Feb 18, 2008, - Fitzsimmons, Overlord Glacier
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My plans to go ski off Fissile were aborted on Sunday night when Alex called and asked me if I wanted to try something big and stupid the next day. He initially suggested N Face of Wedge but my description of a 6 year old expedition involving an 18 hour day ending with a bushwhack down Rethel Creek by headlamp turned him off. Then we talked about the Curtain Glacier, or W face of Iago or the N face of Fitzsimmons. But these were all things we had done before .... Then Alex mentioned the N face of Cheakamus.
Aha .....
Described by Jia Condon as a 55 degree, 1500 ft descent, this was something I'd skied by numerous times. I'd never actually thought of it as a day trip - especially in mid-winter with the short days. The more we talked about it, the more it seemed like something worthwhile to try. So off to bed I went, dreaming of steep N faces.
My plans to go ski off Fissile were aborted on Sunday night when Alex called and asked me if I wanted to try something big and stupid the next day. He initially suggested N Face of Wedge but my description of a 6 year old expedition involving an 18 hour day ending with a bushwhack down Rethel Creek by headlamp turned him off. Then we talked about the Curtain Glacier, or W face of Iago or the N face of Fitzsimmons. But these were all things we had done before .... Then Alex mentioned the N face of Cheakamus.
Aha .....
Described by Jia Condon as a 55 degree, 1500 ft descent, this was something I'd skied by numerous times. I'd never actually thought of it as a day trip - especially in mid-winter with the short days. The more we talked about it, the more it seemed like something worthwhile to try. So off to bed I went, dreaming of steep N faces.
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