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Mt. Robson, Mt. Athabasca & Edith Cavell, August 2003 Click on any picture to see a full-screen view (large view pictures are about 1mb) |
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| Weather, more weather, and the long hike out... | ||
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| Another squall line blowing in from the West. We needed clear weather, with the promise of better days ahead, in order to make the next traverse along the ridge. | We needed to cross the ridge crest to a point where we could drop down onto the "Dome" section of Mt. Robson. | The next couple of days saw us watching the weather and hoping for a break. |
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| Finally, we really got pounded by a snow storm (Aug 11 this is!), which put climbing the rocky ridge out of the question. | Heading back down the heavily crevassed upper Robson glacier. | Back in the Extinguisher Tower area on the long way out to the trailhead. |
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| A view of the lower snout of the upper Robson glacier. | Ted and Dan heading down to the lower Robson glacier. | Ted on the bare ice of the lower Robson glacier with Robson seemingly forever in the clouds. |
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| Back to Berg Lake, with, again, Robson's summit and upper Kain Face still in the clouds--even though the overall weather was excellent. | View down toward the Whitehorn shelter (center of picture) on the hike out. | Looking toward Kinney Lake, where we had (thoughtfully) stashed three beers in the cool water on the way up. Those beers tasted mighty good on the way out! |
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| Mike hiking through the lush forest, thinking about the beers at the car! | Finally, the trailhead is in sight. Sneakers (a major relief for the feet), beer and a promise of real food in Jasper. | Dan and Mike enjoy a much-deserved beer back at the car. We have all our gear spread out to dry. |
| Next...on to climb Mt. Athabasca | ||
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