[MCR] Cariboo Mountains, Teapot Range

Subject: [MCR] Cariboo Mountains, Teapot Range
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 14:46:06 -0700
A group of staff from Educo in 100 Mile House did their yearly staff training in Marble Canyon, at Esler near Williams Lake, and in the Teapot Range on the upper Horsefly River in the Cariboo Mountains.

The Esler site is a find near Williams Lake. It is a limestone formation with a N and a S aspect, only a few km from Williams Lake toward the West. The N aspect has about a dozen routes from 5.7 to 5.11, about 20 to 30 m long, with well placed bolts and anchors. The S aspect is two to three pitches high and has only two routes at present. The access is a bit bumpy but drivable in 2WD. There is great camping and an outhouse at the site, but no water. Very good site for rock courses.

The access road to the Teapot Range is driveable to the top of the last clearcut with 4WD. The trail to the cabin is cleared. The cabin is a rustic affair that sleeps eight easily. Snowline is about 1900 m on solar aspects and melting fast. The snowpack is becoming patchy overall. Some ridges still have remnant cornices. We saw one recent size 3 full depth slab on a SE aspect from rock slabs at about 2100 m. The alpine hiking, which is varied and beautiful, is just coming into condition. We disturbed a family of three grizzly bears at treeline on the descent into the upper Horsefly River below Dutchman Peak.

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Christoph Dietzfelbinger
Mountain Guide

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