[MCR] Mnt. Garibaldi North face, Coast Range

Subject: [MCR] Mnt. Garibaldi North face, Coast Range
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:58:02 -0700 (PDT)
Up Mount Garibaldi yesterday via Brohm ridge and the North face route.
The road up from cat lake to the ski cabin has become much, much rougher since 
I was last up there a few years back. I would say only a high clearance 4WD can 
make the drive and good experienced driver is needed too. 1 hour up to the 
cabin. No snow on the road till a few hundred meters past this point. 
Travel was OK with a decent overnight freeze. By the end of the day the snow 
was still good with only mid boot deep penetration. 
Above 2300m on the North side of Garibaldi the Glacier is becoming more broken 
up than in past years and walking over a few big sagging bridges is pretty much 
unavoidable. The Bergshrund as usual the crux of the route. Its is passable on 
the far left by climbing down into the hole and climbing out some blocks and 
steep snow to the ridge crest. There is still a bit of snow in the upper choss 
band so that part is not that bad. 

Have fun. Craig McGee Mnt. Guide


Craig McGee,  ACMG/IFMGA Mountain Guide
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