Date: 09/12/23
Route/Place: Sqaumish
Trip Time: 16:15 hours
Activity Type: Running / Scrambling / Rappelling
Trip Result: Successful
Rating: * * * * *
Road Conditions: Mostly up the Squamish valley road with a short 3km stint on their Mamquam FSR. My 2WD Pontiac vibe had no issues.
Route Conditions: Very good but this will change by the day.
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Trip Report:
Because Tantalus Traverse highly depends on conditions and these change year to year, here is a list of things I would look to consider and learn about before attempting the traverse. Please seek out advise from guides or locals who may have been up there already, consider even taking a flight to check out conditions from above.
- Sigurd creek water crossing level
- Snow level on the back of pelion
- Snow bridge getting onto the rock gulley on Zenith
- Is the main ridge melted out
- Rap system familiarity - see descent beta here
- Moat size getting onto the snow below Dione
- Glacier coverage on Dione after the Dione gulley descent
Tantalus Traverse Timings
3:45 to Pelion
6 to the Zenith bergshrund
8 to the Tantalus summit
11:30 to the Habrul hut
13:45 to the Russian army camp
14:45 to Lake lovely water
16:15 to finish
Tantalus Traverse Water
We were able to find water at the Pelion river crossing, a lake on the Pelion to Zenith ridge, a trickle at both the choss gulley on Zenith and the choss gulley before the Tantalus sub summit. The hut was closed so we used a small stream behind the hut, the russian army camp and lake lovely water.
