Club Events 2002/2003 : 2003-06-17 : COC - Rae Glacier

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Event Coordinator(s): Rhonda S
Participants: Rhonda S, michelle p., Holly P, Graeme, Karen, Heather MacDonald

What an amazing day! I was so pleased to get this many people out on a weekday, and the conditions were perfect. Who needs that stupid job anyway! A highlight of this trip was having Emanuele, an Italian traveling through Canada, join us for the day.

We had a short hike to Elbow Lake, which would make an IDEAL spot for a walk-in camping trip, which we're hoping to put together soon.

Then, up to Rae Glacier. We had lunch at the glacier, and Emanuele, Holly and Karen climbed up into the glacier and tobogganed down on a plastic bag. We ran into some snowboarders who climb up the glacier (as far as the debris) and board down.

During lunch, there was a small avalanche on the glacier above and to the right. It was small, but the loud cracking noise, and the falling snow, gave us a tense moment or two.


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