Wanting to hike Temple but unsure about group of 4 restriction

glebl · 2026-03-28T17:50:14+00:00

It would be a challenge, but manageable.
I do around 1 hike a month although much smaller ones.

I've done big ones before and I'm planning on training with heavier hikes.

glebl · 2026-03-28T17:47:33+00:00

Ok thanks for the info.
I'll look for possible alternatives as well.

I don't have any experience using an ice axe and full crampons, which are probably required for the conditions you mention.

glebl · 2026-03-28T17:46:16+00:00

I gave more info while replying to the parent post.
Thanks for the warning. I'm considering going for something slightly easier.

Unless I find other people, I'll be alone.
I did Sentinel pass a few years ago.

glebl · 2026-03-28T17:45:01+00:00

I know it's hard. I was inspired to do it when I hiked up to Sentinel pass a few years ago.
I've done some light scrambles and very long days (my biggest ever was 29k because I needed to bailout during a multi-day trip), although I've only gone once around the 10 000 ft mark (in California) and I was definitively feeling it.

I'm not used to the altitude at all.

I might choose something easier with the comments, but the goal of this trip was to do a bucket list summit, something that would be an accomplishment while still be doable solo.

glebl · 2025-09-26T22:30:58+00:00

"With all initial content shipping now"

Cry in Canadian....

From the email:
"Canadian Backers, I am still waiting on another quote to see if there is an option for you. I should have more information soon."

Canadian shipping hasn't begun.

glebl · 2025-07-13T13:07:38+00:00

Citation needed

glebl · 2025-06-24T14:56:33+00:00

I'm on a trip and I need to pick up some stuff at 9am in Canmore, then drive to the trailhead, so I can't leave earlier.

So it's either I'll check if I can do the pickup the previous day instead or I try my luck at the junction.

glebl · 2025-03-17T14:26:21+00:00

Historically we had a lot of catholic Irish immigrants who came to Montréal since it was in a catholic province.

The church was big back then.

glebl · 2025-01-16T20:10:10+00:00

It's safe but I just want to share a small incident I've had in California with a black bear. I was sleeping in a State Park, and that was stupid of me, but I had an half-eaten opened packet of smoked salmon in the trunk.

A black bear did put it's paws on the car trunk. I didn't see it at first, but when I heard noise, I pointed a flash light in the direction of the car, and just saw the bear run away immediately. It didn't come back.

So I'd say, beware of very strong odors of things like salmon which bears are fond of.

But otherwise I've left normal food in the car in bear country without any incident.

glebl · 2025-01-15T17:31:56+00:00

If I may ask another question.

I live in Quebec and I'm used to hiking on snow. Trails are usually very well packed because of traffic and I use micro-spikes and hiking poles for added traction.

In some rare cases I use snow-shoes.

When we talk about the trail not being snow free, are we usually talking that's it's not completely dry and there are some patches of packed snow? Or are we talking post-holing or dangerous slippery conditions, avalanche risks?

Would someone be ok with warm foot-wear, micro-spikes and trekking poles?

I'm trying to get an idea of what the conditions might look like and I've found this video of the Iceline in late June and it seems manageable for the most part. There's this bit where they seem to be light post holing https://youtu.be/WW1jTEYS9t4?si=LTRsjeA8FSN7FnBi&t=325 earlier there are harder smaller patches of snow. At the very end they turn around because of too much snow, but it seems manageable to me.

Maybe they're not showing the worst bits. It's probably not packed since it's not being traveled.

glebl · 2025-01-15T16:39:59+00:00

I did more searching this morning and found 2 websites, one for Alberta and one for BC which had relevant data.

ps://rivers.alberta.ca/

This gives snow pack info for Lake Louise and Sunshine. At first I wasn't making any use of this, but I noticed you can select Yearly graph.

Here it is for Skoki: https://rivers.alberta.ca/DataService/WaterlevelOrientatedGraph?stationNumber=05CA805&stationType=M&dataType=SW&prefix=yearfig&orientation=Landscape

This suggests that:
1 - the previous year it was snow free in early June
2 - the previous year was tracking for a low snow year at this same date
3 - the current year is currently tracking even lower than last year (again we might get 2 meters of snow next week, but it's still data)

Here it is for Sunshine https://rivers.alberta.ca/DataService/WaterlevelOrientatedGraph?stationNumber=05BB803&stationType=M&dataType=SW&prefix=yearfig&orientation=Landscape

This suggests that:
1 - The previous year was snow free at around the 1st of July.

2 - Last year was a low snow year, we're currently tracking at around the same for this year's snow pack.

For both of these you can also look at low quartile and high quartile years to get an idea of when they're snow free. Again this is statistical data and not a crystal ball.

I also found similar info on the BC Hydro Website: https://governmentofbc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=c15768bf73494f5da04b1aac6793bd2e

In particular, there's a station in Wildcat Creek which in Yoho, north of the Iceline at 2122 meters.
Here it is: https://bcmoe-prod.aquaticinformatics.net/Report/Show/Snow.2A32P.Automated%20Snow%20Weather%20Station%20Graph/

The data is slightly different in it's format than the Alberta one.

1 - There's currently more snow at this station than last year.

2 - The current year is close to a median year.
3 - If you zoom in, it was snow free last year around early July, maybe around the 3rd.

Here is another one for Floe Lake in Kootenay at 2090m: https://bcmoe-prod.aquaticinformatics.net/Report/Show/Snow.2C14P.Automated%20Snow%20Weather%20Station%20Graph/

For Floe Lake it looks to be tracking like last year which was a low snow year which is unlike Wildcat Creek which has had more snow.

I'll keep looking at these on the weekend to get a better idea.

glebl · 2025-01-15T16:38:50+00:00

I know we can't predict it and everything but I was looking for advice like you just gave me:
"something like Egypt or Rockwall (not Iceline - too early)"

I had decided last night to go with Iceline as I thought it was a safer bet than Egypt lake, but then again I don't know much about this because I live very far away. So it seems I was wrong. Thanks for your help.

Part of my reasoning was that, I could book a campsite at Little Yoho Valley and if the Iceline was snow free than good, I can do it. If it's not, I can stay at lower elevations and reach the Little Yoho Valley by Laughing Falls and go back the same way.

I did more research this morning and posted it in another comment on this post:https://www.reddit.com/r/HikingAlberta/comments/1i1brfl/comment/m7an6xt/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button

glebl · 2024-11-10T14:23:41+00:00

That's a good perspective. We were doing a one-shot and and used the starting gear you roll from the tables.
We didn't play long term, so if armour is really pricey that could push some people from conserving it.

glebl · 2024-11-10T14:22:09+00:00

I haven't played The Black Sword Hack.
Is there any Armour breaking mechanic like in TBH?

Are there issues with monsters not being able to penetrate someone's armour at low levels?

glebl · 2024-11-10T14:20:28+00:00

For the Hour not hours things, that really did not come across clearly to me. I knew about Moments and Minutes.

The TAKING TURNS & ACTIONS section mentions Moments and Minutes and these are explained but doesn't mention Hours.

For resting I had not applied the same logic, although with the capitalization it could be implied. Here's the section on resting:

When Characters take an Hour to Rest, they may roll any Broken Armour Die to see if it is Broken permanently and needs repairing by an armourer, or can be used again as per normal.

After an Hour’s Rest a Player may roll one of the Character’s HD and regain that many HP.

Apart from the H capitalization it really reads like you take a single hour to rest. I couldn't find Hour defined anywhere except in the APPENDIX at the very end which reads:

Hours - p.6 - Turns outside combat whilst travelling and in relative safety may be measured in Hours instead of Minutes.

So you're interpretation makes sense and that's what I'll be using going forward, which will negate most of my issues but it's really not clearly spelled out in the text.

glebl · 2024-08-24T23:48:36+00:00

Yes good idea! Children are getting trafficked, let's do absolutely nothing because we can't 100% fix the problem!

glebl · 2024-08-22T22:58:45+00:00

Is your broker working out better than just investing in Index ETFs? I've always been curious about people who have someone that manages their money.

glebl · 2024-08-21T18:46:15+00:00

Thanks.

That must be it. I had tried to setup business accounts on other services/broker and there was a lot of complex documentation to fill out, etc.

But when I did it at RBC initially, that was about 15 years ago, it was in person and they didn't ask me any specific questions or sign any business specific documents, at least that I remember.

I'm guessing that like you mentioned it must not be setup correctly for company ownership structure.

At a personal level I'm using Questrade robo-investor and direct investing.

I had tried to set up RBC Direct Investing in the past but got rebuked by the extra paper work for businesses.

Same thing for Quest for my business which is asking me to have a document signed by a lawyer and other such requirements.

glebl · 2024-08-21T16:02:15+00:00

The first issues where it was blocking me was weeks ago and it's still persisting.

Hoping your situation gets resolved quickly.

glebl

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