A group of us just finished 4 days in the Little Yoho Valley participating in the Section's Mountaineering Camp. More stories, reports and pictures are forthcoming, but the short story is:
Day 1 - met and hiked in to Stanley Mitchell. Got organized, practiced knots, roped travel principles, discussed camp activities and objectives.
Day 2 - scrambled Mt Kerr, practiced crevasse rescue techniques, self arrest on steep snow slopes, roped travel and enjoyed some bum sliding on our descent.
Day 3 - up even earlier for an excellent climb to Mt President, passing over the narrow and ever-thinning access across the bergschrund and climbing to the summit. Great views from the top.
Day 4 - an "easy day" with only about 2/3 of the elevation gain of the previous day - hiked up to the Whaleback Ridge and traversed to its end, descending by a series of downsloping ledges to the Whaleback trail.
Day 5 - hiked up to Kiwetinok Pass, planned our route up to Mt Pollinger, practiced walking on snow slopes, kicking steps, etc. Checked out the route to McArthur but left it for another day.
Day 6 - up early for the hike back out and travels home.
Additional stories and links to pictures will be posted as they become available.
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