Very interesting, it does seems like the same peak but Danny & Mimi might have started further below and not directly via the corridor/gully?
Need to check with my comrades as I wasnt with them on the summit. I also noticed that Paul Claus flew them out, if I remember correctly he said to us that he never landed on that glacier before. Although it was as was 17 years before!
Old School WB wrote:Climbing friends of mine; Steve M. and Trevor B., have attempted Mt. Saskatchewan twice, and may of again since, but I am not sure since haven't spoken with them in about 2 years. I think their first attempt was in 2005 and then in 2008, but I am not sure of the dates or the routes they attempted. The earlier attempt was with a large group and documented in the Canadian Alpine Journal, this trip may have been sponsored by Saskatchewan ACC section.
If interested in contacting them for background information, send me a PM and I will pass on their email contact.
Cheers
Kevin
I dont think we have any plans to go there again in any near future. But if we do, I am still very keen to try on Saskatchewan from the North again. Do you know if your friends have any new plans for it?
Damien Gildea wrote:Yes, as far as I know they came from the Walsh to the Prairie Glacier southeast of the peak and at least two teams tried the northeast ridge.
What was the problem coming from the north / west? Could you not get to the Chitina then T-Bone Glaciers?
We didnt have enough time time to pass the whole massif to reach t-bone due the conditions of Chitina Glacier, very dry nowdays not so good for skiing at all! We had to cross saddle near mount British Columbia and down climb it to reach the glacier, which meant, from our BC, 4-5 days in biouvac with very light equipment. But the main problem I guess was the weather, we only hade small windows of climbing weather, 1-1 /12 days at the time, then bad storms and snow.