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Ascent Time |
Descent Time |
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03 Aug 98 |
2:34 |
2:08 |
03 Aug 98 - Mt. Whymper is a great mountain, and if you like minor
rockbands, I highly recommend it. Unfortunately, I don't have many pictures. On the way
up, I was planning to take all of my pictures on the way down. Then when we got to the
top, we decided to go a different way down. There went the opportunity for pictures of
the ascent route. To climb this mountain, head towards Radium, BC and park at the Stanley
Glacier parking lot. Across the street, you will see Mt. Whymper. Walk up the road until
you find a way to minimize the bushwacking. You'll see a partial clearing in the middle of
a gully. The bushwacking isn't too bad here. Make your way toward the rockbands leading
toward the summit. The rockbands are what make this mountain so great. They are non-technical
and never ending. Just go straight for the summit. By the way, unlike most mountains,
there are no false peaks here. What you see is what you get. Go straight up through the
rockbands.
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03 Aug 98 - This is a closer look at the rockbands. Sorry about the bad angle,
but you will want to stay in the middle of the rockbands. Alan Kanes suggests vearing off to
the left to avoid the steeper rockbands. We went straight ahead and encountered zero problems.
If you go up the middle, the summit cairn will be right in front of you.
When we got to the summit register, we noticed that Alan Kane had just been there less than
6 weeks ago. He wrote in the register that he was going to descend the south side into the
neighboring gully south of Mt. Whymper. We decided to follow in his footsteps. At first, this
was a great descent route, leading to 30 minutes of great scree skiing. Then, you follow a
rocky/watery stream on the south end of the gully, which eventually leads to the road a little
over 1 km away from the car. This creek can only be described as agony. You might want to try
scree skiing down this gully, then taking a sharp left and going back into the original gully.
If I had to do it again, that is what I would try.
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