[MCR] Rockies, The Professor Falls. Pretty Nuts

I guided The Professor Falls. on Feb 22. We rode bikes to the where you branch off onto the right hand road, which is not plowed. If you take bikes leave them there as beyond that the road is too deep in snow to be rideable. The route is in fine shape, although we didn't make it up to the last pitch.

Today, Feb 23rd, I guided Pretty Nuts. We took one bike and our driver biked down to us after dropping us and the gear off. Biked back up to get the truck for the pick-up at the end of the day. Faster than walking the 2 kms there, and 2 kms back. The route is in great shape. Solid walking from the road to the route, and between the pitches, on avalanche debris and slid-to-ground hardness. We traversed climbers right to finish the 3rd step of ice, as per the guidebook, and got down fall-line in 3 full 70 meter rappels from trees. Our last rappel was spiraled to climber's right to reach the high debris in a drainage where we frontpointed down for 5 meters, then walked down to the road.

Happy trails,

Barry Blanchard

Mountain Guide

www.barryblanchard.ca

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