Cameron - Ice Climbing

I thought you said Goat - Mountain Goat

Cam has been ice climbing in Banff. He is back in Canmore since they have had some major snowfalls and he can not continue to climb until the snow pack stabilized. He got these pictures one of the days on his ice climbs.

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!

Yamnuska Oct 20 - Cam's Expedition - Mount Kline

Cam spent the week climbing mount Kline in Banff. 1 meter of snow on the way up to the summit. Looks like he is having a great time. We are very proud of what he is doing. Next week he is in town doing wilderness first aid. We miss him very much. But he sounds healthy and happy.