Frank discussion about backing out of a small peak – Beautiful weather – A short glissade – Downhill snow running – Observing longline rescue practice
The usual fare of spring scrambling in the Rockies.
Frank discussion about backing out of a small peak – Beautiful weather – A short glissade – Downhill snow running – Observing longline rescue practice
The usual fare of spring scrambling in the Rockies.
Blood, Sweat & Scree Dust 
[…] Jan. 31/16 – East End of Rundle – 6.3km/982m/4h01m Up and down EEOR with Glenn from trailhead. A pretty cold day to start, with light snowfall and clouds socking in Canmore and the surrounding peaks. As we climbed, however, the top of EEOR stood out crystal clear against a blue sky. The crux of the route — grovelling up a snowy ramp then traversing along ledges to clear the headwall — was tedious but typical for wintertime. This snow climb has the potential to be the perfect for climbing and glissading but I’ve never been there for perfect conditions; usually the snow is either rock hard or isothermal and the thawing headwall is pitching rocks at me. […]