Ramp route on Balfour

Ramp route on Balfour

Best viewed in Original size. Ski route up Balfour ramp marked as red line. We took this route around the crevasses as opposed to going on the right/West side of the main crevass group because of serac and avalanche danger from the East face of Balfour. The route is about 3-4 km and 600 m elevation gain from the hut to the col. We were roped up and were in whiteout from the crevasses to the high col and it took us about 2 1/2 hour to 3 hours with 50+ lb packs. For scale - you could lose a small apartment building in the larger crevasses. We did not try to summit Balfour as it was snowing heavily and total whiteout at the col so we skied down to the Scott Duncan hut. April 30, 2011
Bill Kerr
on May 17, 2011 3:59 pm
Image Type(s): Alpine Climbing,  Skiing
Image ID: 716537

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