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Indianhouse
by Garnet Roehm, Scree 6/78
June 25, 1978. Dan Hourihan and I started the Notch Gully route at 4:00 a.m. (early for better snow conditions and less rockfall). Drive up Indian Road, park any logical spot and duck quickly into poplar stand: with ice axe at ready for dogs. Traverse to the north and cross one gully into stand of large spruce. Continue traversing until you hit the second gully. This is it, scramble up the scree until you hit the snow then fly. This is a fast route to the summit given the right snow conditions. It took us 5 hours. In the winter this gully is a great place to view an avalanche panoramically. The best time to do this route is late May, early June while there is still snow in the lower portions of the gully At the notch there is a short jog to the summit over loose rock. Total time 7 hours, angle of gully: 45-65*. Special equipment: ice axe, crampons and a rope. Wildlife: Spruce Hen, eagles.
Ours was the thirteenth recorded ascent, second by the Notch Gully route. The first was in June 1959 by Normand Joe PichIer, Joe Hill and Hansel Metz.
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