Dec 5/09 Mt.Pattison,Mt.Trorey,Decker,9 hole
12/15/09
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Mt.Pattison NW face,Mt.Trorey NE face,Decker W chute, 9th hole
With a report of good weather,and reports of good snow stablity it was a perfect day to push the body on a mini epic.Originally we planned to skin up Mt Decker first.I thought why not hit the further objective first Mt Pattison then work our way back.After droping into Decker lake we glided across and saw a group heading in the same direction.With familiar faces in the group we let them know where we were heading,they were not to stoked,we stucked together to the top of Mt Pattison then parted our ways at the bottom.One mountain down and two summits to go with a good finish in the dark on 9th hole,which stears you back to 7th heaven on Blackcomb.With more afternoon light or an earlier start it would be good to add Blackcomb peak,then a ski down DOA.
Trip 5000ft of climbing with a fair amount of km covered.
Full glacier kit(gaping crevasses lurking)
Photos and story Mike Traslin,Andy Traslin
Mt.Pattison NW face,Mt.Trorey NE face,Decker W chute, 9th hole
With a report of good weather,and reports of good snow stablity it was a perfect day to push the body on a mini epic.Originally we planned to skin up Mt Decker first.I thought why not hit the further objective first Mt Pattison then work our way back.After droping into Decker lake we glided across and saw a group heading in the same direction.With familiar faces in the group we let them know where we were heading,they were not to stoked,we stucked together to the top of Mt Pattison then parted our ways at the bottom.One mountain down and two summits to go with a good finish in the dark on 9th hole,which stears you back to 7th heaven on Blackcomb.With more afternoon light or an earlier start it would be good to add Blackcomb peak,then a ski down DOA.
Trip 5000ft of climbing with a fair amount of km covered.
Full glacier kit(gaping crevasses lurking)
Photos and story Mike Traslin,Andy Traslin
Solid effort gentlemen! 8)
Thanks Plinko!
With day after day of sun on the coast and the cascades and not much powder,it is fun to get out and do some link ups.
With day after day of sun on the coast and the cascades and not much powder,it is fun to get out and do some link ups.
I though we could hit Mcbeth, but those slots look pretty big.
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