This is joint trip with the Kootenay Mountaineering Club, and the party will be limited to 12 people total, approximately half from each club. It will be a self-supported trek across a portion of Garibaldi Park, with the first few days being based at one campsite to permit day trips and to lighten our loads. The trip itinerary is still in the planning stages-more details later. Experience in and gear for glacier travel and camping are required, and so initially one?s pack will be fairly heavy, and of course the weather is unpredictable. We hope to do some Class 3-4 scrambling up easy peaks if the circumstances permit, but this trip is not for high angle technical rock climbers or obsessive peak baggers. We hope there will be time to smell the roses.

Similarly to last year?s Valhalla traverse, it is expected that all participants will register for the Canadian Parks and Wilderness (CPAWS) Big Wild Challenge, and will be expected to make a financial contribution to this program. Details of last year?s and this year?s Big Wild Challenge can be found at www.bigwild.org, where you will find that this is a joint project of CPAWS and MEC. Parties can find sponsors and enter a money raising competition for MEC prizes, but its prime purpose is to raise funds for publicising and protecting Canada?s parks and wilderness areas. Alternatively, if you do not want the hassle of locating sponsors, you could make a modest cash contribution to the worthwhile cause. Remember, freedom from undesirable exploitation or conflicting uses of wilderness is not free-hence the financial request.

--As the organiser will be out of town for sometime just before this trip, please email/phone to confirm your interest as soon as possible.  Late callers will be out of luck!--