club bulletin - the Gatineau Valley Historical Society
club bulletin - the Gatineau Valley Historical Society
club bulletin - the Gatineau Valley Historical Society
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SKI TOURING<br />
by Murray Anderson<br />
Writing a report on last year's touring<br />
program in <strong>the</strong> balmy wea<strong>the</strong>r of fall<br />
1968 is a study in contrasts. That is quite<br />
appropriate for last winter was full of<br />
contrasts- mild and cold, thaws and rain<br />
followed by an inadvertent flicking of <strong>the</strong><br />
switches marked ·Powder and Sun. Early<br />
and late season trips didn't get off <strong>the</strong><br />
ground. Midwinter provided some very<br />
fine trips, particularly in <strong>the</strong> area just<br />
beyond <strong>the</strong> western fringes of <strong>the</strong> mapped<br />
trail system. Here are fine trails like<br />
Lydia's, <strong>the</strong> Beaver, Wolf and o<strong>the</strong>rs.<br />
Some trips might be singled out as<br />
more memorable .than o<strong>the</strong>rs but to do so<br />
would be a bit unfair to those leaders who<br />
met with more difficult conditions. We<br />
owe a debt of gratitude for general good<br />
leadership all round, and most of all to<br />
those who ran into adverse wea<strong>the</strong>r.<br />
Participation ranged from five to seventeen,'<br />
much <strong>the</strong> same as in previous years.<br />
The OSC, incidentally, supplies less tourers<br />
than <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r sponsoring bodies, <strong>the</strong> Al<br />
pine Club of Canada and <strong>the</strong> Canadian<br />
Nordic <strong>Society</strong>. The country covered by<br />
<strong>the</strong> tours is much more varied than that<br />
within <strong>the</strong> trail system, and almost no one<br />
is using it. Good snow conditions at <strong>the</strong><br />
start of <strong>the</strong> season would likely help to get<br />
potential tourers out.<br />
The Adirondack trip in March was, at<br />
a half dozen, underpatronized, but much<br />
enjoyed by those who went. This was <strong>the</strong><br />
smallest party in five years. The wea<strong>the</strong>r<br />
was mild, producing good camping in <strong>the</strong><br />
log leanto shelters provided by <strong>the</strong> New<br />
York State Conservation people. There was<br />
some sticky snow at low levels with deep<br />
powder on <strong>the</strong> higher, steeper parts of<br />
Wright Peak. On <strong>the</strong> second day <strong>the</strong> party<br />
skied up and down Mount Marcy. Although<br />
<strong>the</strong> terrain is ·quite steep, on this<br />
trip those skiing on wax moved faster and<br />
more easily than those using climbing skis.<br />
In summary, last winter's trips reflect<br />
ed <strong>the</strong> varied conditions, but could have<br />
catered to more people.<br />
Local trips are scheduled on Sundays<br />
throughout <strong>the</strong> skiing season. The leader<br />
of each trip will handle organization de<br />
tails for his trip. Please telephone him<br />
during <strong>the</strong> preceding week (preferably between<br />
7:00 and 9:00 in <strong>the</strong> evening) for<br />
information on starting time and place.<br />
Transportation may be arranged if necessary.<br />
1968-69 Schedule of Trips<br />
Please save it<br />
Dec. 22 * Route Depends on Snow<br />
Murray Anderson, 232-0198<br />
29 * Route Depends on Snow<br />
Murray Anderson, 232-0198<br />
Jan. 5 ** Luskville Area<br />
Peter Brogden, 828-2282<br />
12 ** Meach Lake Country<br />
Ingrid Hart, 827-0858<br />
19 * * Lac Philippe<br />
Ted Whalley, 746-0297<br />
26 ** West from McClosky's<br />
Murray Hunter, 746-1171<br />
Feb. 2 ** Wakefield<br />
Doug Martin, 746-0216<br />
9 * * Harrington Lake<br />
Jim Bennett, 234-9108<br />
16 * * * La Corniche<br />
Roman Grabowski, 733-5338<br />
The remainder of <strong>the</strong> season will be de<br />
tailed in <strong>the</strong> next issue of <strong>the</strong> Bulletin.<br />
The trips are marked as easy (*),<br />
average (**), or more difficult than average<br />
(***) in order to give some idea of<br />
ability required. Generally speaking, trips<br />
range from about 9 to 20 miles. The terrain<br />
to be covered also influences <strong>the</strong><br />
grading of <strong>the</strong> trip. Snow conditions are<br />
not taken into account.<br />
(Suite de la page 8)<br />
Ia descente, le slalom et le saut. Le combine<br />
est une combinaison de la descente et<br />
du slalom.<br />
Pour terminer ajoutons qu'un vrai skieur<br />
ne parle pas du haut et du bas d'une pente,<br />
mais de l'amont et de l'aval (en amont, en<br />
aval). On dit une station de ski et non un<br />
centre de ski.<br />
Nous ne pretendons pas avoir presente<br />
un vocabulaire exhaustif du ski, mais avec<br />
ce qui precede on devrait possooer !'essentiel.<br />
(Continued from page 13)<br />
opening lodges, lighting fires, tidying up<br />
and making <strong>the</strong>ir fellow skiers welcome.<br />
The Trail Riders this year prepared and<br />
hosted <strong>the</strong> Annual Trail Skiers' Supper on<br />
April 6th serving a Buffet to 125 members<br />
and competing with <strong>the</strong> Liberal leadership<br />
convention at <strong>the</strong> same time.<br />
Last winter many of our <strong>club</strong> members<br />
found out ·for <strong>the</strong> first time <strong>the</strong> extent of<br />
our trail system, and <strong>the</strong> fun of ei<strong>the</strong>r<br />
packing a lunch or cooking a steak and eating<br />
it in one of our trail lodges. There<br />
was increased use of <strong>the</strong> trails and trail<br />
lodges on <strong>the</strong> weekends and <strong>the</strong> trails<br />
were also skied by many of our members<br />
during <strong>the</strong> week.