Saturday, March 24th Difficult Scramble or Outdoor Climbing

Will be decided last minute based on weather and avalance conditions. Call Janice if you want to come.

Thursday, March 22 Climbing @ Stronghold

Same bat time, same bat channel, call Janice for details.

Tuesday, March 20 Climbing @ Stronghold

Same bat time same bat channel, call Janice for details.

Ainsworth B.C. Climbing Trip

So, I was thinking May long weekend should be good for our ainsworth climbing/hot springs trip.
http://www.hotnaturally.com/

Here are the tentative dates

May 17, Thursday - leave Calgary after work and drive 7 hours to Ainsworth
May 18, Friday - climb -> hotsprings
May 19, Saturday - ditto
May 20, Sunday - ditto
May 21, Monday - ditto, and then leave ainsworth in the late afternoon for the 7 hour drive back to Calgary.

As Monday is a holiday, if everyone could take Friday off that would mean we would have more time to climb.

If anyone is interested, and depending on who is going, I might want to take more time off and drive up earlier.

So get in shape for a 4-day climbing trip boys and girls and try to get time off :)

Tentative prices

Ainsworth Hot Springs Resort (with view) - $28 per person
http://www.hotnaturally.com/spring_rates.php
Kaslo Hostel (dorm style) - $20 per person
http://www.kaslohostel.com/
Camping - if I remember correctly it's $20 per site ...... gotta check up on this though, will do later

NWT or Yukon Trip

Looks like the best time to go is January to March, so we just missed it for this year. Another thing to put on the calender for next year though :)

http://www.gedds.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/

If we get our skills up, perhaps we can do the chilkoot trail in the spring season, which will require avalanch preparedness, and winter camping experience ...... no more camping next to the highway :)

http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/yt/chilkoot/index_e.asp

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Ski Trip Planning

Mike has offered to plan this one, so I'll let him take over it.

The only thing is that Janice can't snowboard as she is still broken until April 2nd, so unless Mike and Kim are willing to wait till then, or go again in April, Janice won't make it.

Friday, March 9th - Movie

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Calenders

Ivo is in the process of figuring out how we can all share our schedules to make planning events easier.

We have a yahoo group called calgary climbers with a calender, e-mail list, pictures, etc. E-mail Janice for an invite.

Planning details for winter camping/ice climbing

Ivo said

"Besides next weekend, I'm free on all the remaining ones. The camping/ice-climbing trip can be done in one of the following locations, depending on snow and ice conditions:K-country - there's a bunch of nice and easy climbs in the immediate surrounding of the Mt Kidd camping ground Banff - again, relatively close to town there are a couple of good places + Lake Louise which has few nice and not so easy climbsYoho - few nice climbs on the Yoho valley road going to Takakkaw fallsIcefields parkway - if everything else is not acceptable - plenty of climbs and snow, as well as camping grounds along the road so we can pick one easily Have a good one and let me know where and when the majority wants to go climbing."

Date - Tentatively set for the weekend of March 17

Please post your comment to indicate your interest and availability.

Activities - Janice is out for another 4 weeks, there is no way I can go ice climbing .....

Thursday March 8th - Dinner @ the River Cafe

Dress to impress!!

Reservations at 7:30 pm under Janice Nguyen

Tuesday, March 6th - Climbing at Stronghold

Meet in the lobby at 7:30 pm.

Call 607-3537 for details, or if you don't see me (Janice).