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Crowfoot Mountain | 2011-03-27
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Waited for this for 2 years. Crowfoot didn’t disappoint me. Perhaps it exceeded my expectation and I have to say scenery wise, this ranks in second from where I have been so far. (Yukness is number 1 is you are wondering).
Weather forecast wasn’t encouraging especially knowing behind of Crowfoot is Wapta which has a reputation to have crappy weather, I preferred to have perfect weather forecast otherwise it can be whiteout. The day started with very doubtful weather but it got better and better. Nice!! I think weather goddess must have heard me complaining about yoyo skiing and felt sorry for me!!
This is actually second try with Vern and 3rd try for me this year. My previous attempts are all canceled due to bad weather or condition. From the parking lot I put my speedo on and prepared to swim cold Bow Lake. Too bad there were no ladies around but Vern to see my sexy speedo that I ordered few weeks ago from online. Bow Hut being a popular place, trail was of course already broken and all we had to do was to follow it until where we had to off-route to Crowfoot. From what I saw anywhere after the canyon where you think safe and make sense, I think you can go off-trail toward Crowfoot’s glacier. Oh by the way, I am sure some of you already know but the canyon from Bow Glacier is known to be a dangerous spot for avalanche, so be careful while walking on canyon. We brought glacier gear in case but we didn’t use it. I know many people don’t bother brining gear, however guild book Alpine Ski Tours by Scott categorizes this as ski mountaineering so if you are uncertain how snow condition is on glacier, bring the gears. After going off-route it was steady uphill all the way to ridge top. It was tiring but on the other hand view became better and better as I ascended. There was enough snow on ridge that we didn’t have to ditch skis.
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