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Trip Date: 4-Jul-2010
Activity: Scramble
Destination: Tiara Peak (via Belmore Brown)

Report:

We successfully summitted both peaks, it was a little cool and windy but we had only a few drops of rain.
We set out a little after 10 on the now well-worn trail to Belmore Brown. The first creek crossing had been bridged with easy logs..

First creek crossing on the way to Belmore Brown

The second bigger crossing was solved in almost as many ways as we had participants. We trudged up at a fairly brisk pace and the first were at the summit of Belmore Brown right about noon. It was breezy and cool on the ridge and so we had a quick break and regroup in the notch between the two summits.

Lunch break in the gap on Belmore Brownshelter

Then it was off along the ridge towards Tiara Peak.

Rambling on the ridge to Tiara Peak

Four took a climbing route directly to the summit just left of the centre of the peak in the above photo. The rest took the SC5 scramble route almost all the way clockwise around the summit arriving somewhat later. We were all at the top by 2:30.

Cordula, Dennis, Adrian, Wallace, Becky, Peter, Jeannine, Carl and Hannah on Tiara Peak

There are a couple of possible descent gullies directly down to the creek below. We took the southerly one.

Descent of the gulley below Tiara Peak

Hannah on scree below Tiara Peak

Peter and Becky glissading below Tiara Peak

This worked out fine, but Peter reports that the one a little further north, right under the climbers' route was a little nicer. We took several breaks on the way down and were at the cars before 5:00.

Many thanks to Becky, Hannah, Jeannine, Cordula, Dennis, Adrian (photos), Peter, and Wallace for joining me, Carl (C/S).

See Adrian's YouTube postings at Tiara & Belmore Brown Peaks

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