
How does the Berg Lake trail bring closed affect the approach?
It completely and totally shuts it down. There is no access to the north side of the mountain except for heli access until 2023.Quote:
Originally Posted by BFD
Does a ride in a heli to the base count the same as sledding in to the base? Or am I asking the wrong questions?Quote:
Originally Posted by Alkasquawlik
I also probably have 0 idea what I’m asking since this is TGR and I didn’t research what like they closed access is in reference to.
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Not if the heli is hauling the sled.Quote:
Originally Posted by skibrd
I don't have a problem personally with mechanized access. I think it's cooler if you don't, but if I have to fly into the north side, I definitely would. It's more a thing of timing, checking the face and budget for me. Personally, I always have planned to spend a lot of time with that mountain before even attempting to ski it. So a heli takes that desire and throws it into the rotor wash. I would love to climb it, camp under it and watch it for months before attempting the ski. I may fly in to go look at it soon, but doubt any attempt will happen any time soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by skibrd
Did u guys set a steep skin track up the face from valley bottom In the area of beaver/Duncan/sugarloaf around Easter weekend?Quote:
Originally Posted by Alkasquawlik
I don't know exactly where you're talking about but I doubt that skin track was us as we did the reverse traverse, Rogers to Bugs. The only people that followed our skin track was the FKT peeps. Oh and lastly, we were out April 24-May 1, so yeah, not us.Quote:
Originally Posted by teamdirt
I got that from how you have approached this project, and have a ton of respect for it. I more was trying to think outside the box to see if there was a way to get around the road closure and to the base of the mountain? If that makes sense?Quote:
Originally Posted by Alkasquawlik
Seriously though, it’s been cool to watch this entire process the past few years.
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The road to the base is open but the hiking trail is closed. There was a huge flood last summer and it messed up the trail and a few bridges. The trail is set to be worked on through the summer and hopefully open in the fall. Cody let me know if you need a name of some one on site in Robson.
Always thought that face looked best in a good September on the right year.
Freezing at night and all after a storm that sticks to the ice.
Right years are hard to come by nowadays...
Never done it, but why couldn't one come from Kinney Lake through the Helmet Col?
After consulting the oracle this morning have realized that Kinney Lake is in the closure, so much for the back door route...
It seems like the only option is a 50ish km hike up the overgrown trail from Moose Lake to Adolphus and down to Robson. Not fun before hauling skis.
Looking fwd to the upcoming episodes.
If boot liners were soaked due to sweat, consider a vapor barrier sock. I have used tall 1mm Camino neoprene socks for the past few years. Work great. https://www.camaro-watersports.com/e...ongsocks?c=117
Not sure from the blister podcast why your sleeping bag got soaked, but it reminded me once of when I sold a -40F synthetic bag to a Scottish alpine climber when I worked at marmot mtn works in Berkeley. I can’t remember all of the details, but he had one really bad, dangerously wet and cold extended trip with forced bivouacs, and his winter down bag was a useless wet sack of extra weight. It resulted in him never wanting to have that experience again. He’d already bought the large capacity climbing pack to hold the bag on trips where bring it with him (probably a wild things pack). Not sure if you were in as dire place as he was with your trip (this was late 1990’s), but maybe something to think about.
Yeah still haven't experimented with vapor barriers on the feet. One day I gotta try it. As far as the sleeping bag situation, well yeah, that just happens out there sometimes. I still would go out there with down vs. synthetic 99% of the time though. A little suffering is worth the massive amounts of size loss and weight loss you get with down vs. synthetic. My main mistake was just not drying it out well during some of the midday breaks. Oh and definitely wasn't as dire as what that guy went through. Just wet and shivery, nothing to really worry about.Quote:
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How hungry are you?Quote:
Originally Posted by weibo
Is it in prime?
Parachute. Duh.
Steep powder and spines...pfft who wants to see that?
sweet!
"Haven't you watched enough of The Fifty?"
Yes, yes we have. But stoked for more.
Think it'd be weird if I put a Cody poster on the ceiling above my bed? I mean I know you guys wouldn't think so, but like, you think the wife would?
Very cool trailer!
Editing/filming/skiing and the adventure all look like they have been takin to the next level!
Nice work Cody/Bjorn and team! Look forward to the new season.
I watched the trailer (awesome and can't wait for the goods) on the big screen (tv). Dedicated to Hilaree, of course.
The youtube app then immediately started up the Patriarch episode, featuring...Hilaree, of course (I assume this was somehow arranged by CT). Poignant for sure, but also awesome. To me, that looks like one of the sketchiest FIFTY routes to date, yet all involved seemed like: whatevs, NBD. And Hilaree seemed the most unperturbed of them all.
So sad, RIP Hilaree. But carry on Cody, and be careful out there!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uq4zYgzDivw
Here we go another season
"Couloirs are the butthole of the mountain."
Well Cody, your legacy is now firmly intact with a line that will be repeated many times.
If that's my legacy I leave behind, then consider it a life well lived.
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Originally Posted by TahoeJ
good stuff there buddy
It's a good time of the year when the fifty episodes start popping off! Word!
Snork!Quote:
Originally Posted by Alkasquawlik
another excellent episode.