A bunch of old guys still enjoying the mountains, and the training they need to do to get off the couch
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Wapta Icefields
On his way back to Africa, from the Yukon, fossil friend Greg did a ski mountaineering trip to the Canadian Rockies. As you can see from his pictures this is superb alpine terrain. Moreover, it has - as does most of Canada - a phenomenal system of huts, making haute route like traverses possible. I spent five months bagging peaks in the Banff-Jasper area, in the Fall of 1974 bagging peaks, including all the ones in these pictures. (Greg and Tory are heading to Mount Kenya for some alpine climbing in June.)