6:31 AM : Sunrise 7:22 AM : Take-off from Concrete Airport 8:19 AM : Land in Kelowna, clear customs 8:52 AM : Take off from Kelowna 9:38-10:31 AM : Bugaboos 10:39-11:02 AM : Mt. Farnham, Mt. Peter, Mt. Delphine, Jumbo Mtn, Mt. Earl Grey, Redtop Mtn, others 11:22-11:36 AM : Valhallas 11:52 AM : Land in Nelson, get fuel 3:02 AM : Take-off from Nelson 3:45 PM : Land in Oroville, clear customs 4:08 PM : Take-off from Ororville 4:52 PM : Land at Concrete Airport 6:03 PM : Sunset
Flight distance: 822 miles Flight time: 5h 24min
Click on the map to see our flight path, which was made created from the output of a GPS recorder taking a data point of our location at 1 second intervals over the course of the day.
Photos
Bugaboos
"Heart of the Bugaboos" labeled pano.
Howser Towers from the S
S Howser Tower, Beckey-Chouinard route
N Howser Tower, W Face
Howser Towers from the N
Pigeon Spire
Bugaboo Spire, NE Ridge; Snowpatch Spire in background
Snowpatch Spire in foreground, Howser Towers in background
Bugaboos from the E: Howser Towers, Pigeon Spire, Snowpatch Spire, Bugaboo Spire
Looking into the Bugaboos from the N (over the shoulder of Vowell)
Bugaboos from the N: Bugaboo Spire, Snowpatch Spire, Pigeon Spire, Howser Towers
Bugaboos from the N: Bugaboo Spire, Snowpatch Spire, Pigeon Spire, Howser Towers
Snowed in Kain Hut
Vowell/Thunderstorm Tower
Vowell/Thunderstorm Tower
Some summits photographed on flight between Bugaboos and Valhallas
Mt. Farnham and Farnham Tower
Mt. Peter
Jumbo Mtn
Ski tracks on Jumbo Mtn
Redtop Mtn
Valhallas
Quite a lineup! Dag, Batwing, Wolf's Ears, Gimli, Niselheim, Midgard
The impressive north side of Dag
A color version of the impressive north side of Dag
Prestley and Gimli from the SE
Midgard (left), Asgard (behind), Niselheim (front), Gimli (front), from the S
Wolf's Ears, Batwing, Dag from the W
Gimli W side
Gladsheim and Asgard from the NW
Gimli from the N
Gladsheim from the E
Gladsheim from the SE
Wow. Didn't believe we'd pull it off until we actually did it.
More Aerial Photography
Wow. Thanks John for sharing your aerial world with me. Go to my Aerial photography page to see more awesome aerial adventures with John.
Links to climbing trip reports from Bugaboos and Valhallas
The towering granite spires of the Bugaboos offer some world-class alpine rock climbing. I've climbed some of the classic routes of the Bugaboos. I've also climbed in the Valhallas a couple of times. These granite spires are lesser known and a bit smaller than the Bugaboos, but offer some great climbing sans crowds.
To see my climbing trip reports for the Bugaboos and Valhallas, see links at the top of this page.
