Went climbing in the Anderson river group over the
past few days.
The road has two gates on right now so you need to get
the key from Cattermole timber in Chilliwack (9-5 mon
through friday, 604 823 6525)
The Road is in 2wd shape up to the parking area. The
approach road is getting in fairly bad shape, with
tough travel through alder for the first hour. Don't
follow the road all the way as the Alpine select book
says. Instead take the left fork when you pass over
the creek in the valley, Head south (left) for about 1
Km in tight alder till you get to the first band of
old growth. From here head easily straight up towards
les Cornes. There is much less snow in this area than
out closer to the coast, with snow only up high under
the rock faces. We had hoped to climb up on Steinbok
however there is alot of running water on all aspect
due to large cornices on the summit. It looks like
they will be around for a while. We instead climbed
on the south buttress of Les Cornes. Conditions were
good on this aspect. The rap anchors are all in good
condition. Two 55m raps into the gully, then some
downclimbing and one 60 m over a waterfall to the
snow. One may want to make an additional rap just
above the last rappel (pins needed). Its still easy to
get water up under the routes. Craig McGee, MG/IFMGA
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