Description

3 day ski tour around North Joffre Creek with goal of skiing
E face of Saxifrage Mt (40 deg slope) and Mt Oleg. Refer to
John Baldwin’s Exploring the Coast Mountains On Skis,
page
122.

Day 1:

Park at pullout along north side of Duffey Lk road. Ski to
col
east of Saxifrage Mt. Descend to White Lakes to set up
camp. Depending on time and group ski up Saxifrage via
west ridge and descend E face. (Dist 8.9km, Vert Gained
1190m)

Day 2: If we did not ski Saxifrage on day 1. Skin up and
ski
Saxifrage back to White Lakes. Pack up camp and ski to
Place Glacier via Oleg-Olds col. Set up camp and ski N or
NE face of Mt. Oleg. (Dist 15km, Vert Gained 1777m)

Day 3: Pack up camp and ski back to car via Joffre
Glacier and
south shoulder of Cirque Pk. Down to NE fork of North
Joffre Cr to logging road and out to parking spot. (Dist
9.4km, Vert Gained 400km)