Crown Couloir 

Route: F-, 465m snow/ice
Approach: Taking SkyRide up and down
Meeting Time and Location  will be emailed to you around noon time two days prior to the trip

Prerequisites

• Must have climbed with the organizer before. Or provide a reference from your climbing partner who has climbed with the organizer in the past.

• Solid Top Ten Technical Skills of The Modern Alpine Climber.

• Proven formal mountaineering course.

• Avalanche rescue response training.

• Have successfully completed at least one winter route from the Alpine Select List .

   

Personal Gear - Main

• snowshoes

• crampons

• snow shovel

• avalanche transceiver

• avalanche probe

• 30-70m 8mm half rope (or else)

• helmet

• harness + belay device (Reverso type)

• carabiners: 4 non-lockers + 4 lockers + 1 large pear shape

• anchor material: cords and slings (Nylon, Dyneema, Spectra)

• two 5-mm prusiks + 1 spare

• two short (61cm) snow pickets with runners attached

• pair of ice tools

• personal emergency kit incl. medical

• headlamp with spare fresh batteries

Personal Gear - Extra

• alpine rock protection (cams, nuts, pitons)

• rescue pulley

• mechanical ascender (Tibloc, Ropeman, etc.)

• PLB/SPOT/GPS

• regular straight ice axe

IMPORTANT

• if you have previously "bailed" less than a day before the start of, or been a "no show" for any club’s trip in the past 12 months, you need not apply to join this one - you will not get a response.

• if minimum safety levels are not met (because of the bad weather, conditions, etc.) this trip will be canceled, last minute cancellations do occur.

• if you want to receive a response you must clearly answer  all "Trip Planning Questions"

• if you haven't received response, check your email in Spam folder.

Links
Weather: http://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Crown-Mountain-North-Vancouver-British-Columbia/forecasts/1504
Avalanche Info: http://www.northshorerescue.com/avalanche-info/ 
Avalanche Forecast: http://www.avalanche.ca/forecasts/north-shore
About Crown: http://bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=567 
Route: http://bivouac.com/TripPg.asp?TripId=7960