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Ascent Time |
Descent Time |
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11 Jun 06 |
6:00 |
3:30 |
On this day, the weather was suppose to be iffy at best, but the window for Bearhat is so short,
we decided to go for it anyway. Here we see Blair heading up to Hidden Pass. Great weather, eh?
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As we reached Hidden Pass, the clouds and fog began to lift, and we could start to see Bearhat Mtn.
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After reaching Hidden Pass, the next order of business is to get down to Hidden Lake. To do that, you have to ski
all the way west to get around the cliffs. Then you can circle back to Hidden Lake.
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This is Blair on the shore of Hidden Lake. You can tell the crossing was going to be iffy. Parts of the lake
was already thawed.
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We found a spot to cross Hidden Lake (seen here). Our ascent was the left skyline ridge.
There is a snow gully just right of the skyline. That's where we ascended.
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This is Blair zig-zagging his way up Bearhat. Soon after this picture, it becomes too steep to ski.
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Looking back across Hidden Lake toward Reynolds, you can see the weather turned bad again. It's snowing.
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Now we have ditched our skis and continuing the rest of the way on foot. This climb was a lot steeper than it looks in this picture.
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Soon after the snow blew it, it blew back out. The sun came out and it was time to put on sunscreen.
That's Mt. Reynold's in the background. We scrambled
up the right skyline back in 2003.
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Lots and lots of snow slopes on this mountain.
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Finally, we topped out on the summit ridge. This is looking north.
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From the same spot as the previous picture, this is looking south (toward the true summit).
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This is Blair scrambling over to the real summit (the large mass in the centre of the picture).
Unfortunately, we came up a little short. There is a deep notch between the south summit and the
rest of the mountain, and given the wet black lichen, and we were wearing ski boots, we decided not
to go for it.
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After giving up on the south summit, we decided to go for the north summit. The north summit is just a hike along the
summit ridge.
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While traversing back to the north summit, we found a mountain goat.
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Here is Blair at the north summit of Bearhat Mtn.
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Now it's my turn to pose for the camera.
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On our way back out, we got one last look at the mountain.
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Almost back up to Hidden Pass. Once we clear the pass, it's downhill to the parking lot.
Mt. Clement is on the left, and Mt. Reynolds is on the right.
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