Spearhead Traverse Variation
By: Sam
April 26, 2011
We were all pretty excited to ski low angle pow all the way down the overlord. As mason said, “glaciers are like ski runs built by Jesus”….
The final few feet of the final climb. My heels were blistered, we were all out of water, and the light was fading, time to go!
On the start of the final descent, faceplants were had by all. The snow was sticky and we were tired. Now in a foul mood, we began our banzai run down ice louge of a hiking trail back to the Whistler base.
Upon our arrival, we were greeted by a bear…
… and tunderous bass from the dance party/booter-fest that we going on at the base. Bewildered, we ordered some beers and took in the scene.
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11 Comments
Lee Lau
wrote on April 26th, 2011 at 2:12 pmAwesome! So many people get sucked into the standard routes – good for you on finding a local to hint at variations.
Greg
wrote on April 26th, 2011 at 3:39 pmThat was great Sam! Let’s see some more on the list!
christian
wrote on April 26th, 2011 at 6:52 pmthat looked pretty fun doods. haute route next?? :D
Lionel Hutz
wrote on April 26th, 2011 at 8:21 pmJust awesome. That’s why we sent you out there in the first place. (Well that and we couldn’t stand the smell around here anymore. )
Anonymous
wrote on April 27th, 2011 at 12:06 pmIs sam the only one that even skis anymore… We’re a little lacking in the trip report department from the east coast contingent. Good hustle though sam, looks fun.
Greg
wrote on April 28th, 2011 at 9:13 amHaven’t had a whole lot to write about besides mellow corn schussings! Might as well let Sam’s awesome TR’s have the floor…
Greg
wrote on April 28th, 2011 at 9:29 amI will also add: Rather than write up Full TRs though, we’ve been posting some single pics from our exploits. They don’t show up in the main feed, but if you check in on our Facebook page, we post them over there. Here’s a few:
http://www.famousinternetskiers.com/?attachment_id=10457
http://www.famousinternetskiers.com/?attachment_id=10440
http://www.famousinternetskiers.com/?attachment_id=10596
hope u enjoy. In the meantime the EC bureau of FIS is really amped up on all the killer PNW content! Keep it coming!
powhounddd
wrote on April 27th, 2011 at 7:40 pmAnonymous?! WTH.
Anyhoo, great TR, really dug the read. Looks like a real challenging traverse to do in a day. Whoa!
Savant Skis
wrote on April 29th, 2011 at 6:58 pmSitting, sulking in a 75 degree house in the Bean……well done fellas looking forward to more diversions over the next months as I wait for the surf to swell again and wonder why I’m not in the PNW. BTW also thanks to the link to Jason Hummel – some great TR there as well………always enjoy the writing and pics-
Brendan
Peter
wrote on April 30th, 2011 at 12:10 pmawesome work guys. That route has been on my life list for a long time.
some year…..
James
wrote on May 7th, 2011 at 11:45 pmSweet trip. Good to see spring is still serving up the hits