Great Cairn Mountaineering Trip March 19-25, 2000

This was to be a trip to the Grassi hut, but weather conditions were not conducive to getting into the Grassi. So at the last minute we chose to go to Great Cairn instead.

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Background Info:

• Who went
• Hut - ACC Info and Description, w/ B/W photo, more info
• Area Notes, History, and Resources

Reports and Information

Photo Gallery!

Summaries

These summaries are mine, as are all opinions expressed in them and/or any factual errors resulting from writing things up months later. Several people kept journals or planned to write articles but nobody has submitted anything to be posted here. - Jim

• Safety Review - short, addresses general safety
• Week Summary - longer and somewhat more specific

Planning Archive

The planning materials are pretty irrelevant since the plan was to go to the Grassi hut. Due to weather that was out of the question via fixed-wing plane and dubious via helicopter from Mica. I was able to identify this as an option, discuss it with the others, and change the logistics (all with no change in cost) in a half day Saturday, mostly from a discussion with Alpine Helicopter while they were grounded at the Fairy Meadows (et al) staging area Saturday.

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