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2024-02-22 at 17:33 - comment by CMS
Thanks, Helen. I put a clarification in my report, as I had not made it clear that the hole I punched into was dry, so no wet foot (or iced up ski).
2024-02-21 at 17:27 - comment by Helen Read
You are brave and very rarely seen photos!!! Hope your foot did not get too icy cold.
Pipestone River to Point Camp Meadows
Report Submitted by CMS
(trip) Date: Monday Feb 19, 2024
Submitted: Wednesday Feb 21, 2024 at 10:52
Participants:
just me
Discussion:
Having noticed how solid off-trail travel was along the Kicking Horse River on Sunday I knew it was an ideal time to ski up the Pipestone River. No skier tracks beyond 100 m of the trackset trail, but with only 2-5 cms of snow, it was hardly onerous trail breaking. But there was a virtual wildlife highway, with pretty well all species accounted for. As usual, had to zig and zag some to avoid open water. Had to also watch for snow-covered shelf ice bergshrunds near the banks - only put my leg through once to the knee, but it was a dry channel so did not get wet. Lots of shelf ice over dry channels, so the river was considerably higher at an early time in the winter, perhaps caused by an ice dam somewhere. Turned around just where the meadows open up the view, about 7 kms from the trackset loop.
Total distance: 28.00 Km
 Some of the typical open water / ice pattern sections; Hector Point in the background.
 A "Y" junction in the wildlife highway.
 South end of Point Camp Meadows.
 Is this a stalactite or stalagmite?
 Distant views of Mt Bident across to Mt Temple.
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