The Selkirks, Bugaboos and Skaha road trip

Here's the short story …

Simeon and I drove to Roger’s pass and had bad weather for an attempt on Mount Sir Donald. Went and had a look at getting into the north end of the Selkirks but were defeated by a very closed logging road.

Carried on driving, driving, driving to Golden for lunch and then into the Bugaboos where we climbed; the Kain route on Bugaboo Spire and the West ridge of Pigeon Spire to warm up. Then after a weather enforced rest day, during which we hiked out to the car for beer, we managed the NE Buttress on Bugaboo and the Kraus-McCarthy route on Snowpatch. We also climbed a route on the Crescent Towers on out rest day.

The weather looked like it was going to break so we spent the last couple of days in Penticton doing a little bit of cragging on the Skaha Bluffs. It was very hot but we managed to stick to the shade and get a few nice routes done before heading back home.

This was a pretty low key trip for us I hadn't done much climbing since last year's trip to Peru and accompanying illness and Simeon is getting back upto speed after breaking several bones in an ice climbing accident a year ago.

Notes

For guidebooks Elaho is the place to go. They produce guides to the Selkirks, North and South, the Bugaboos and Skaha Bluffs. There's also a Mountaineers select guide to the Bugaboos - do yourself a favour, buy the Elaho book.