Waptacise- Mini Wapta in a day

After a good 10 days or so of focused work, travelling to the mighty city of Abbotsford for a regional trade show and Patagonia line viewings, I was really itching to get outside for an aerobic day in the mountains. Mike Trehearne has been in New Zealand for the past couple of months doing some guiding work and seeing how he is enrolled in the ski guide training program, he was quite keen for a similar "huck a lung" adventure. Well I must say that this is not the FULL wapta traverse but only the "mini" as advertised in Chic's book, Peyto glacier to Bow Lake and out, a fairly straightforward trip when compared to the full wapta traverse- more than double this length. I could share tales of the "bow summit" approach to the peyto glacier whuch shaves an hour off the traditional approach, canyon side hill gouging, dusk hitchhiking and mid winter accosting by warm hut and coffee but instead I will leave you with a few photos of the day, enjoy.

ACMG and Patagonia
Rip em and grip em.
What its all about.
Hut art, I forgot this was up here but it needs to be preserved.
North Wapta glory.

At one point during the day we stopped at a small rise on the otherwise flat icefield and started talking about something, (worlds worst chuckwagon crashes or best family guy quotes-Cant remember) after a few minutes I stopped and said, "dude, there is NO wind right now". Alone as we were up there that day, with the low sun outlining the peaks with crisp backlighting- there was also no wind. Something that is not common in these high places and something to stop talking about family guy for and let slowly digest.

Thanks Mike!