Category Archives: Jasper National Park

Tonquin Valley Marathon

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Family Day Weekend 2012 Authored by the group of 5

—-12 members of the ski club say “put the Tonquin Valley ski on your list“.

Good snow, warm temperatures, and a great adventure.  We had heard that it is a long ski in and by God it was- in fact a  ½ marathon long.

Our welcome at the lodge was warm and satisfying with waiting hot coffee, tea, juice, fresh chocolate chip cookies (hot cinnamon buns the next day) and with the reception of our generous and friendly hosts Sara and Caroline.   Our very abundant and delicious, made from scratch, meals were served at a round table comfortably seating all 12 of us and equipped with a lazy-susan.  One had to be quick with the self-serving as hungry ski- mates around  the other side of the table wanted to “spin the wheel” to avail themselves of lasagne, greek salad, scalloped potatoes, ham, pancakes, bacon …and the list goes on.

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Hilda Fat Ski Gallery

Warm weather and great snow lead to fantastic skiing, big smiles and a few crashes on the Hilda Yo-Yo Tour

Annual Pilgrimage To Nigel Pass

Nigel Pass Dec 2009, Nigel Pass Dec 2009

Nigel Pass has always been on the tour schedule as far as I can remember; and since the older tour leaders had not offered to lead, it I did. Jeff kindly offered to assist and so we had a trip. The Ramparts Hostel has a new- to- us- hostel parent, nice guy from the east.

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Perfect weather for the Fryatt Hut adventure!

Vance, Ivan, Margo and Derry enjoy the sunny weather and explore the valley above Fryatt Hut.

Vance, Ivan, Margo and Derry enjoy the sunny weather and explore the valley above Fryatt Hut.

By Steve B

Vance, Margo, Derry, Ivan and I loaded heavy packs and pulks at 9:00 am Friday morning and headed across the frozen Athabasca river and quickly joined up with the Fryatt Valley Trail. The lower section of trail is fairly flat and meanders through the woods offering the occasional glimpse of the Endless Chain Ridge to the east and Mount Christie to the south. Another group had been in the previos week and left a nice track and we had to do minimal trail breaking.

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Cold Weather And Poor Snow For Nigel Pass Season Opener!

Nigel Pass & Hilda Creek Dec 2010

Minus 20º Celsius temperatures didn’t deter a dozen club members from heading up towards Nigel Pass for the first back country trip of the season. The initial plan was to spend Saturday doing turns at Parkers Ridge but some prior scouting on Friday by Vance and Derry found that snow conditions were not favorable for turns so we switched to Plan B and headed for Nigel Pass.

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