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Grassy Hut

  • hipsterandjane
    2011-03-09 12:18:25

    Just got back from Grassy Hut.  Was a great 3 days in the Bonningtons. 

    The skin was a bit of a slug - the first 6 km were along a powerline with sleds whipping by you every once and a while.  Once we got to the hut it was all good though.   We had no problems finding it despite warnings about how difficult it was to locate.  I guess we can attibute that to good directions from this site and good visability.  There is a lot of amazing terrain that is accessible right from the hut door.  There is also the massive south face of Grassy Mountain that is only a 40 min skin.  Unfortunately/fortunately we had a lot of sun while we were there so when we did a rusheblock test on the face we had a failure at 2... back to the trees.

    Good food, good terrain, good weather.

    but the skin out sucks as much as the skin in - totally worth it though

  • 2011-03-09 13:44:52

    Any pics from the adventure?


    Best thing about Grasssy is the "no sledders" rule, nice to have peace and quiet the way backcountry skiing was meant to be.

  • hipsterandjane
    2011-03-11 16:29:02

    There were some good photos taken for sure!  We had an awesome day in the sun!  I think some of my touring partners are working on an entry for the photo comp, so I guess keep your eyes open in this forum.  The snow is to good to be spending too much time in front of the computer!
  • hipsterandjane
    2011-03-11 16:30:09

    oh yeah it is pretty sweet - to have the peace and quiet of no sleds - although it was nice of them to pack down the powerline road in.
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