Spearhead Traverse Day 1 of 3 Feb 19, 2010
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We took the fast route over towards MacBeth - going about halfway round the Spearhead. Both Paul and I had skied lines off Pattison and Tremor umpteem times and bypassed it. It's a day trip anyway from the ski area boundary so can be done anytime. We headed to MacBeth interrupted only by making sure Wilkes (who had bonked hard due to lack to sleep and food) was OK. The Curtain Glacier off MacBeth's summit is 1000m down to a campsite at the toe of the Fitzsimmons Glacier in moraine.
Camp was civilized; warm, running water close by, and sheltered from wind by large glacier erratics. Paul and I did a post-dinner evening tour heading up the Fitzsimmons Glacier and skiing off the W face of Iago to finish the day with 22km and about 2500m of elevation gain.
Video http://vimeo.com/9680968
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We took the fast route over towards MacBeth - going about halfway round the Spearhead. Both Paul and I had skied lines off Pattison and Tremor umpteem times and bypassed it. It's a day trip anyway from the ski area boundary so can be done anytime. We headed to MacBeth interrupted only by making sure Wilkes (who had bonked hard due to lack to sleep and food) was OK. The Curtain Glacier off MacBeth's summit is 1000m down to a campsite at the toe of the Fitzsimmons Glacier in moraine.
Camp was civilized; warm, running water close by, and sheltered from wind by large glacier erratics. Paul and I did a post-dinner evening tour heading up the Fitzsimmons Glacier and skiing off the W face of Iago to finish the day with 22km and about 2500m of elevation gain.
Video http://vimeo.com/9680968
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