 Poster: A snowHead
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anyone around from say wed/thr (15/16th) for a few days.. looks like the snow will finally be there!
would love to do galtiberg (conditions permitting)
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Have you done Galtiberg before? How many times, how recently?
If not don't even think about doing it on your own, or without a guide or someone else who you trust and who knows it extremely well. There are, snow conditions dependent, at least a couple of places where a wrong turn could lead to a heli-evac if you're lucky, a fatal cliff fall if you're not.
I've done it perhaps five or six times over the years (we had a place there for ten years) and would be very cautious about doing it without a guide (either a proper one or someone who I trusted to be as good as) unless I'd already been down in the preceding days or weeks _and_ conditions were perfect.
Having said that, it's perhaps my favourite of Engelberg's Big Five, lift accessible, stunning scenery, challenging terrain, what's not to like? That beer at the restaurant at the caravan park while waiting for the bus back to the village is one of the best-tasting you will ever find!
Edit: rereading, I realise you most likely intend to get a guide anyway, but perhaps you should clarify for a potential partner's sake.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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so you are in?
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Me? No. Not lived there for years now. You should be able to see my location on the left of the post, and in my signature. Moved to Morgins five years ago.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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try this again. if anyone is up for this tuesday, please dm me. thanks
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| jnedic wrote: |
| try this again. if anyone is up for this tuesday, please dm me. thanks |
Should be epic conditions on Tuesday and a fabulous route in hood conditions: https://fatmap.com/routeid/49045/galtiberg
but my recollection is that the bottom of the Galtiberg is an avalanche debris filled gully. Not sure you’d want to be there after a huge dump with warming temps  . On the other hand the Laub should be superb on Tuesday. The glacier stuff too.
@8611 mentioned heading there in March madness thread. Perhaps you can hook up with him?
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Thanks @BobinCH, @jnedic PM'd but unfortunately I didn't get myself together quick enough and missed the window. Am in the market for somewhere later in the week so will be watching the forecast (and the freezing level mainly) with interest to decide where.
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