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Note 44.294 MOUNT-L 294 of 517 CUPIDO::STRITAR "Andrej Stritar,IJS,(61)-371-321" 108 lines 24-JAN-1994 09:17 CUPIDO::STRITAR "Andrej Stritar,IJS,(61)-371-321" 108 lines 24-JAN-1994 09:17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subj: Mt. Assiniboine Matterhorn of the Canadian Rockies Date: 22-Jan-1994 Posted-date: 22-Jan-1994 ----------------------Phil Watts questions----------------- Subject: Mt. Assiniboine Has anyone out there been in to Mt. Assiniboine (??) in Western Canada. I would appreciate information concerning the access hike and the North Ridge summit route. I have the Selected Climbs In The Canadian Rockies book, but would like some first-hand opinions. Specifically: Can the hike to the hut area be made in a day with a relatively light load? Are there bivy sites in the hut area? Is the route reasonably safe or continuously falling apart? Thanks! Send to FAPW@NMUMUS Phil Watts -------------------end of Phil's questions----------------- I can answer most of your questions. I made a summit attempt on Mt. Assiniboine about a decade ago and found it to be one of the most rewarding climbs, even though we never made the summit. The approaches from the east side, as Jason Wilder pointed out, are the shortest by far. We drove out of Canmore, Alberta, just south of Banff, up the Spray Lakes Reservoir road (mostly dirt road then) the long 25-mile+ to the earthen dam, which we drove on across and continued as far as the rough road beyond the dam we could safetly position ourselves. We didn't have a four-wheel drive vehicle so couldn't go as far as those who did. Some vehicles drove as much as two miles beyond our farthest point. We hiked in via Assiniboine Pass and came out via Wonder Pass, Wonder Pass definitely the most scenic with gorgeous Marvel Lake sprawling a thousand or two feet below you. We had heavy loads so took two days getting into Lake Magog. I believe that if you could drive the maximum distance past the earth dam and took a lighter load, you would be able to get to the cabins by Lake Magog in one day. This presumes you're in good shape. It would surely be more comfortable to spread the journey out over a couple of days. If you're going to do the approach in one day, I recommend taking Wonder Pass, not Assiniboine Pass, which is longer, though you may have to gain more altitude that way - no problem if you have a lighter load. Mt. Assiniboine is beauteous to behold. It truly has well-earned the title "The Matterhorn of Canada." The reflections of the mountain and its surrounding mountains in Lake Magog, particularly early in the morning and evening, is breath-taking. I have some excellent photos of those out-of-this-world reflection settings. We camped on the west side of Magog Lake right at the tree line, to the right of the trail as you would be travelling if you continued on to climb the peak. We found fresh water coming off the high slopes beyond the south end of Lake Magog on the right of the trail leading to the hut, actually just off and above the trail. If you approach via Assiniboine Pass, the shelter on the flats has a drinking fountain which I deemed to be unsafe to drink. You could see little creatures swimming around in your clear plastic water bottles. There is a sign there warning you the water is potentially bad. The Magog campground tends to be crowded during the summer season. I can't remember if there were bivy sites at the hut, nor can I remember the name of the hut, but I believe there were bivy sites there. The route up the headwall south of Lake Magog was extremely crumbly when we did it, since it had rained heavily for the entire prior week. We had a lovely day but the soil just above some hairy cliffs was tricky to negotiate. It rains there quite a bit. We reached the glacier, then turned back to try another approach east of the hut. On the glacier, we got bombarded by small stones whizzing down the steep glacier at enormous velocity. We were dodging the ones we could see every few seconds. Not too fun, so we decided to abort the climb and go down the snow chutes below the hut. The snow was collapsing rather badly over the torrential melt water coming down the center of the headwall. We had a ball leaping over gaping sink holes and eventually finding a way underneath the snow alongside the glacial torrent. Of course there were signs warning you to stay off the snow chutes, but when you're having fun, caution sometimes gets thrown to the wind. By and large, if you stay on the normal route and do the North Ridge, and get good weather before and during your climb, you'll have a great one ahead of you. I wish you the best, and wish I could be with you. It's a climb I would attempt to do a second time. It is gorgeous country, most of it, even the approach, is out in the open or above tree-line. The route is, I would rate, safe, but still dangerous - definitely exciting and very rewarding. I would love to see the views from the top, though what I saw of it was absolutely stunning, nonetheless. Pray for good weather. We saw a great deal of wild life, bears (along with their scat on the trails), snowy white owls, goats, marmots, picas, and the like. We saw a grizzly at Wonder Pass down a bit on the Lake Marvel side. Lake Marvel, like Crater Lake, is deep blue, or was when we were there. 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