TR: Alpha and Serratus, Tantalus Range BC

We skied around Lake Lovelywater over the weekend, here are a few pictures.

The first objective was Alpha Mountain. We took the summer route, with only a slight variation to a couloir that took us higher on the south face. Only limited water ice, and two mixed moves, all simul solo.

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Summit!

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Ivory Shoulder was not in, so we skied back down the West Face. Did not have to take the skis off.

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Next up was Serratus. With the temps soaring, early morning starts were critical.

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Instead of the straightforward bootpack on the North Face, we climbed the West Couloir to the summit.

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Nice boot top powder on Serratus North Face.

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And then the long hike down to the canoe.

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Rad! Weew!

solid work there brah

I'd love to get into that range. Stunning.

beautiful mountain, sweet full moon, awesome skiing with a chica...then a canoe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! jesus loves you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by uniboyskiier

And then the long hike down to the canoe.

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Wow!!!!!

That's amazing. Canoe to your ski line. FKNA.

nice!!!!

nice work ...

pic's of canoe or it didnt happen ...

^^
haha, good one.

strong work! Canoe entrance/exit makes it classic. well played.

fine style

Wow. So many parts of this are impressive; starting with taking skis up the Lake Lovely Water trail.

Is your line visible in this picture of Alpha from the Highway 99 viewpoint?

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-C...7321-Alpha.JPG

Sweet!!!!!!

This is the shit man. Well done! Glad you posted this as it's own thread, it deserves it.

Wow. Good stuff.

Trip looks sick nice TR

Well done.

Was wondering about the canoe part so Google Earthed. Nice Trip.

Beautiful looking area. Cool lines. Canoe part sounds fun. Thanks!

so you canoed up a river and climbed and skied some huge shit? Damn

This gets my Coast Mountain TR of the year vote.

So fkn sick. Amazing stoke!

TR Modesty is the new rad.

Well fucking done!

sick.
thanks for sharing!

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WOW! FKNA!

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Originally Posted by steventy

Wow. So many parts of this are impressive; starting with taking skis up the Lake Lovely Water trail.

Is your line visible in this picture of Alpha from the Highway 99 viewpoint?

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-C...7321-Alpha.JPG

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No - we didn't think the Ivory shoulder was filled in enough to ski, so we descended back down our ascent route which was on the opposite face than what is visible from highway 99.

Wow -very, very impressive. Nice work.

Nice style, canoe across the river. Good to see getting back
to the roots and going from ground zero.

Gonna bump this back up with a request for some more images for beta please!

Good one! Thanks for sharing.

Bump for awesomeness. That is all.

keepin this on the top!

Updated with video of Alpha. Did not take video on Serratus.

I don't know how to embed, so here's the url:

http://vimeo.com/64684631

ohmigod. that looked heinous. you are a badass, and your lady is an alien.