Suarias Blincapeñas 2014, Asturias

Escapando el finde,  during the past Sunday, was taking part on this crazy trailrunning race SUARIAS BLINCAPEÑAS 2014 in Suarias, Asturias, Spain.

Escapando el finde with two great friends, Joso and Kike, went to this hard race in Suarias. The weather and terrain were really complicated and technical. During the race we run with rain, snow, mud and slippery terrain. The distance was a halfmarathon therefor 21km but the elevation gain was sick , over 1900 meters according with my suunto gps watch.

The race was really well organized with 3 checkpoints with food and liquids and lots of volunteers. After the finish line the town prepared a big and excellent meal  for everybody

Here the track of this great race    SUARIAS BLINCAPEÑAS 2014

Suarias Blincapeñas 2014

Elevation gain:  1900 aprox
Elevation descent: 1900 aprox

Km: 21,1

Level: Very hard and technical.

Black Prince, Kananaskis Country

Escapando el finde was last Saturday to Kananaskis Country, in a beautiful and warm backcountry day. Black Prince is one of the most famous places to do some steep backcountry terrain.

Escapando el finde went with Brent, Nia and Rob to Black Prince, from the parking area is pretty easy to get to the ski terrain but in some points is steep and hard. This past weekend the avalanche risk was pretty high, we saw a few avalanches in the area, we trigger one size 2 without consequences. Remember before going out there you might check the website www.avalanche.ca and carry all the avalanche gear with you.

Some pictures of the views , spectacular.

Waterton National Park II

Escapando el finde was in Waterton National Park in this time during summer and for a weekend. We spend one night in the beautiful townsite campground beside the Upper Waterton Lake.

This national park is one of the most beautiful in Alberta and maybe Canada, also is not that crowd as other parks close to Banff and Jasper. With Carla we went for two hikes one to the Anderson Lake and the second day to a unique hike and most spectacular in all Canada, Crypt L.ake .

In our first hike to Anderson Lake we were surprised by a huge lighting and thunder storm, with also hailstones. A scare adventure but a nice hike. The second hike to Crypt Lake is everything,boat, lakes, water falls,bears, woodlands, alpine terrain, brush and a scramble tunnel pass, just go and do it no doubts that is one of my top 3 hikes ever.

Mountaineering skiing at 3400 m in a glacier and....

Escapando el finde take part in the awesome Mountaineerimg Field Course of MEC  they organized for the staff in the Banff National Park, close to Lake Louise

Escapando el finde with some other members of MEC, Colin, Simon, Lian, Tim and Kevin went to have the most 4 amazing day of mountaineering skiing with Mike Stuart ( Canadian Mountain Guide ). The 1ºst and 4ºth day we went for easy and nice mountaineering rides (4 hours) and also we learned different skills.

The 2ºnd and 3ºrd day, with the perfect weather,we went to the most insane touring climbing to two of the nicest mountains of the Banff National Park, Cirque Peak 2990m ( 9hrs) and Mount Hector 3395m (10hrs). This two peak, that are hard to climb, have incredible views and also both have glacier that we could ski with tons of snow and powder turns.

No more words just pictures and a video.

Escapando el finde participo en el Curso de esquí de Montaña organizado por el MEC para los trabajadores en el Parque Nacional de Banff, cerca de Lake Louise.

Escapando el finde junto con otros compañeros del MEC, Colin, Simon, Lian, Tim and Kevin nos fuimos durante 4 increibles dias hacer esquí de travesía con el Guía de Alta Montaña Mike Stuart. El 1º y 4º día hicimos unas rutas lindas y faciles 4(horas) y aprendimos nueva habilidades.

El 2º y 3º con el tiempo perfecto, fuimos hacer uno de los más locos esquis de travesía por dos de las montañas más bonitas del Parque Nacional de Banff, Cirque Peak 2990m ( 9 hrs) and Mount Hector 3395m (10hrs). Estos dos picos, duros de subir, tienen además dos increibles glaciares por los que bajamos esquiando en nieve polvo.

Poco mas que contar tocan fotos y video.