Wapta Ice Fields

Cam has spent the last week ski mountaineering on the Wapta ice fields on the Columbia Glacier. According to him, they use a type of ski where the binding can lock and unlock the heal. This way you can cross country ski and downhill on the same skis. When they are ascending, skins are placed on the base of the skis from tip to tail, this grips the snow and the ski acts like a snowshoe. Temperature on the glacier dropped to -30 c. Ouch!!! They got to warm up each night at the sleeping huts along the trail. This week he is ice climbing with crampons and ice axes - and then off for some avalanche training. Dec 8 he comes home. We really miss him. The picture is from one of the huts. Hey where is the hot tub!! Not!