The Tupper Traverse has a glorious remote feeling that is sometimes hard to achieve in Rogers Pass. We've come this way a number of times over the years. Each time the big slope behind Tupper gives us pause. It's huge and bloody steep. On this occasion we weren't overly concerned about stability. In fact it was hard as a rock. The greater hazard seemed to be catching an edge and sliding several hundred meters down a 40 degree slope.
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| Approaching the big slope |
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| Thinking about long slides |
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| Nick not sliding |
No one took a header thankfully and we stopped for an extended lunch break to enjoy the solitude.
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| Lunch |
Skins back on we thrashed our way around the east shoulder of Tupper into the Connaught Slide Path.
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| Connaught slide path |
This eastern aspect had now been in shade for a couple of hours after baking in the sun all day. This created the interesting mix of a thin skiff of ice over heavy wet snow. It was...tiring....to put it charitably.
All in all a great day in the mountains.
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