Blanchard Needle

July 6th 2024

Event Details

  • Date: –
  • Spots: 3
  • Member Cost: Free
  • Destination: Golden Ears
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  • Difficulty: Intermediate
  • Attendee Screening: Attendees are Pre-Screened - The Trip Leader will review your background and contact you before accepting you on the trip. You will get a confirmation that your sign-up is pending right away.
    That doesn't mean that you are confirmed to go on the trip yet. If you are accepted, you should receive an email from the coordinator to confirm your sign-up and coordinate the trip's details.

Description

 

Blanchard peak is an impressive looking peak in Golden Ears park.  Unlike the park’s namesake, there’s no hiking route up.  The plan is ascend fly gully, then climb the peak (mostly a scramble, with 20m of 5.4), before descending over Alouette Mountain.  We will likely pitch out the 5.4 section

See this trip report: https://stevensong.com/coastal-interior-bc/fraser-valley/blanshard-needle/

All participants must know how to rappel.

Equipment:

  • Ice axe
  • Crampons and fitting boots
  • Harness
  • Rappel setup

Note: trip depends on getting golden ears parking passes.  If that’s not possible, a backup scramble will be considered (e.g. needle peak).

Guest sign-up

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