I guided an ascent of the First Ascent Route on the Grand Sentinel yesterday,
August 7th. My guest and I partnered up with a recreation parry of two who
walked with us to the Sentinel, followed us up the route and descended to the
car with us. We traveled as a party of four as per the Grizzly bear
restrictions.
Getting to the Sentinel from Sentinel Pass we followed a high trail that
crossed four snow slopes and required a lot of step kicking. On the way back we
took a lower trail that crossed the bottom of two of the snow slopes and was a
better trail that did not demand as much step kicking, or present as much
fall-away threat. I will take the lower trail both ways next time I'm there. My
first climb of the Grand Sentinel and it is a fine route.
Happy trails,
Barry Blanchard
Mountain Guide
www.barryblanchard.ca
www.yamnuska.com
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