Egypt Lake and Mount Ball: Climbs and Scrambles :: Alpine Club of Canada Mountain Activities

Egypt Lake and Mount Ball: Climbs and Scrambles

     Dates & Price
     August 1 (eve) - August 8, 2009
     Cost per person is $1795 + GST

Join us for some classic Rockies’ scenery, pleasant campsites and moderate peaks as we explore the Egypt Lake and Mount Ball area.

To start off this camp in style, we will hike into Egypt Lake from Healy Creek with porters to help keep our packs light. Spending the first few days here will give us the opportunity to discover the best of this beautiful area. To set us up for the second half of the camp we will move closer to the more remote and prize peak of the area: Mt. Ball.

Climbs and scrambles available for the week include Pharaoh Peaks, Mt. Haiduk, the Monarch, Mt. Isabelle and Mt. Ball. The hiking trails will take us past numerous lakes and over Healy, Whistling and Ball Passes, en route to our camps and climbs. On the final day we will exit via Red Earth Creek to finish of this spectacular camp.

The area is renowned for its scenic vistas and myriad lakes and we will be seeing a good deal of what it has to offer.

Level of Difficulty

This camp is designed for those with some hiking, scrambling and climbing experience. You must have a good level of fitness and some experience traveling on exposed fourth-class terrain, and be able to carry up to a 14kg (30lb) pack for several hours. This camp will be porter-assisted to carry food and supplies into our base camp

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2009 Planned Itinerary*

August 1: Meet at 7:00pm at the ACC Clubhouse in Canmore

August 2: Hike into Egypt Lake camp
August 3: Pharaoh Peaks and area
August 4: Haiduk Peak
August 5: Leisurely breakfast. Move to new campsite below and west of Ball Pass, via Whistling Valley trail.
August 6: Mt. Isabelle
August 7: Mt. Ball
August 8: Hike out via Red Earth Creek.
*subject to change

Included

Guiding throughout the camp
All meals starting with breakfast on August 2nd, ending with lunch on August 8th
All group gear including tents

Not Included

Transportation to/from red earth creek (participants will be expected to use their own vehicles to carpool)
Dinner on August 8th
Accommodation before or after the camp.
Personal gear (see equipment list)

Staff:

ACMG Mountain Guide Dave Smith		Camp Manager Ron Rusk

		Ron Rusk is based in Ontario but don't hold that against him. He's been climbing on and off for about ten years and has recently started to develop his skills as a rock climbing and mountaineering leader, completing both the Rock Solid Leadership Course in Jasper and The North Face Summer Leadership in the Bugaboos this past season. He also enjoys ice climbing and basically anything else that has him scaling the walls. He's had the great pleasure to have climbed recently in Jasper, Canmore, The Gunks, Kentucky, and Toronto's home base Bon Echo among others, and is looking forward to expanding his knowledge to include camp management. When not climbing, he enjoys reading books about climbing, talking about climbing, and trying to convince people to go climbing. He's also a carpenter.

Other great summer trips offered by the Alpine Club of Canada:

Getting Started:		Moderate:
	First Summits — Summer Mountaineering July 1 (eve) - July 5, 2009 (4 days)		Marmot Women's Climbing Camp July 5 - 10, 2009 (6 days)
	Wapta Traverse July 18 (eve) – 25, 2009 (7 days)		Tonquin Valley Climbing & Hiking Camp September 12 - 19, 2009
	Egypt Lake and Mount Ball : Climbs and Scrambles August 2 - August 8, 2009 (7 days)		55+ Summer Trekking and Climbing Camp July 11 - 18, 2009 (7 days)

Advanced:		Special:
	Mount Sir Sanford August 8 (eve) - August 14, 2009		Under 25 Climbing Camp July 5 - July 9, 2009
	In the Footsteps of Conrad Kain August 15 - 22, 2009		The North Face Leadership Training August 8 - August 15, 2009
	Tantalus Range Climbing Camp August 23 - 29, 2009
	Valhallas Climbing Adventure August 22 - 29, 2009

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