THE ALPINE CLUB OF CANADA VANCOUVER ISLAND SECTION ISLAND BUSHWHACKER ANNUAL VOLUME 38, 2010 VANCOUVER ISLAND SECTION of THE ALPINE CLUB OF CANADA SECTION EXECUTIVE – 2010 Chair Cedric Zala Secretary Rick Hudson Treasurer Geoff Bennett Banff Mountain Film Festival Coordinator Kari Frazer Bushwhacker Committee Sandy Briggs Lindsay Elms Rob Macdonald Russ Moir Martin Smith Bushwhacker Design & Layout Sandy Stewart Education Dave Campbell Equipment Mike Hubbard FMCBC Rep Martin Smith Library/Archivist Judith Holm Membership Christine Fordham Members-at-Large Dave Campbell Phee Hudson Russ Moir Mike Morley National Rep Rick Hudson Newsletter Cedric Zala Safety Selena Swets Schedule Catrin Brown Russ Moir Webmaster Martin Hofmann ACC VI Section website: www.accvi.ca ACC National website: www.alpineclubofcanada.ca ISSN 0822 - 9473 Cover: Climbing ‘The Thumb’, Alava- Bate Sanctuary, 2010 VI Section Summer Camp PHOTO: TONY VAUGHN Printed on recycled paper Contents Message from the Chair Cedric Zala ..................................................................................................................................................................................1 VANCOUVER ISLAND VI Spine: A Proposed Wilderness Trail Gil Parker .....................................................................................................................................................3 Triple Peak: First Recorded Winter Ascent Sasha Kubicek .................................................................................................................................4 Mount Hall North Bowl - First Recorded Winter Ascent Sasha Kubicek ..................................................................................................5 Spring Skiing in the Nahmint Valley Chris Ruttan ...................................................................................................................................................6 A Spring-like Ascent of Elkhorn Mountain Dave Campbell .............................................................................................................................7 Trio Mountain - West Ridge Sasha Kubicek ...................................................................................................................................................................9 Adder Mountain East Ridge Martin Smith ..................................................................................................................................................................10 Unnamed 1300m Peak – Toquart area Lindsay Elms ..........................................................................................................................................11 Crest Mountain to Mount Heber Traverse Pam Olson ......................................................................................................................................12 Triple Peak – South Ridge Dave Campbell ..................................................................................................................................................................14 Mount Cederstedt Lindsay Elms .........................................................................................................................................................................................15 Random Thoughts on Volunteering, Hoare’s Law, and Summer Camp 2010 Rick Hudson .................................................16 The Alava Bate Sanctuary Summer Camp: Overview Martin Smith .......................................................................................................19 Summer Camp –Week 1 Alava-Bate Sanctuary Russ Moir ...........................................................................................................................20 ACCVI Summer Camp 2010, Alava-Bate Sanctuary: Synopsis of Week 2 Cedric Zala ..............................................................22 Alava-Bate Summer Camp Week 3 Tony Vaughn .................................................................................................................................................23 Alexandra Peak and Mount Adrian Martin Smith .................................................................................................................................................26 Sutton Peak Martin Smith ........................................................................................................................................................................................................29 Flower/Rees/Ralph Ridges Traverse Pam Olson ....................................................................................................................................................31 Buttle Lake to Great Central Lake: Bugs, Bush, and Bergs on the Strathcona Park Centennial Expedition John Young ................................................................33 Mount Regan Martin Smith ....................................................................................................................................................................................................35 Waring Peak Tony Vaughn ......................................................................................................................................................................................................37 Impending Doom or Breaking the Brooks Peninsula Cory McGregor, Derek Cronmiller, Gillian Nicol and Cody Gold ................38 Shepherds Ridge Marmots! Peter Rothermel ...........................................................................................................................................................43 Climbing Camp with Cinder-Bella and an Agitated Park Ranger Nadja Steiner with contributions from Silas Boon, Finn Steiner and Anna-Lena Steiner ........................................................................45 2010 Photo Contest WinnerS ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 48 Mount Maitland Lindsay Elm ................................................................................................................................................................................................50 5040 Peak via Cobalt Lake Martin Smith .....................................................................................................................................................................51 Augerpoint to Ralph Ridge Traverse Pam Olson...................................................................................................................................................53 Mount Beadnell and Lupin Mountain Tony Vaughn ..........................................................................................................................................55 Mount Schoen, More Marmots? Peter Rothermel .................................................................................................................................................56 Section Reflection - 11 Years Into the 21st Century January 2000 - December 2010 Lindsay Elms .................................58 SFouth O THE Border Desert Peak Bagging in Oregon and Nevada Martin Smith .........................................................................................................................62 The John Muir Trail in California Don Morton .........................................................................................................................................................66 Jebel Umm Adaami Graham Maddocks ........................................................................................................................................................................67 Distant Places L’Arête des Cosmiques in France Don Morton ........................................................................................................................................................69 Hiking the Via Engiadina, Switzerland Albert Hestler .......................................................................................................................................70 An Alpine Circuit: Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru Rick Hudson .......................................................................................................................72 Mountains (El Misti) and Canyons (Colca) in Peru Don Morton.................................................................................................................76 Uganda: Climbing in Wellies (Hat’s off to the Duke) Russ Moir .................................................................................................................77 La Sierra Norte: More Bang For Your Buck (or is that more perks for your pesos?) John Young ....................................80 Snow Storm on Mount Kenya Charles Turner ...........................................................................................................................................................81 Mountain AIR A Big Day Out: Mountain Biking the Amiskwi Valley to Blaeberry River Michael Davison ...................................................83 Extolling the virtue of Tea Lindsay Elms .......................................................................................................................................................................85 Rick EPPLER Tribute Gil Parker, Rick Hudson and Rob Macdonald ..........................................................................................................87