Start date 20170526
End date 20170529

See West Buttress for route info

A technical hike/class 4 scramble.

Friday

  • 6:30 PM – Alexis back in Bellevue
  • 7:00 PM – Drive to Squamish (3:10 – 4 hr drive)
  • 11:00 PM – Arrive at campground, camp

Saturday

  • Climbing class

Sunday

  • Climbing class
  • 7:00 PM – Drive to Sky Pilot trailhead
  • 8:00 PM – Car camp at trailhead on FSR
    • Gate closure on Shannon Creek FSR at 49.6791, -123.1220

Monday (sunrise is 5:15)

  • 7:30 AM – Start hiking to lodge (0.7 miles road with 400 ft gain) 
  • 8:00 AM – Lodge, continue hiking (1.2 miles mostly flat/road) 
  • 8:30 AM – Habrich spur, continue hiking (1.8 miles hiking, 1,100 ft gain) 
  • 10:00 AM – End of valley, continue hiking (1 mile bushwacking, 1,700 ft gain) 
  • 11:30 PM – Base of glacier, rope up 
  • 12:00 PM – Roped up, climb to ridge (0.2 mile on glacier, 500 ft gain) 
  • 12:30 PM – Ridge, remove glacier gear 
  • 1:00 PM – Scramble to top (0.4 miles scrambling, 600 ft gain) 
  • 2:00 PM – Summitted! 
  • 2:30 PM – Rappel/scramble back down to ridge 
  • 3:30 PM – Back at ridge, rope up for glacier 
  • 3:45 PM – Roped up, go down glacier 
  • 4:00 PM – Bottom of glacier 
  • 4:15 PM – Unrope, hike down to valley (1.8 miles down 1,100 ft) 
  • 5:00 PM – Hike valley back to lodge (3 miles bushwacking then road down 1,100 ft) 
  • 6:15 PM – Lodge, continue back to car (0.7 miles road down 400 ft) 
  • 6:35 PM – Back at car 
  • 6:45 PM – Drive home (3:10 – 3:50 hr drive from Squamish, so at least 4 hr with dirt road) 
  • 10:45 PM – Home