Hi Everyone, See below for the Winter 2023/2024 edition of The Jasper/Hinton Section’s newsletter, The Silver Ice Axe. As always if trip leaders are interested in posting more trips on the schedule feel free to get in touch via email or social media and they can be added to the website.

Let’s hope for more snow!

Hi Everyone,

Please see below for the Summer 2023 Newsletter of the Jasper/Hinton Section. Feel free to reach out to any trip leaders in the newsletter for specific information about any trips, or send an email to the executive if wanting to become a Trip Leader or to propose new trips throughout the summer season. Have a great season in the hills!

Trip Report:

Glacier Lake Winter Camping 

March 8-10th 2023

Trip Leaders: Sarah Ray, Isobel Phoebus and Connor Pase

Author: Isobel Phoebus

On a cold mid-week morning in March, cars filed in at the Glacier Lake trailhead on Highway 93 near Saskatchewan River Crossing. Those who stepped out were inbound from Jasper, Grand Prairie, Golden and Calgary. Six brave souls gathered to make new connections, face the cold, test gear, build winter camping skills, and explore Howse River and Glacier Lake. 

Three days of clear skies brought ample sunshine to happy faces. At night, the skies lit up with a full moon and glowing peaks, but temps dropped down to -30°. Luckily our camp was south facing and fires permitted, so we were able to manage quite well. The snowpack in the valley was very shallow, limiting our planned skills building sessions. Uncertain if the 50 centimetres of facets would even work for a quinzee project. We piled and packed a heap of sugar snow early in the day, leaving plenty of time for it to settle. Meanwhile we travelled west across the large lake for a closer look at our scenic backdrop of the Lyell and Mons glaciers. That night, the quinzee ended up holding strong and providing one of our crew with some valuable extra warmth.   

Overall the venue was an excellent option for mellow travel, winter beach hangouts, warm fireside tales, riverside adventures and sharing a couple days together in the beautiful winter landscape. 

Photos with captions:

Sunny approach on the Howse River.

Clearing down trees from trails while gathering wood for the fire on Glacier Lake. A great two for one!

Quinzee building time!

Exploring beyond Glacier Lake to check out the Lyell and Mons glaciers.

The crew (left to right): Sarah Ray, Doug Bodnar, Isobel Phoebus, Emma Pettey, Troy Mostowy and Connor Pase.

Horizontal ice skiing back along Howse River.

See below for a link to the new newsletter.

http://accjasperhinton.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Silver-Ice-Axe-Summer-2022.pdf

Hi Everyone,

The Jasper/Hinton Section Newsletter, The Silver Ice Axe, has been posted for the Summer 2021 season. See this link ( http://accjasperhinton.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Silver-Ice-Axe-Summer-2021.docx ) for a copy.

Have a great summer!

Hi Everyone,

Attached below is the trip schedule for the Winter 2020/2021 season. Trips will also be added to the calendar page (see above). Keep an eye on the calendar and our Facebook page as new trips may be added over the season.

See the link below for the new newsletter and schedule from the Jasper-Hinton section!

Silver Ice Axe, Winter

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