[MCR] Chickadee Valley Chimney Col

Subject: [MCR] Chickadee Valley Chimney Col
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:07:58 -0600

Skied up Chickadee Valley Today to the Pass, down the glacier on the north side and then out via Boom Lake.  At 2500 m there is over 3 metres of snow.  The glacier has big holes but this year they are well filled.  We skied across the first major dip  and then went hard right to ski to the right of more crevasses.  Excellent skiing down to the moraines on a steep slope in the high 30’s.  You don’t want to linger there as there are big cornices overhead.  You probably would not want to be there on a hot day.  We went far skiers left to bypass the cliffs above Boom Lake.   There is a gully on far skiers right that would also work as it is well filled in.

 

Marc Ledwidge  MG

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