Total Distance:     14.5 km (return)
Estimated Time:   8 hours
Average Grade:    21.4%
Elevation Gain:     1,550 m
Start Elevation:     235 m
Max Elevation:     1,785 m

Skills: Must feel confident scrambling over few very short but exposed sections.

Mandatory Gear: snowshoes, avalanche beacon, snow shovel, probe, ice ax, crampons. Must know how to use them.

Safety Levels
POP (probability of precipitation) < 40%
Rain  < 7 mm
Avalanche Danger: Moderate
Weather forecast: http://goo.gl/ISHW3
Avalanche Forecast: http://www.avalanche.ca/cac/bulletins/latest/north-shore
*if minimum safety levels are not met, the trip will be canceled, last minute cancellations do occur.