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01 Sep 02 |
2:38 |
1:50 |
01 Sep 02 - I was heading out to do Mt. Stephen this day, but as I got closer to Field, I decided
to change objectives. I didn't want to spend 8-12 hours in the rain/snow, so I picked a shorter objective.
Thumbing through the book, I found Mt. Bosworth, seen here. It's a short scramble that offers great
"rockband" scrambling. It's just a shame about the weather not cooperating. Despite being rained on nearly
the entire day, it was still a great adventure.
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01 Sep 02 - I parked where the book suggested, but I was a bit confused as to which gully to ascend.
The book says to go up a major avalanche gully. To me, the gully to the right of the red line is a major
gully, but I was in line with the red line, so I picked that gully. Nearly the entire scramble, I was convinced
that I picked one gully left of where I was suppose to go, but as I was nearing the summit, I realised I was in
the right gully all along. The avalanche path has grown a bit, leaving some moderate bushwhacking to get to the
first set of rockbands. Unfortunately, with all of the rain, the bushwhacking left me soaking wet.
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01 Sep 02 - A short break in the rain, brought out the sun. Looking at Mt. Stephen and Cathedral Mtn
in the background, I think I made the right choice in picking an easier objective.
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01 Sep 02 - As the bushwhacking comes to an end, you come across little rock steps.
These are much steeper then shown in the picture. Make your way to about 100 meters to the right of the bigger
trees. This will bring you to the first cliff band. Hidden in the corner of the cliff band, you will find a
narrow break in the rockband. Take that up and through.
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01 Sep 02 - Here is a picture of the break in the rockband. It's much steeper than it looks in the picture,
but it's only "moderate" scrambling.
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01 Sep 02 - From the base of the rock band, this is looking back down the avalanche slope. You can see a faint
creek that runs along side the trees. I didn't see this going up, but I did manage to follow it going back down.
It ends about half way down, then it was back to bushwhacking.
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01 Sep 02 - The book suggests cutting across a couple of gullies, making a diagonal line for the summit.
I couldn't see the summit due to clouds, so I decided to go straight up the gully to the ridge. I then turned left,
and went over 5-7 little "false summits". As I would near the top of one, the next one would appear in the
background through the fog.
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01 Sep 02 - This is typical scrambling up and over these "false summits". It was actually a lot of fun,
and I rarely lost elevation along the way. I think I only had to go down once. The yellow rock seen here is usually
pretty solid. It's the black rock and the redish rock that crumbles in your hands.
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01 Sep 02 - Here we are nearing the summit. This is either the summit block or one just before it.
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01 Sep 02 - This is the summit. The clouds lifted a little, and I could see that nothing was higher than me.
I took a GPS coordinate, and compared to the map. I was definitely on the summit, but I couldn't find a cairn.
After about 15 minutes of searching, I found evidence of a cairn. It looked like it was blown apart by lightening.
I found shattered pencils, but no register.
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01 Sep 02 - All I did find at the summit was a gold metal block (about 2" squared) that said British Columbia
on the face and had a number on the side. Surrounding this was a lot of gray melted plastic. I chipped away the plastic,
but I couldn't find any evidence of a register booklet. I've never really seen anything like this. If anybody knows what
this is, could you let me know.
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01 Sep 02 - The book says you can go down the gully directly below the summit. It also warns that you'll get cliffed
out and need to go left to where you came up. I went down this way, and as I approached the black rockband, I was
positive I could make it through. Unfortunately, I was wrong. I had to come back up about 100 feet and traverse left two
gullies before I could make it down. I was still one gully west of my ascent gully, and I made it through the cliff without
any problems. Once in the trees, I aimed left and picked up the creek bed shown in an earlier picture.
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